Zecotek Provides Update to LFS Crystal MOU with Chinese PET OEM
(firmenpresse) - Zecotek Provides Update to LFS Crystal MOU with Chinese PET OEM
Zecotek Photonics Inc. is providing an update to the memorandum of understanding with the Chinese medical original equipment manufacturer to purchase LFS scintillation crystals for a new line of medical scanners as previously announced on March 23, 2016. The MOU called for Zecotek's wholly owned subsidiary Zecotek Imaging Systems to supply LFS crystal elements to the Chinese OEM for up to 200 positron emission tomography (PET) medical scanners over the next five years, for clinics and hospitals across China. Due to the changing medical scanner landscape in China, the proposed agreement now calls for the Chinese OEM to purchase LFS-crystal-based arrays through the Shanghai EBO Optoelectronics Company (EBO).
"With the recent announcement that the EBO Optoelectronics will now use Zecotek's patented LFS scintillation crystals exclusively for PET scanner crystal arrays, the Chinese OEM requested a change to the MOU whereby they can purchase the LFS directly from EBO, based on the Zecotek-EBO arrangement," said Dr. A.F. Zerrouk, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Zecotek Photonics. "We have agreed to work through EBO because the change does not significantly affect the returns to Zecotek for the sales of LFS crystals contemplated in the MOU. Zecotek will continue to supply LFS crystals for up to 200 PET medical scanning units to be built by the OEM over the next five years. The delay in the execution of the MOU was due to design configuration modifications to use arrays rather than single elements as well as other adjustments necessary to meet new stringent government regulations. The Chinese OEM has resumed its purchase of LFS crystals in array forms through EBO. Zecotek is working with EBO to develop a schedule to meet the OEM's production plan. We will provide a more quantitative update related to the MOU in the near future. We will continue to work with EBO and other PET OEMs to continue the growth in the sales of our patented LFS scintillation crystals in China."
EBO Optoelectronics is the largest crystal array producer and supplier in China, and its arrays are used by many of the top OEMs in the growing domestic PET medical imaging market. Recent changes to the regulatory landscape in China have caused OEMs to invest in both management and technology necessary to manufacture medical scanning devices domestically. With the Chinese government using incentives to encourage domestic hospitals to use Chinese-made medical devices to control soaring health care costs, domestic OEMs are now producing and installing high-quality medical devices across China and they are now competing on a global basis.
About Zecotek
Zecotek Photonics Inc (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I) is a photonics technology company developing high-performance scintillation crystals, photo detectors, positron emission tomography scanning technologies, 3D auto-stereoscopic displays, 3D metal printing, and lasers for applications in medical, high-tech and industrial sectors. Founded in 2004, Zecotek operates three divisions: Imaging Systems, Optronics Systems and 3D Display Systems with labs located in Canada, Korea, Russia, Singapore and U.S.A. The management team is focused on building shareholder value by commercializing over 50 patented and patent pending novel photonic technologies directly and through strategic alliances, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland), Beijing Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (China), NuCare Medical Systems (South Korea), the University of Washington (United States), and National NanoFab Center (South Korea).
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