Medical International Technology Signs Distribution Agreements and Receives Initial Sales Commitments Valued at More Than $3.6 Million over Three Years.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Medical International Technology, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : MDIR MDIR Medical Device Incident Report ), a developer and marketer of patented needle-free jet injectors A jet injector is a type of medical injecting syringe that uses a high-pressure narrow jet of the injection liquid instead of a hypodermic needle to penetrate the epidermis. for human and animal inoculation inoculation, in medicine, introduction of a preparation into the tissues or fluids of the body for the purpose of preventing or curing certain diseases. The preparation is usually a weakened culture of the agent causing the disease, as in vaccination against , today announced that its MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Canada subsidiary has signed two new distribution agreements for its AGRO-JET needle-free injectors for animals with distributors in Denmark and South Korea, and received initial sales commitments from three previously announced distributors in Taiwan, Greece and the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. for a total value of nearly U.S. $3.7 million over a three-year period. Danemark Unitron Scandinavia A/S has been granted exclusive distribution rights for MIT's AGRO-JET needle-free injectors in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland and Finland. The value of the three-year agreement is estimated at U.S. $2.4 million. Danemark Unitron, based in Torring, Denmark, sells to 25 countries around the world. It has more than 20 years of experience as a leader in the field of farm equipment and specializes in artificial insemination artificial insemination, technique involving the artificial injection of sperm-containing semen from a male into a female to cause pregnancy. Artificial insemination is often used in animals to multiply the possible offspring of a prized animal and for the breeding and products aimed at the swine industry. MIT also signed a distribution agreement with Song Kang Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea for exclusive distribution rights in that country, valued at U.S. $280,000 over three years. Song Kang, with a 70% share of the South Korean pig breeding import market, is the country's leading supplier of agricultural tools and equipment, including artificial insemination, laboratory and science supplies. MIT also announced that it has finalized an agreement announced this past March with Sevaron Ltd., a veterinary products distributor in Brno, Czechoslovakia, for distribution rights for the AGRO-JET in that country, with a three-year value estimated at approximately U.S. $175,000. It also received sales commitments valued at approximately U.S. $550,000 over three years from its distributor in Taiwan, for the country's poultry industry, Acevet International Marketing Co., Ltd., signed in March, as well as three-year sales commitments valued at approximately U.S. $250,000 from its distributor in Greece, Tetoros Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., also signed in March. "As a result of an intense international marketing effort, Medical International Technology is beginning to see a rapid acceleration of interest in its line of patented AGRO-JET needle-free injectors for animals as evidenced by the 8 agreements we have entered into during the last 6 months for distribution of our products in 10 countries around the world, valued at U.S. $7.2 million over the next 3 years," stated Karim Menassa, President and Chief Executive Officer of MIT. MIT CANADA, with offices in Montreal, is a subsidiary of Denver, Colorado-based Medical International Technology, Inc. (MIT USA), which specializes in the development, production, marketing and sale of needle-free injectors both for humans and animals, for individual and mass vaccinations. MIT CANADA has just introduced several models of the Agro-Jet, a needle-free jet injector for different niches in animal applications, and the Med-Jet, for human mass vaccinations. This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements, as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 that involves a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . The Company, through its management, makes forward-looking public statements concerning its expected future operations, performance and other developments. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best judgment based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that other factors will not affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements. It is impossible to identify all such factors, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the Company. They include, but are not limited to, government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of adverse publicity, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , competition and other factors that may be identified from time to time in the Company's public announcements. |
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