Company Overview

Sound-Eklin™ of Carlsbad, California, is by a distance, the veterinary industry’s #1 Digital Imaging and PACS Company, with uncontested leadership positions in Ultrasound, Digital Radiography, Imaging Education, and PACS Solutions. Founded in 1996, Sound Technologies Medical Systems acquired Eklin in July 2009. Sound-Eklin is a Division of VCA Antech (NASD: WOOF), and is dedicated to the field of veterinary imaging and education.

VCA Antech also owns, operates and manages the largest network of freestanding veterinary hospitals and veterinary-exclusive clinical laboratories in the country and employs approximately 4,800 professionals throughout North America. For more information, visit the VCA Antech website at www.vcaantech.com.

Sound-Eklin is the exclusive provider of GE Ultrasound for the veterinary market in North America. GE Medical Systems is a $9 billion global leader in medical vet imaging, interventional procedures, healthcare services, and information technology. Its offerings include networking and productivity tools, clinical information systems, patient monitoring systems, surgery and vascular imaging, conventional and digital X-ray, computed tomography, electron beam tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasound and bone mineral densitometry, positron emission tomography, nuclear medicine, and a comprehensive portfolio of clinical and business services. For more than 100 years, healthcare providers worldwide have relied on GE Medical Systems for high quality medical technology and productivity solutions. For more information, visit the GE Medical Systems Web site at www.gemedical.com.