FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Next Century to Raise First Outside Round of Capital
Establishement of IOM Company: Monitoring
Solutions, Inc.
Reston, VA – April 16, 2003 – Next Century
Technologies, Inc. of Reston, Virginia announced today that
it intends to seek a round of equity capital and that it has
established a new company called Monitoring Solutions, Inc.
Next Century (“NCT”) is a privately owned
holding company with an international focus on medical
technology, distribution services and outsourcing services
in the healthcare and biotechnology markets. The Company’s
initial focus has been in the cardiology, neurology,
neurosurgery and emergency medicine sectors. The Company
has operations in the United States, Mexico and the United
Kingdom.
NCT has established a wholly owned
subsidiary to perform outsourcing services in the rapidly
expanding intra-operative monitoring (IOM) market.
Monitoring Solutions, Inc. is based in Reston and plans to
expand via internal growth and key acquisitions.
“Our expertise in the medical device
market often points to new opportunities on the service and
distribution side of the healthcare market” stated Ron
Wright, President and CEO of Next Century. “The growing
demand for equipment for IOM applications demonstrated an
excellent opportunity for NCT.”
“The Company’s previous expansions have
been internally funded” added Wright. “We will now approach
the investment community for additional capital to complete
some key acquisitions”.
In addition to Monitoring Solutions, Next
Century Technologies’ holdings and investments include
Sunergia Group in Reston (www.SunergiaGroup.com);
Med-Tech Systems Ltd. in Horsham, England (www.medtechsystems.com);
Lifelines Ltd. in Stockbridge, England (www.llines.com);
Electro-Medical Research Systems SA in Mexico City (www.electromed.com.mx);
Juldi, Inc. in Herndon (www.juldi.com)
and kSERO Corporation in Richmond (www.ksero.net
).
For further information see NCT’s website
at
www.nxtcent.com
CONTACT:
Rick Burnheimer
EVP / CFO – Next Century Technologies, Inc.
Tel.: 703.435.6103
Fax: 703.435.1976
rick.burnheimer@nxtcent.com
www.nxtcent.com
