Advanced Medical Technology Association Selects Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services as...

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DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the largest medical technology association in the world, announced today that it has selected Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services,

STTAS will offer AdvaMed members various services, including duty deferral and duty refund, tariff preference program managed services and consulting, tariff number assignment, value determination and reconciliation and more, all within a quality system that adheres to ISO 9002 standards.

"AdvaMed is focused on providing comprehensive services and advocacy for our membership," stated Blair Childs, executive vice president of AdvaMed. "Our member companies have a wide range of requirements, because they provide goods and services in the global marketplace. Services, such as those provided by STTAS, are important resources for our members."

Robert Schaffer, president of STTAS, added: "AdvaMed represents more than 1,100 member companies in their global, political and policy efforts. Our service offerings in tariff and trade consulting, managed services and trade advocacy compliment AdvaMed's current services. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship."

About STTAS

Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc. (STTAS) is a leading provider of tariff, trade and customs compliance managed services, as well as a leader in global customs modernization services. The STTAS formula for successfully serving its extensive client base is a combination of unparalleled expertise in the intricacies of international trade and customs rules coupled with an unwavering dedication to the development of highly innovative, cost-effective trade and customs solutions. The award of the multi-year, $1.3 billion U.S. Customs Automation (ACE) contract to the eCustoms Partnership, that includes STTAS, ensures that the firm will continue to play a pivotal role in the evolution of global customs and trade policy.

The STTAS team consists of hundreds of customs and trade professionals possessing years of government and corporate experience, including a former Commissioner of Customs, four former Deputy Commissioners of U.S. Customs, a former Assistant Commissioner of Customs, former U.S. Customs Regulatory Auditors, former U.S. Customs National Import Specialists, economists, trade advisors, licensed customs brokers and foreign-trade zone specialists. The STTAS Detroit office, a leader in complete customs data management, compliance oversight and managed services, has the distinction of ISO 9002 designation within its quality systems. STTAS is an affiliate of the law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. (ST&R).

For more information about STTAS or ST&R, visit http://www.strtrade.com

About AdvaMed

AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, (formerly the Health Industry Manufacturers Association) represents more than 1,100 innovators and manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and medical information systems. AdvaMed members produce nearly 90 percent of the $71 billion health care technology products consumed annually in the United States, and nearly 50 percent of $169 billion purchased around the world annually.

For more information about AdvaMed, visit http://www.advamed.org.