Saturday, September 8, 2012

GE Healthcare opens $165M N. G

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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includeas a 60,000-square-foot cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the plant are used inmammogramm screening, a growing $1 billion market for breast cancef testing. Much like the transition from papet medical records to streamlined electronicrecor keeping, digital X-rays are slowlyg replacing traditional film X-ray In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduled for the 50 people will transfer to the tech park from GE’s researcg center in Niskayuna.
Positions at the new site will includew15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportg staff with an average annual salary of The plant is expected to have an annual payrol of $10 million. GE develope its digital X-ray technology at GE Global Researchin Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’zs first expansion of high tech medical equipmen t manufacturing by its health care operation intoNew ”This a wonderful example of how a long-ter m commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturinf base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the researcjh center.
GE Healthcare spent 15 years and morethan $200 milliohn developing its digital flat panel X-ray The flat-panel detector is a critical component of an X-rayt system and plays a role in providingf an improved image.

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