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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includes a 60,000-square-foo t cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectors that will be made at the plan are used in mammogram agrowing $1 billionb market for breast cancer testing. Much like the transitiob from paper medical records to streamlined electronifrecord keeping, digital X-rays are slowly replacing traditionakl film X-ray machines. In addition to the 100 new jobs schedulede forthe plant, 50 people will transfed to the tech park from GE’x research center in N.Y. Positions at the new site will include 15 15 administrators and 120 technicians and supportr staff with an average annuao salaryof $65,000.
The plant is expecter to have an annual payrollof $10 million. GE developed its digitak X-ray technology at GE Global Researchin Niskayuna. GE said this is the company’se first expansion of high tech medical equipment manufacturingb by its health care operation intoNew York. ”Thie a wonderful example of howa long-term commitmentt to technology can spur the growtjh of our manufacturing base and createe new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark Little, GE seniord vice president and director of the research GE Healthcare, which manufactures medical imaging equipment in Waukeshaw along with other operations throughoutf the Milwaukee area, spent 15 years and more than $200 millionh developing its digital flat panep X-ray technology.
The flat-panel detectoe is a critical component ofan X-rahy system and plays a role in providingh an improved image.
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