GE Opens new mammography machine factory in N.Y.GE Healthcare has opened a new $165 million factory in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. to build state-of-the-art digital mammography digital mammography Imaging The capture of mammographic images on a digital grid Pros ↑ resolution and clarity than conventional mammography; DM is of use as a screening technique, and allows faster, earlier, and more accurate detection of early breast machines. The 230,000-square-foot plant opened June 5 at the Rensselaer Technology Park outside Albany. The new facility is expected to bring 150 high-paying manufacturing jobs to the area. The expansion is GE Healthcare's first for high-tech medical equipment manufacturing in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The digital X-ray technology used in mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her was developed at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, a town of about 20,000 people that is 12 miles northwest of Albany. GE Electric Co. is based in Fairfield, Corm. The factory opening occurred as the company continued to announce layoffs at its facilities in Vermont and Wisconsin. Just two weeks after the grand opening of the mammography facility, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state. reported art "undetermined" number of workers were laid off from the company's facility in Waukesha, Wis. |
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