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Companies looking to start, relocate or expand Healthcare’s workforce—6,000 employees—is sible for maintaining GE Healthcare’s cutting-edge
their operations in Wisconsin benefit from the state’s located. In total, the ripple effect of GE Healthcare medical diagnostic equipment.
central location, reliable infrastructure, industry lead- supports more than 20,000 jobs in Wisconsin
ership, talented workforce and business-friendly pol- through its supply chain participants in the state. “We have a good track record of success in Wiscon-
icies—all of which create competitive advantages sin when it comes to attracting high caliber talent,
that help businesses capitalize upon regional, na- GE Healthcare’s history in Wisconsin dates back to developing supply streams, governmental collabo-
tional and global market opportunities. 1947, when the GE X-Ray Department, as it was ration and partnering with higher education,” said
known then, moved from Chicago to occupy a sur- Karim Karti, president and CEO of Imaging for GE
Wisconsin’s long history of innovation continues to plus production plant in West Milwaukee. Today, GE Healthcare. “Wisconsin plays a critical role in our
fuel new solutions to challenges facing people, com- Healthcare has facilities in Waukesha, Wauwatosa, business on both a local and global scale.”
panies, nations and our very planet, with some of Milwaukee, West Milwaukee, Oak Creek, Madison
the most respected companies in the world drawing and Pewaukee. GE Healthcare’s successful entry into the medical
upon Wisconsin’s plentiful natural resources, re- ultrasound business in 1990 is a testament to the
nowned research capabilities and the can-do spirit In 2004, the company acquired Amersham plc, a ingenuity of the company’s Wisconsin-based work-
of its citizens to grow and succeed. British life sciences firm, and changed its name from force. By 2001, GE Healthcare had grown this di-
GE Healthcare and Oshkosh Corporation are but “GE Medical Systems” to “GE Healthcare.” In 2016, vision to become the global leader in this industry,
two of many companies that both benefit from and the company moved its global headquarters from expanding its ultrasound operations worldwide. By
contribute to Wisconsin’s strong, productive and ver- the UK to Chicago, which provides added benefits 2016, GE Healthcare had become the premier
satile business climate. to Wisconsin by bringing executive leaders and key global provider of medical ultrasound. The compa-
management functions closer to Wisconsin-based ny attributes this success in part to a flagship product
GE Healthcare is an $18 billion unit of General manufacturing and engineering operations. engineered in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, called the
Electric Co., employing more than 52,000 people LOGIQ E9. The LOGIQ E9 is now the world’s lead-
worldwide and serving healthcare professionals in GE Healthcare also recently announced plans to ing ultrasound system based on the number of units
more than 100 countries. The company’s imaging shift production of incubators and warmers for hos- sold and is relied upon by radiology departments in
and clinical care practices, which include ultrasound, pital and neonatal intensive care units from Laurel, leading institutions across the globe. The LOGIQ E9
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed to- Maryland, to Wisconsin. And the company opened was first launched in 2009 and took approximately
mography (CT), patient monitoring, maternal-infant a new repair center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 100 Wisconsin-based engineers five years to devel-
care and X-Ray technologies, is headquartered in March, an expansion that will ultimately mean 220 op. In 2016, GE Healthcare produced its 17,000th
Wisconsin, where the largest concentration of GE highly skilled Wisconsin-based employees respon- LOGIQ E9 with cumulative sales of $2 billion.

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