GE Healthcare announced last week that their Florence County manufacturing plant will be increasing production capacity due to the growth of the global MRI market. New employees for the assembly areas will begin under the READYSC program at Florence-Darlington Technical College.
"GE Healthcare is pleased to offer new employment opportunities and growth for our local citizens," said Mike Eggleston, General Manager of GE Healthcare. "We feel a great deal of our success is due to the highly skilled workforce and pro-business climate in Florence County."
GE is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the state of New York. In 2009, Forbes ranked GE as the world's largest company. The company has 323,000 employees around the world.
"When I first helped recruit GE Healthcare to Florence, I knew it would be a great marriage. GE Healthcare has long been a leading manufacturer of health-related products throughout the nation and world. As the senator and a resident of Florence, I am proud of the impact GE Healthcare has had on Florence County. I look forward to working with this great corporate citizen in the future, as they further boost their operations and create additional employment opportunities," said Senator Hugh Leatherman.
GE provides medical technologies and services that are shaping the future of patient care. They provide various services in the areas of medical imaging and information technologies to diagnostics and drug discovery.
