Staffs at the new plant will include 15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicians and support staff with an average annual salary of $65,000. The plant is likely to have an annual payroll of $10 million.
“This a wonderful example of how a long-term commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturing base and create new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark Little, GE senior vice president and director of the research center.
GE developed its digital X-ray technology at GE Global Research in Niskayuna. GE claimed that this is its first expansion of high tech medical equipment manufacturing by its health care operation into New York.
