Varex Imaging launches second unit at AMTZ

Varex Imaging Manufacturing India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Varex Imaging Corporation (USA), has launched its second superior manufacturing facility on the Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) in Visakhapatnam on Friday.

The new facility homes two superior manufacturing strains — India’s first manufacturing line for Cesium Iodide (CsI)— a important materials used to boost digital X-ray picture high quality whereas decreasing radiation publicity, and one other line for medical-grade glass tubes, important to X-ray and CT imaging programs. These applied sciences are being localised in India for the primary time, bringing the complete imaging {hardware} worth chain beneath one roof.

Dr. Jitendra Sharma, MD and Founder-CEO of AMTZ known as the event, “A strategic transfer that not solely elevates India’s manufacturing capabilities in medical imaging but in addition validates AMTZ’s position as a world MedTech innovation hub.”

According to a press assertion from AMTZ, this strategic growth reinforces Varex’s long-term dedication to India’s MedTech sector, and in addition helps the nation’s ambition to develop into a world hub for imaging expertise and innovation.

The floor breaking ceremony was attended by Dr. Jitendra Sharma, Andrew Hartman, Global Senior Vice President – Detectors, Varex Imaging Corporation and Vivek Phalle, Senior MD and Country Head, Varex Imaging India.