GE Healthcare to add 140 jobs at Cork plant

New line will meet the demand for contrast media products used to CT scans

GE aims to produce 30 million more patient doses per year by 2025.

GE Healthcare has opened its new €30.5m manufacturing line at its Carrigtwohill facility which will see the creation of 140 jobs.

The new line will manufactures injectable diagnostic imaging agents or contrast dye used in X-ray and Computed Tomography (CT) procedures around the world. Contrast dye was one of the products that was in short supply in many countries early this year due to global shipping logistic issues.