GE Healthcare expansion to create 140 Cork jobs

Medical tech giant GE Healthcare is to create up to 140 jobs through a $40m expansion of its manufacturing plant in Cork.

The announcement, expected to be confirmed today, will see the workforce at the Carrigtwohill facility in east Cork rise to close to 640. The investment, which is supported by IDA Ireland, will double the facility’s production capacity of medical imaging contrast media from 22.5m to 43m units per year.

Contrast media is a substance ingested into the body during radiography or MRI scans to improve the visibility of its internal structures.