"Hitachi Healthcare's new R&D Center will be its first in North America and builds on Cleveland's global reputation as a medical imaging hub," said J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio president and chief investment officer. "This R&D investment further demonstrates Hitachi Healthcare's commitment to design and build the next generation of medical devices, software and solutions to help improve the quality of care in Northeast Ohio."

In 2016, JobsOhio launched its Research and Development Grant Program as a way to make strategic investments in new corporate centers established in Ohio and support the development and commercialization of emerging technologies.

"Our region's talented and skilled workforce, coupled with our track record of driving innovative advances like the Internet of Things and additive manufacturing, makes Northeast Ohio an ideal location for companies like Hitachi Healthcare Americas to locate their R&D Center," added Team NEO CEO Bill Koehler.


ABOUT HITACHI HEALTHCARE AMERICAS
Delivering best in class medical imaging technologies for healthcare providers, Hitachi's MRI, CT and Ultrasound provide speed, comfort and quality for both physicians and patients, playing an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease while driving social innovation into healthcare. Hitachi's VidiStar image and reporting solution enables healthcare professionals to create value-based reports leveraging a cloud-based image management and analytics platform for improved communication across healthcare organizations. Our patient centric approach and customer first philosophy compels us to make customer support one of the most important things we do. Innovating Healthcare, Embracing the Future.


ABOUT BIOENTERPRISE
BioEnterprise is a business formation, recruitment, and acceleration effort designed to grow the Northeast Ohio healthcare industry. Located in Cleveland, BioEnterprise provides management counsel and support services to health IT, medical device, and biopharmaceutical companies. BioEnterprise partners include Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, The MetroHealth System and University Hospitals. Since 2002, BioEnterprise and its partners have created, recruited and accelerated more than 350 health IT, medical device, and biopharmaceutical companies, and have helped these companies raise more than $3 billion in new funding.


ABOUT JOBSOHIO
JobsOhio is a private nonprofit corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts. JobsOhio works with six regional partners across Ohio: Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth, One Columbus, Dayton Development Coalition, REDI Cincinnati, Regional Growth Partnership and Team NEO.

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