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Gus Iversen, Editor in Chief | December 28, 2016
6) Siemens Healthineers closes Wood Dale refurb facility
The Wood Dale, Illinois facility opened in June 2012 and was used to refurbish Siemens CT, MR, and molecular imaging systems. The almost-30,000 square foot facility replaced a previous Chicago-area Siemens refurb facility that was roughly 20,000 square feet and had been in operation since October 2003.
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Although the closure signals a shift in business, the company is not abandoning its refurb operations. In an e-mail to HCB News, a Siemens spokesperson said "refurbished equipment is a key part of the Diagnostic Imaging business area and plays an important role in achieving our business goals."
5) Varian spins off imaging components biz as Varex
In May, Varian announced plans to shed its imaging components unit in order to accelerate growth in its oncology business.
While Varian will continue to be an industry-leading radiation therapy and proton therapy company, Varex Imaging Corporation will be known for manufacturing, X-ray tubes, high-energy X-ray sources, flat-panel detectors, connectors, collimators and imaging processing systems.
4) Philips dives into cognitive computing
The theme of RSNA was "Beyond Imaging" and there has been no shortage of companies shifting their focus from image acquisition to image processing, but few if any companies packaged and illustrated these efforts as tidily as Philips. By showcasing solutions like IntelliSpace Portal 9.0, Illumeo, PerformanceBridge and DoseWise Portal, the OEM showed how innovation might look over the next few years.
3) Siemens to IPO Healthineers business
In November, Siemens announced its intention to spin off its health care business, Siemens Healthineers, as a publicly listed company to "give it even greater flexibility in implementing its growth plans."
The move had been in the works since 2014, when Siemens created the health care component as a "company within the company." This gave it the ability to be agile enough to adjust to the the massive transformations sweeping the health care market.
"Our forecast doesn't leave much room for error," Joe Kaeser, president and CEO of Siemens AG, told a news conference at the company's Munich headquarters, according to Reuters, adding however, that the shock victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election could have a silver lining for Siemens, given Trump's campaign promises to rebuild infrastructure.
