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GE Inspection Technologies closed the purchase of the Phoenix X-ray company
29/10/2007
October 29, 2007
GE Inspection Technologies, a division of General Electric Company has closed the acquisition of Phoenix X-ray, company specialized in CT scanning of high resolution (TC) and technology of x-ray for use in applications of nondestructive testing (END). The operation, whose terms have not transcended, concluded with the receipt of the necessary permits by the regulatory agencies.
The acquisition expands GE supply to consumers of END systems in various industries including the sectors of aerospace, power generation, oil and gas, and automotive, adding innovative 3D Phoenix X-ray CT systemas well as their systems of micro - and nanotechnology, to the current portfolio of products END and x-ray of GE Inspection Technologies. Furthermore, clients of Phoenix X-ray such as microelectronic industrial segment will benefit from the global presence, technological depth and range of products, systems and services END of GE.
"Phoenix X-ray is the natural expansion of our business of inspection," said Caroline Reda, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Inspection Technologies. "Phoenix X-ray has a very strong reputation in the field of the non-destructive testing, which will serve to improve the technological capabilities of test devices for x-ray of GE."
