Siemens Healthineers announces £250m facility for new MRI cooling technology
Superconducting magnets used in healthcare facilities for MRI scans are to be designed and manufactured at a new multi-million-pound facility in North Oxfordshire.
Siemens Healthineers said that construction has begun on the 56,000m2 site, which will be the UK’s first major production site for the company’s DryCool technology, which reduces the amount of helium required in an MRI scanner from 1,500 litres to under one litre.
The new facility will also include a research and development hub that will design and manufacture some of the world’s smallest and most lightweight whole-body scanners.
The company said that the site is set to support over 1,300 jobs when fully operational, including the retention of over 600 Oxfordshire-based jobs currently at an existing Siemens Healthineers facility in Eynsham.
The phased transition is estimated to be completed by 2030, said Siemens, subject to variable demand for the products developed at the site.
In a statement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “I am delighted Siemens Healthineers has chosen Oxfordshire for its new facility…reinforcing the region’s status as a vanguard in healthcare and R&D.
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