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GE Healthcare Expands Life Cycle Asset Management Solution with Integration of
Asset Disposal Service
Chalfont St. Giles, UK, October 20th, 2009 – GE Healthcare, a unit of
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announces a strategic collaboration with
GoIndustry DoveBid (GoIDB). The partnership enhances GE Healthcare’s asset
disposal capabilities and expands its ability to provide critical business
intelligence to customers by providing data from GoIDB as an integrated part of
its Scientific Asset Services (SAS) programs.
The collaboration will allow GE Healthcare to provide its customers with advice
on residual value, life span, market trends and best practice in disposal of
scientific equipment. Customers will also benefit from a rapid route to dispose
of surplus or under-utilized equipment, releasing capital back into their
businesses.
“This industry-leading collaboration will enhance our asset life cycle
management solution,” says Mike Benevento, GM Services, GE Healthcare. “With the
data provided by GoIDB we can ensure that our customers receive the intelligence
they need to enable them to make confident and informed decisions on what to do
with their underutilized or obsolete assets, unlocking some capital into their
operations.”
Jack G. Reinelt, CEO at GoIDB commented: “We are excited about this opportunity
to work with GE Healthcare. Our unique position within the second-hand equipment
market enables us to provide GE Healthcare’s customers with up-to-date asset
market data plus the ability to dispose of surplus equipment through our
well-established auctions guaranteeing customers the best return.”
For more information please visit:
www.gelifesciences.com/sas
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Notes for editors:
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that
are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging
and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems,
drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance
improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver
better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we
partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change
necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on
our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs,
increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than
46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients
in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our
website at www.gehealthcare.com .
Contact
College Hill
Dr Lynne Trowbridge, Dr Marc Egelhofer, Cosima Toepfer
+44 (0)20 7866 7861
ge-sas@collegehill.com
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