Siemens Healthcare Brings Ultrasound Factory to Plymouth Meeting

Siemens Healthcare recently celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art ultrasound systems factory in suburban Philadelphia. The 12,000 square-foot facility, located at 5168 Campus Drive in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., will manufacture Siemens’ new ACUSON Freestyle™ ultrasound system – the world’s first and only ultrasound system to feature wireless transducers. The ACUSON Freestyle represents Siemens’ innovative spirit and competitiveness – key components of the Healthcare Sector’s Agenda 2013 two-year global initiative. 

"Siemens is proud to bring high-end, specialized manufacturing to the Philadelphia area through the production of the ACUSON Freestyle ultrasound system," said Jeffrey Bundy, Ph.D., CEO, Siemens Ultrasound. "With this new facility, we will be able to offer Siemens customers worldwide a cutting-edge ultrasound system that eliminates the impediment of cables during ultrasound-guided procedures. The ACUSON Freestyle system’s wireless transducer technology offers greater flexibility and ease in obtaining accurate transducer placement, and simplifies sterilization in interventional settings. The ACUSON Freestyle system will enable ultrasound technology to be used more readily in a variety of point-of-care applications, including interventional radiology, critical care, anesthesiology, and emergency care." 

Siemens’ new Philadelphia area manufacturing site is its second ultrasound factory in the U.S. The company’s Buffalo Grove, Ill., facility houses an assembly line for Siemens’ ACUSON S Family™ of premium ultrasound systems.

The grand opening of Siemens’ new ultrasound factory was marked by an afternoon ceremony that included remarks from Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA7), Bundy, and Gregory Sorensen, M.D., president and CEO, Siemens Healthcare North America.

Information courtesy of Siemens