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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 326658, member: 85"]I guessed too early. </p><p>Late 1940s to 1951. </p><p><br /></p><p>From Wiki:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Healthcare" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Healthcare" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Healthcare</a> </p><p>Go down to about the 5th paragraph under 20th century </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"As the war ended, GE X-Ray Corporation continued to grow. Greater production capacity and greater expertise was needed in the core business of building X-ray tubes. Since the tubes were made from hand-blown glass, the decision was made to move the company 90 miles north to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in order to tap into the enormous amount of glass-blowing talent in Milwaukee's beer-brewing industry. The company moved from Jackson Blvd. in Chicago to a 43-acre (170,000 m2) site in the city of West Milwaukee, which had been used for building turbochargers during the war. The street in front was renamed Electric Avenue, and the General Electric X-Ray Corporation had a new home in 1947. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In 1951, the corporate structure was dissolved and the name changed to General Electric x-Ray Department. This new name lasted less than 10 years as the department divested itself of its industrial x-ray business, widened its medical business, and took on the name of GE Medical Systems Department." </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 326658, member: 85"]I guessed too early. Late 1940s to 1951. From Wiki: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Healthcare[/URL] Go down to about the 5th paragraph under 20th century [I] "As the war ended, GE X-Ray Corporation continued to grow. Greater production capacity and greater expertise was needed in the core business of building X-ray tubes. Since the tubes were made from hand-blown glass, the decision was made to move the company 90 miles north to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in order to tap into the enormous amount of glass-blowing talent in Milwaukee's beer-brewing industry. The company moved from Jackson Blvd. in Chicago to a 43-acre (170,000 m2) site in the city of West Milwaukee, which had been used for building turbochargers during the war. The street in front was renamed Electric Avenue, and the General Electric X-Ray Corporation had a new home in 1947. In 1951, the corporate structure was dissolved and the name changed to General Electric x-Ray Department. This new name lasted less than 10 years as the department divested itself of its industrial x-ray business, widened its medical business, and took on the name of GE Medical Systems Department." [/I][/QUOTE]
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