SALT LAKE CITY, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Varex
Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX) today announced it has appointed
Shaohua Liang as Vice President and
Managing Director for China. Liang reports directly to
Sunny Sanyal, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Varex Imaging.
In connection with this key appointment, Varex has consolidated
all of its operations in China
under the leadership of Liang, including the management of all
sales and operational teams, as well as the shared responsibilities
of corporate functions of Human Resources, Finance and
Quality/Regulatory.
"I would like to welcome Liang to Varex Imaging. I believe his
background and experience will be a tremendous asset to our
organization and signal to the Chinese market and to our customers
the significance and importance of our business in China for our future growth," said Sanyal.
"The demand for X-ray imaging components, including CT, continues
to grow and we see substantial opportunities for us to partner with
OEMs to help them bring new imaging systems to market. Last
year, we made good traction with some of the local Chinese OEMs and
I expect that we will see a number of others become successful in
bringing new systems using our components to market in the coming
years."
Liang brings 35 years of extensive experience in management,
manufacturing operations, services, and sales of healthcare
equipment and components through his roles at Elekta Instruments,
Draeger Greater China and Siemens Technology Development
Company. Prior to this, Liang worked at the Bureau of Quality
and Standard of State Food & Drug Administration of
China (SFDA) and the China
National Pharmaceutical Group Corp. (Sinopharm) in a variety of
roles in China and
internationally. Liang graduated from Zhejiang University with a Bachelor's Degree
in Biomedical Engineering.
About Varex Imaging
Varex Imaging Corporation is a leading innovator, designer and
manufacturer of X-ray imaging components, which include tubes,
digital flat panel detectors and other image processing solutions
that are key components of X-ray imaging systems. With a 65+ year
history of successful innovation, Varex's components are used in
medical imaging as well as in industrial and security imaging
applications. Global OEM manufacturers of X-ray imaging systems use
the company's X-ray sources, digital detectors, connecting devices
and imaging software as components in their systems to detect,
diagnose and protect. Varex employs approximately 1,900 people
located at manufacturing and service center sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. Varex is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information
about Varex, visit vareximaging.com.
For Information Contact:
Howard Goldman
Director of Investor & Public Relations
Varex Imaging Corporation
801.978.5274 | howard.goldman@vareximaging.com
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