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China Gold Irradiation Introduces IBA’s sustainable X-ray irradiation technology to expand its production capacity
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, December 11, 2025 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world leader in particle accelerator technology and electron beam and X-ray solutions for industrial advanced irradiation, announced today it has signed a contract with China Gold Irradiation (CGI), the largest high standard irradiation service company in China, to install a Rhodotron® in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, as a first step of the transition of China’s irradiation processing industry to a new s
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