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 stage of high-quality development.

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The Jianxing center in East China will be the first CGI center to install X-ray technology. It will provide expanded irradiation capacity to this medical device centralized area as well as abundant capacity to nurture related industries where high standard irradiation service is needed such as biological and traditional Chinese medicine products.

While cobalt availability is becoming increasingly constrained, X-ray represents a sustainable and strategic alternative for the sterilization industry. CGI is determined to invest into X-ray technology to meet the increasingly diversified industrial needs, to further reinforce its leadership in high-end irradiation service domain.

The IBA Rhodotron® TT1000 system is equivalent to a five million curies gamma irradiation center using cobalt and can treat over 60,000 pallets per year. The typical price this X-ray system ranges from EUR 12 million to 15 million, depending on the configuration and options.

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