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While everyone's hurting during the recession, the health care industry is hurting less than most.
Companies such as Ventana Medical Systems and CyraCom, both tied to medicine, want to hire hundreds in the next year.
Ventana Medical, a spin-off from UMC, produces a machine that helps medical professionals in tissue cancer diagnosis.
The company says it's looking for everything from hourly employees to those with management capabilities.
Cyracom holds a patent on blue phones with dual handsets used to connect doctors and patients with translators at times
when English proficiency becomes an issue.
The company offers translation services 24 hours a day for 150 languages and wants people proficient in both English and
Spanish for a Tucson call center opening soon.
While many businesses have come and gone in the past 35 years, Evergreen Maintenance remains in its same location, off Pinal
Air Park Road northwest of Tucson.
The company wants to add at least 40 aircraft mechanics right now, and if the economy improves will hire up to at total
of 100 more.
Reynolds Logistics, located near Tucson International Airport, wants to hire 40 drivers, many of whom would make high volume
deliveries to and from the airport, using electric cars.
Owner Mike Reynolds says the company is able to expand, because electric-powered vehicles significantly cut costs for customers,
making their services an attractive investment.
Another company tied to electric vehicles will more than double its work force, should the federal government approve its
proposals.
Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc., is helping Raytheon build an electric car for the military, with Tucson Embedded designing
the dashboard.
Company CEO Michael Lupien says he's optimistic, because Tucson Embedded is equipped to build devices which help the
military upgrade present systems, saving the government money in this time of tight budgets.
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