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New £7m hub key to Sylatech growth plans

Source: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/

A company which is developing a hand-held scanning device that aims to help GPs detect cancer in its cellular form has revealed its intention to create a hi-tech business park in rural Yorkshire after submitting plans to build a new £7m manufacturing plant.Sylatech, which is in a joint venture with York University to develop the listening technology, has bought a site in Pickering, North Yorkshire, where it will relocate 170 staff from its current base at Kirkbymoorside.The technology has been in development for the last 18 months and the company hopes to unveil the device in 2017/18.