Around The Industry
Around The Industry
Celebrate the industry.
Catch up with the latest awards and appointments, market moves and noteworthy items.
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NADL Wins Award
NADL won Association of the Year from the Tallahassee (Fla.) Society of Association Executives in October. NADL Co-Executive Director Ricki Braswell, CAE, nominated the association for the award and Heather Erato and Keith Segundo authored the accompanying awards application with Braswell.
NADL was highlighted largely for coordinating the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort focusing on how quickly funds were raised from member laboratories, industry suppliers and individuals and funds were dispersed back out to those in need within the first few days after Katrina hit impacted areas. NADL wants to thank all of our national and state association leaders who helped raise the necessary funds to be able to assist members and non members in need. A special thanks to Louisiana Dental Laboratory Association Executive Director Wanda Hincher, CDT, who helped get the ball rolling for NADL to launch this effort and to Richard Harrell, CDT, who personally raised more than $50,000.00 through supplier commitments within the first three days of the effort. This is a proud moment in the light of the tough times that many of our association members and their families faced and are still recovering from today.
Novadent Acquires Two Laboratories
Fraioli Joins XPDent
Dennis J. Fraioli joins XPDent Corporation as its new associate and executive vice president and will be relocating to corporate headquarters in Miami, Fl. Fraioli has worked within the dental industry since 1973 specializing in business development, sales and marketing and operations. Fraioliís 33 years of work experience has encompassed spearheading breakthrough, innovative ceramic products within the cosmetic dental industry; development of pioneering internal sales and telemarketing infrastructures; and industry-leading marketing strategist for ceramic, composite, sintered-alloy and specialized dental laboratory equipment markets. His professional career includes 17 years as senior vice president of Pentron Laboratory Technologies, chief operating officer for the Nash Institute for Dental Learning, vice president of sales and marketing for Heraeus North America, Laboratory Division and, sales and marketing consultant and strategist.
3i Educational programs for the CertainÆ PREVAILÆ Implant System
Join 3i for an informative evening to learn how the Certain PREVAIL Implant may help restorative doctors, surgeons and laboratory technicians achieve optimal aesthetic results for their patients. The program is complimentary; attendees must pre-register. No CEUs are awarded. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.; the program is held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
2006:
Dec. 6, Dr. Harold Baumgarten, Chicago, Ill.
Dec. 7, Dr. Harold Baumgarten, Columbus, Ohio
2007:
Jan. 10, Dr. Robert Holt, Studio City, Calif.
Jan. 11, Dr. Robert Holt, Houston, Texas
National Dentex Acquires Laboratory and Laboratory Group
National Dentex announced that it acquired Impact Dental Laboratory Limited of Ottawa, Canada. Impact had sales in excess of $3.6 million in its last fiscal year. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
In addition, National Dentex Corporation acquired Keller Group, a privately held dental laboratory business with production facilities in St. Louis, Mo., and Louisville, Ky., and sales offices in Kansas City, Mo. and Indianapolis, Ind. Keller had sales in excess of $17 million in its last fiscal year. The transaction was effected on Oct. 5 in the form of a stock purchase agreement pursuant to which National Dentex purchased all the outstanding shares of capital stock of Keller for total cash consideration at closing of $19 million, and an additional deferred payment to be determined and payable in accordance with the agreementís terms.
3M Buys Brontes Technologies
3M acquired Brontes Technologies Inc., a Lexington, Mass.-based developer of proprietary 3-D intraoral imaging technology for $95 million. The acquisition adds to 3Mís oral care business proprietary intraoral scanning technology that enables capturing 3-D digital dental impressions used to design and produce crowns, bridges and orthodontic appliances.
Brontesí leading edge intraoral scanning system will offer dentists a new and powerful way to capture high-speed, precise impressions digitally, with no materials involved, and provide significant productivity enhancements and high-quality care for patients.
Market Moves
Seventeen dental technicians employed by the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry were fired and their jobs outsourced to local laboratories, according to The Herald-Sun. The move was made to compensate for budget cuts, dental school dean John Williams told the newspaper.
BioLok International Inc., and HealthpointCapital Partners II, L.P. announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement whereby HealthpointCapital will acquire BioLok for $2.15 per share in cash, for a total of approximately $35 million.
Dentalcompare, an online buyer's guide for dental professionals, today announced their partnership with Farran Media, parent company of Dentaltown and Hygienetown Web sites and magazines. The partnership would allow Dentaltown and Hygienetown users to access Dentalcompare's unbiased product directory, product reviews and technology spotlights directly from their Web sites and magazines.
Cynovad Inc. and Laserdenta AG (OpenLaser) announced that they have formed a strategic alliance that will see the two companies expand their relationship to encompass projects related to the digital dentistry industry. The newly aligned business relationship will cover cross licensing of products, marketing coordination and product development efforts in which the companies will work together to support the development, testing and marketing of new products.
Awards and Appointments
Nobel Biocare announced it will contribute $2.5 million to the UCLA School of Dentistry to create an endowed chair in surgical implant dentistry.
DentalEZ Group recently hired Tim Erickson as territory sales representative - equipment and Richard Murdock as territory sales representative for the StarDental team.
3i received the Governor's Business Diversification Award for Export Excellence from Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Noteworthy
The Ivoclar Vivadent education team hosted a comprehensive training course in Empress Esthetic and e.max Aug. 13-15. Attending the course at LVI were Bob Walther; Younes Salah; Marianne Gimon; Jack Zurkic; Diane Chu; Mel Taback; Helena Lee; Kevin Flanagan; Richard Zambrano; Jeon Ko; Seonghwan Kim; Robert Savage, CDT; Joe Azar; Kyle Rea; Al Gomez; and Ernie Dymond, CDT.
The Ivoclar Vivadent education team hosted a comprehensive training course in e.max CAD/CAM technologies Aug. 24-26. Attending the course at IDEA were: Bob Rapps; Bob Walther; Thomas Hamer, Jr.; Matt Kim; Dana Spadafora; Lars Sorensen, CDT; Jeremy Guidinger; Don Van Hook; Dr. William Nordquist, DMD; Chris Pasciak; Dr. Michael Darling; Dennis Harmon; Keith Kim; and Gary Osborn, CDT.
Sirona Dental Systems introduced its inaugural newsletter entitled inLab inSights. Designed exclusively for inLabÆ owners, each issue contains informative articles and updates pertaining to Sironaís CAD/CAM laboratory applications.
Ivoclar Vivadent is excited to announce the dare to e.magine National Tour featuring IPS e.maxÆ and IPS EmpressÆ. The tour kicks off Oct. 5, in Minneapolis, Dallas and Pittsburgh and ends in Grand Rapids and Buffalo on Feb. 15. In all, the tour will make 35 stops across 25 states.
The Denver-based, National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH) --a charitable affiliate of the American Dental Association (ADA) that helps needy individuals who are disabled, elderly or medically compromised get needed dental care-- elected the following officers at its August board meeting:
Chairman - Gary Porter; Vice Chairman - Richard Haught, DDS; Secretary - Jim Wiltz; Treasurer/Assistant Secretary - Stephen A. Weinstein; Immediate Past Chairman - Frank Maggio, DDS; President and Chief Executive Officer - Larry Coffee, DDS. Two ADA Trustees also serve as NFDH board members: Jeanne Strathearn, DDS and Ron Tankersley, DDS. Other members of Board of Directors: Gordon Christense≠n, D.D.S., Ph.D., Thomas Fleszar, D.D.S., M.S., Donald Garner, D.D.S., William Powell, D.D.S., M.S., Anthony Volpe, D.D.S., Jim Breslawski, Gary Kunkle, Lawrence Farrell, George Obst, Jeffrey Perelman, Francesca Peretti, Ph.D., John Nicholas Vinke and William Ward.
The Ivoclar Vivadent education team hosted a comprehensive training course in e.max CAD on Sept. 28-30. Attending the course at Ivoclar Vivadentís Amherst, NY facility were: Jeff Smith, CDT; Pat Segnere, CDT; Christopher Stricker; Ernie Dymond, CDT; Vince White; Vinnie White; Tom Petroske; Jody King; Jon Jackins; Dr. Chuck DeFreest; Joe King, CDT; Hubert Jasinski; Ruben Duany; and Gary Osborn, CDT.
The Ivoclar Vivadent education team hosted a comprehensive training course in e.max CAD on Oct. 19 -21. The course focuses on the design and milling of substructures from IPS e.max CAD and IPS e.max ZirCAD. Attending the course at Ivoclar Vivadent's Amherst, N.Y., facility were: Ernie Dymond, CDT; Fred Puzio; Jamal Oudeh; Anna Puzio, MDT; Vanessa Elizondo; Mark Walter, CDT; Philip Chung, CDT; Isaac Hoot; Laurie Brenton; Roger Hoot, CDT; Irma Gutierrez, CDT; Joe Gutierrez, Jr.; Wayne Banfield, RDT; Sarah Johnson, DMD, CDT; and Dr. Robert Zena.
