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VISIT TO THE UPCERA HEADQUARTERS
Rahul Kakodkar CDT
This August, we had the opportunity to visit Shenzhen & Benxi region all across the globe. We also had the opportunity to visit the high end
in China and were hosted by UPCERA. Upcera Dental Technology dental labs in China. It was a delight to witness their R&D based and
Co., Ltd. is a high-tech company, specializing in developing and innovation driven array of restorative solutions they bring to the dental
manufacturing zirconia blanks, lithium disilicate blocks and colouring industry. We not only witnessed the fascinating automated process of
liquid. They are an FDA approved facility with over 48% market zirconia manufacturing but also received training on zirconia and
share of dental zirconia in China, and its products are marketed in lithium disilicates, led by industry experts. One of the highlights was
more than 110 countries around the world. Shenzhen houses the witnessing the fully automated manufacturing process of zirconia with
headquarters and Benxi harbours their state of the art and research robots.
driven production facility. The well planned excursion activities with like minded group of
There were around 15 laboratory heads from leading dental labs people added to the flavour of the trip.
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