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DENTAL TECHNOLOGY, JANUARY-MARCH 2023

Excellent business results and change in leadership at the Ivoclar Group

Markus Heinz will replace Diego Gabathuler as CEO of the Ivoclar Group

In 2022, the Ivoclar Group achieved a turnover of 872 million Swiss francs, sur-
passing its previous record set in 2021. The Liechtenstein-based dental and
medical device company, which is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2023,
attributes this success to the introduction of innovative new products and the
company’s expansion into growth markets around the globe. Nevertheless, a
change in leadership has been announced.
The successor of Diego Gabathuler will be Markus Heinz. He started his
career at the company in 1985 and most recently held the position of Chief
Operating Officer. Markus Heinz has a proven track record in the fields of pro-
duction, supply chain management, organizational development, people man-
agement and customer care, a skillset the Ivoclar Group wants to draw on in
order to continue its story of success.
“My remit is to continue successfully implementing the existing strategy and
to further develop the organization.This includes fine-tuning and optimization
by increasing the focus on our growth markets and on our core products while
investing in innovative solutions for the future. We will continue to sharpen From left: Christian Brutzer (CCO), Patric Frank (CMO), Markus Heinz (new CEO),
our focus on our customers, our people and partners,” says the new CEO Diego Gabathuler (previous CEO), Franz Berger (CFO) and Dr Thomas Hirt (CTO).
Markus Heinz.
Markus Heinz will be supported in his many tasks by the existing members chapter in the history of our company,” says Helmut Schuster.
of the Corporate Management. In his role as Chief Commercial Officer, More information about Ivoclar and the 100-year anniversary celebrations
Christian Brutzer will be responsible for the sales organization of all markets in “A Century of Innovation”: ivoclar.com/100years
the future. “Our organization is thus in good and safe hands as we open a new

3Shape acquires laboratory H3D, a Leading Provider in the Hearing Aid

management software provider LabStar Industry, Enters Dental Laboratory Market

3Shape has recently announced that it has acquired LabStar—a Denmark-based H3D, a successful
cloud-based laboratory management software (LMS) provider provider of AI CAD in the hearing aid
headquartered in the US. Approximately 600 dental laboratories industry, has announced that it will devel-
around the world use LabStar services, and both companies are op dental AI CAD, a fully automated, AI-
looking forward to combining their expertise in order to improve driven design software.
the quality of dental laboratory work. H3D is creating the platform in partner-
LabStar provides simple, cloud-based LMS to help run a dental ship with dental laboratories across Europe
laboratory from case entry to invoicing. The software has powerful and Australasia. Similar to its approach in
features to help manage clients, sales, logistics, digital files, report- the hearing aid market, the company is
ing and billing. focusing on dental labs rather than clinics
Commenting on the acquisition, Dr Rune Fisker, senior vice and its motto is Built with labs, for labs. “Labs are the gold standard in terms of qual-
president for product strategy at 3Shape, noted: “We are very excit- ity levels, and our ambition is to create the world’s best AI CAD, so partnering with
ed to bring LabStar into the 3Shape family. We believe that LabStar them is a natural choice for us,” says Damian Png, Dental Director at H3D. Dental AI
is the very best LMS on the market, and so do the dental technicians CAD is designed to be simple and operated by staff members who aren’t CAD techni-
we work with.” “Whether you are a dental laboratory using 3Shape, cians; the user simply uploads the order, clicks “Automate Design” and then down-
LabStar, or both, having LabStar onboard will enable your labora- loads the CAD file a few minutes later. Multiple orders can be simultaneously
tory to do so much more,” he added. uploaded and processed, so hundreds of cases can be completed within five minutes.

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TEAMWORK MEDIA TO HOST COLLOQUIUM DENTAL IN ITALY

After the successful 2022 edition, the "COLLOQUIUM DENTAL” with the since 1996 is teamwork media srl, a publishing house based in Brescia, which
Italian Dental Show fair will be held on 19-21 October 2023 at the CENTRO has been operating in the dental sector for thirty years and is the reference
FIERA DEL GARDA - Montichiari (BS), Italy. The organizer of the event point for specialized information for dentists and dental technicians with the
magazines "teamwork clinic" and "dental dialogue "and the books of its
library.
This year's exhibition, with more than 200 international exhibitors, has all
the prerequisites and requirements for a brilliant success with a complete out-
look of current technologies, innovations and products. The visit to the fair
allows one to get the latest information on the various disciplines, digital
workflow, diagnostics, CAD/ CAM systems. Numerous company workshops
will also be organized. The exhibiting companies will thus be able to intensi-
fy contacts with customers and acquire new ones in the pleasant atmosphere
that has always characterized this event. Admission to the fair is free.
Visit www.colloquium.dental for more information.