Coltene Holding
| COLTENE Holding AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CH0025343259 |
| founding | 2006 (by splitting off from Gurit-Heberlein AG ) |
| Seat |
Altstätten , Switzerland
|
| management | Martin Schaufelberger (Chairman of the Executive Board ) Niklaus Henri Huber ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 1,400 (2019) |
| sales | 273.8 million (2019) |
| Branch | Dental technology |
| Website | www.coltene.com |
The COLTENE Holding AG (until April 2008 Medisize Holding AG), headquartered in Altstätten is the development, manufacture and distribution of dental specialty consumables internationally active Swiss companies. Coltène emerged at the beginning of 2006 from the Health Care division of the Swiss Gurit-Heberlein AG . This division was on 23 June 2006 as an independent, financially independent company on the Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange listed . Coltène employed 1,227 people at the end of 2007 and achieved sales of 274 million Swiss francs in 2007, of which 686 employees or 168 million francs were in the continuing dental division. In 2019, Coltene generated sales of CHF 273.8 million with 1,400 employees.
Field of activity
Coltène develops, produces and sells dental consumables and small appliances. In addition to impression materials and filling materials, the product range includes products for root canal treatment , patient safety and hygiene, as well as diamond and carbide burs .
history
Gurit-Heberlein AG, founded in 1835, was mainly active in textile finishing, the manufacture of synthetic fibers ( Helanca ) and textile machine construction until the 1960s . At the end of the 1960s, the company diversified into various areas, including the dental business in 1967 with the takeover of the Coltène company in Altstätten, which specializes in dental products . Coltène AG merged with the American company Whaledent Inc. in 1990. This resulted in the Health Care division within the Gurit-Heberlein Group.
In 2005 the Gurit-Heberlein board of directors decided to split the group into two independent companies along the previous divisional boundaries. The medical and dental business was listed on the stock exchange as an independent company under the company name Medisize Holding AG.
At the end of February 2008 Medisize decided to sell the entire medical business and to concentrate exclusively on the dental business. The company was then renamed Coltène Holding AG in April 2008 and one year later the headquarters were moved from Wattwil to Altstätten. Today the company operates under the name Coltène / Whaledent.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2019 (PDF) Coltene Holding, accessed on May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Coltène Holding moves its headquarters to the Rhine Valley on tagblatt.ch on April 22, 2009
- ↑ Imprint on coltene.com