Pluradent

Pluradent
legal form	AG & Co KG
founding	2001
Seat	Offenbach am Main
management	Karsten Hemmer; ; Herbert Liebl;
Number of employees	1081 (2015/2016)
sales	305 million euros
Branch	health
Website	www.pluradent.de
	As of June 13, 2017

Headquarters of the Pluradent company in Offenbach

The Pluradent AG & Co KG is a active in Europe group of companies that provide products and services for dentists and dental technicians offering. With over 1000 employees and a turnover of 305 million euros in the 2015/2016 financial year, the company is one of the largest retailers in the European healthcare industry.

history

In 2000, the three dental depots Deuker & Neubauer (founded 1963 with headquarters in Kassel ), Emil Huber (founded 1915 with headquarters in Karlsruhe) and Neubauer Dental (founded 1936 with headquarters in Offenbach) merged and founded Pluradent. In the years that followed, five other Pluradent AG & Co KG companies joined with Dental Depot Carl Huxhol, Dental Depot Peter Klein, Dental Depot Otto Schumann, Dental Depot Wegesend and Dental Depot Wilke.

With the establishment of Pluradent Austria GmbH, which took place through the majority stake in Erich Nagele GmbH and the integration of Handelsgesellschaft Karl Schaffer Zahnwaren-Großhandlung KG and Austrodent Handelsgesellschaft mbH, the foundation stone was laid for the care of dental practices and dental laboratories in Austria.

Since 2016 the Pluradent Group has held a majority stake in the Polish dental specialist Meditrans. It is one of the leading dental retail companies in Poland and has been selling dental consumables and equipment since 1991. The customer base includes dental practices, dental laboratories and trade organizations. The company employs around 90 people and offers a range of more than 30,000 products.

On February 25, 2020, Pluradent AG & Co. KG applied for bankruptcy in self-administration at the Offenbach District Court in order to avert impending insolvency.

Corporate structure

The Pluradent Group is made up of various companies. As the parent company, Pluradent AG & Co KG takes on the role of traditional specialist retailer and offers products and various services for dentists and dental technicians. The daughters complete the offer. The subsidiary GLS GmbH & Co KG , based in Kassel, is responsible for material logistics. The subsidiary Prodent Consult GmbH offers extensive consulting services for dental practices. The Pluradent AG is privately held. The company shares are held by the owner families of the merged founding companies and are not publicly traded.

Specialized trade

The Pluradent specialist trade offers services and products for dentists and dental technicians. The Pluradent specialist trade is active in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Poland and Switzerland. Until 2018 there was also a subsidiary in Iran.

consultation

Prodent Consult GmbH was founded in 2008 as a 100% subsidiary of Pluradent, with the aim of offering Pluradent customers not only product services but also consulting services. The consulting company recorded a turnover of 580,000 euros in 2016 (2015) and employs 12 people. Prodent Consult is a classic consulting company with a focus on the dental market and thus primarily advises companies in the dental industry, especially dental practices and clinics. The portfolio includes a. Billing services, company check-ups, quality management , hygiene management and communication training.

logistics

The logistics company GLS Logistik GmbH & Co.Dental Handel KG supports dealers and dental specialist companies in supplying their customers. These include, above all, dentists, dental laboratories and clinics. The range includes more than 130,000 items, almost 50,000 are available in the central warehouse. The company also handles jobs, taking care of shipping and transport organization, created accompanying documents and provides after-sales service . GLS supplies customers all over Europe and processes around 500,000 orders a year.

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d consolidated financial statements for the financial year from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. In: Bundesanzeiger . Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ Plimsoll World Portfolio Analysis: The Medical Device Wholesalers (European) Industry. A comprehensive financial analysis of the top 30 companies. 2nd edition. 2014.
↑ Pluradent applies for insolvency under self-administration. In: dentalmarketing-magazin.de. February 26, 2020, accessed February 27, 2020 .
↑ Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. In: Bundesanzeiger . Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[bundesanzeiger-1] consolidated financial statements for the financial year from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. In: Bundesanzeiger . Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[2] Plimsoll World Portfolio Analysis: The Medical Device Wholesalers (European) Industry. A comprehensive financial analysis of the top 30 companies. 2nd edition. 2014.

[3] Pluradent applies for insolvency under self-administration. In: dentalmarketing-magazin.de. February 26, 2020, accessed February 27, 2020 .

[4] Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016. In: Bundesanzeiger . Retrieved June 13, 2017.