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Vatech America announced it has promoted Michael Lang to Director of Customer Service.
Lang assumed the role of Service Manager, Also he served as Director of Operations at Coinstar Inc. and held a General Manager position with Unisys. He graduated from Control Data Institute with an Electronics Engineer degree and he was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force following a four year term as Aircraft Crew Chief.

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VATECH Global Co., Ltd. will take part in FDI Annual World Dental Congress to be held in Mexico City, Mexico on the 14th to the 17th of September 2011.
According to the PR, Vatech Global is expecting Full-scale Mexican market expansion through that annual with the participation of more than 10,000 dentists from over 100 countries.
During this event, Vatech Global will showcase a full range of products at the Centro Banamex Convention and Exhibition Centre. VATECH Global will put on exhibit 4 of its leading-edge products: EzSensor, the Intraoral sensor; PaX-Primo, a dedicated digital panoramic X-ray system; PaX-400C, a panoramic and cephalometric X-ray system; and PaX-Duo3D, an optimized CBCT system with the latest 3D imaging technology.

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Gendex begins a campaign designed to bring its latest dental imaging technology to dentists — the Experience Gendex 2011-2012 North American Dental Imaging Tour.
According to the PR, The new Experience Gendex campaign and the bus were designed to create a mobile showroom that was conducive to learning about Gendex imaging solutions in a fun and entertaining environment to introduce new imaging solutions.

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Vatech America, Inc., announced its inaugural continuing education webinar hosted by Dr. Jorge Bianchi an expert within the field of dental radiology.
According to the PR, Vatech America has taken the initiative of educating dental professionals on emerging technologies within the field of digital dental imaging.

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Implant manufacturer Straumann has acquired a minority stake of 30% in Dental Wings.
he move underscores Straumann's commitment to developing an open software standard for the dental industry, according to the company.

Headquartered in Montreal, Dental Wings specializes in software for design and manufacturing, in addition to developing and manufacturing 3D scanners. The company is privately owned and, as a result of the transaction, Straumann is now represented on its board of directors.

Straumann's interest in Dental Wings was signaled at the International Dental Show in Cologne, Germany, in March when the two companies announced a collaborative partnership with 3M ESPE to create an open standard software platform for use across a range of dental applications. 3M ESPE and Straumann also announced their intention to adopt Dental Wings Open System (DWOS) platform as the core operating software in their CAD/CAM systems.

"Dental professionals should no longer be locked into specific scanning or manufacturing systems, and we believe that a common platform will revolutionize the dental industry," Naoum Araj, president of Dental Wings, stated in a press release. "There is no doubt that digitalization will drive dentistry in the future, and our goal is to work with multiple partners to perfect an open platform that caters to the broadest range of needs."