Straumann has acquired a minority stake of 30% in Dental Wings for an undisclosed sum.
The 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."
