Heraeus Kulzer to relocate headquarters

Dental esthetics firm Heraeus Kulzer recently announced that it will relocate its North American headquarters to its current manufacturing and distribution facility in South Bend, Ind., by December 2008.

All business functions, including sales, customer service, finance, accounting, technical services, and marketing, will be centralized at the South Bend facility, according to the company.

"This is a time of unprecedented innovation in esthetic dentistry ... and in the history of Heraeus," said Bernard Bolka, chief financial officer of Heraeus Kulzer, in a press release. "Just as we relentlessly improve our products and materials, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies and to better serve our customers."