Henry Schein has acquired Ortho Organizers, a manufacturer and distributor of orthodontics products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, according to a company press release.
Ortho Organizers, a privately owned company with headquarters in Carlsbad, CA, has approximately 200 employees, including 20 sales representatives. Sales in 2008 were approximately $30 million, and its products are sold both domestically and internationally.
"Orthodontics is a $1.2 billion global market, including $600 million in the United States, and Ortho Organizers is highly regarded within this important market segment," said Stanley M. Bergman, chairman and CEO of Henry Schein, in the press release.
George Guttroff, president and CEO of Ortho Organizers, has also been appointed president of Henry Schein's newly formed Global Dental Specialties Group, with responsibility for advancing the company's global orthodontic and implant sales.
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