Dental Asia November/December 2022

DENTAL UPDATES
New sustainable company headquarters for Amann Girrbach in Mäder, Austria
With its new, sustainability-oriented building,
which is to be constructed in just 15 months,
Amann Girrbach will be consolidating its sites
in Vorarlberg, Austria. All 350 employees
will be located in Mäder in the future, and
a further increase in personnel is planned
medium term. The intention of the new
building is to create a working environment
with added value for all employees and, at the
same time, to optimise all procedures and
processes. The investment costs amount to
€47m.
The new company headquarters in Mäder
are scheduled to be ready for occupancy at
the end of 2023. All Austrian facilities, from
manufacturing and warehousing to research
and development, administration and training,
will in future be located in the premises and
halls, covering a total of around 20,000sqm.
“With the new building in Mäder, we will be
implementing our own high standards when
it comes to creating an atmosphere for
our employees in which everyone can feel
comfortable and work productively. We are
pleased that in future we will be able to offer
a canteen as well as various recreational
lounges and green areas that meet the most
up-to-date and well-thought-out requirements,”
said Dr Wolfgang Reim, CEO of Amann
Girrbach, underlining the company’s intention.
The rapid growth of Amann Girrbach has also
prompted the need to merge the individual
sites while expanding them at the same time.
“There has been an increasing lack of space
in recent years due to our very satisfying
corporate development, and we have had
to resort to external premises on several
occasions. At the new, central location, it will
now also be possible to optimise cooperation
between the individual departments, resulting
in improved processes and workflows, and
the entire logistic chains between the present
locations will be eliminated,” added Dr Reim.
Another key brief in the planning of the
new headquarters was the commitment to
sustainably reduce the company’s carbon
footprint. The building will be fitted with
one of Vorarlberg’s largest photovoltaic
systems, with an output of up to 1.15MWp.
Amann Girrbach utilises heat from the
sintering furnaces to heat the building, and
the heat pumps operate with groundwater.
The planned green roof is also designed
to promote biodiversity. The cooperation
partner Garbe is a technical and structural
co-developer as well as being the owner of
the new building. DA
Carestream Dental partners with Overjet
Carestream Dental has partnered with
Overjet, the industry leader in dental
artificial intelligence. The partnership gives
Carestream Dental’s customers access to
Overjet’s AI-powered X-ray analysis tool that
detects decay, quantifies bone loss and
highlights other areas of concern.
Overjet’s FDA-approved technology can also
analyse 18 months of prior radiographs and
cross-reference them with an office’s practice
management system to identify potential
decay and periodontal disease that has not
been diagnosed.
Research shows that diseased teeth are
misdiagnosed nearly a quarter of the time
when using traditional methods*. However,
the AI technology eases the workload and
streamlines the diagnostic process for
practitioners, while building greater trust with
their patients.
“We’re seeing an increase in AI in every part of
the industry, which is giving clinicians greater
confidence in their diagnosis and treatment
planning,” said Jeremy Thomas, general
manager of the Americas for Carestream
Dental. “Now, Carestream Dental imaging
customers will experience a new level of
confidence and quantification with access to
Overjet’s AI analysis tool.”
“With this partnership, thousands of
more dentists will have AI technology at
their fingertips to help improve patient
care,” said Wardah Inam, co-founder and
CEO of Overjet. “Overjet is committed to
improving oral health by creating a future
that is clinically-precise, efficient and patient
centric.”
Carestream Dental is a catalyst for
technological innovation and continues
to expand its portfolio with ongoing
investments in solutions that drive practice
and partner value and differentiation. DA
*Ekert T, Krois J, Meinhold L, Elhennawy K, Emara
R, Golla T, Schwendicke F (2019) Deep Learning
for the Radiographic Detection of Apical Lesions.
J Endod. 2019 Jul;45(7):917-922.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.
joen.2019.03.016. Epub 2019 Jun 1.
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