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Dentsply Sirona company history timeline

1877

Sirona Dental Systems was founded in Germany in 1877.

1887

In 1887, the company developed the first electric-powered dental drill.

1899

Dentsply started as an artificial teeth manufacturer called Dentists’ Supply Company in 1899, founded by four businessmen from New York.

1969

In 1969, the company changed its name to Dentsply International.

1997

In 1997, Siemens sold its dental solutions division, which was then established as Sirona Dental Systems.

2006

In 2006, the company started trading on NASDAQ. The company has made some significant innovations and has launched some very successful products over the years.

2011

The deal raises revenue by 25% ($535M) and was completed on August 31, 2011.

Acquisitions in 2011 caused the value of long term debt to increase by 147% while total assets grew by 146% (current assets however decreased in value). Acquisition/restructuring charges were one of the reasons net income decreased 7.4%.

2017

In 2017, CEO Jeffrey Slovin, executive chairman Bret Wise, and president Christopher Clark all resigned.

2018

On January 17, 2018, Dentsply Sirona announced the appointment of Donald Casey Jr., formerly CEO of the Medical Segment of Cardinal Health, as CEO and a member of the board, with Casey to take the role in February and succeed interim CEO Mark Thierer.

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