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History

 

 

Founded in the early ’80s, the Group Satelec® - Pierre Rolland® was renamed Acteon ® in 2003. But the independent history of the two branches of the Group is older and testifies of a solid experience based on the duration and the multiple episodes of its construction.

 

 

1946

Founding of Pierre Rolland® Laboratories.

 

1970

Founding of the Satelec® Company in Bordeaux.

 

1978

Satelec® merges with Sanofi Group

 

1984

A subsidiary is set up in Düsseldorf (Germany) (North and East European area).

 

1986

Pierre Rolland® merges with Satelec® in Bordeaux – Mérignac.

 

A subsidiary is set up in Barcelona, Spain (Iberian Peninsula and South American area).

 

1987
A representative office is opened in Beijing (China).

 

1991

LBO 1

 

1993

A representative office is set up in Seoul (South Korea).

 

Founding of Satelec® Medical.

 

1994

Representative offices are opened in Ahmedabad (India) and Amman (Jordan)

 

1998

Acquisition of an autoclave manufacturing in Bilbao (Spain)

 

Acquisition of Amadent in Philadelphia (USA).

 

1999

Subsidiaries are set up in Cambridge (UK) and Ahmedabad (India)

 

 

 

 

 

2000
 Launch of Expasyl®

 Acquisition of Riskontrol® : disposable tips for air/water syringes.

 

2001
 Sale of Satelec® Medical, acquisition of Sopro®

 

 

2003
 Satelec®-Pierre Rolland® becomes Acteon® Group.

 Acquisition of SED-R (Miniled®)

 

2004
 A subsidiary is set up in Bangkok (Thailand).

 Acquisition of Geyser (insufflator and irrigator for endoscopy).

 

2005
 A representative office for Latin America is opened

 LBO 2

 

2006
 A representative office is opened in Moscow (Russia).

 A representative office is opened in Sydney (Australia).

 Acquisition of COMEG (Tuttlingen - Germany). 

 Acquisition of De Götzen s.r.l. (Milan – Italy).

 

2007
 Launch of Hemostasyl®, Implant Center™, Quaz® and Sopro® 617.

 

2009
 Launch of : Piezotome® 2, Implant Center™ 2, SOPROLIFE®, PSPiX®, Expasyl® Premium

 A representative office is opened in Taiwan

 

2010
 Launch of WhiteFox® (CBCT Large FOV)

 

2011
 Launch of AIR-N-GO®, Piezotome Solo™, ScanWave®, Sulcus Blue, Ubicam®, Ulyss.

 Acquisition of By Dental

 

2012

 Me Too ! ™ (whitening), SoproCare, I-Endo™ and I-Surge™ micromotors

 

2013

 New Newtron range (B.LED), X-Mind Unity

 

 

 



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