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 Laboratories 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 design and manufacturing operation 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 Group becomes Acteon Group.

• Acquisition of SED-R (Mini L.E.D.).

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 : ERCP becomes major shareholder.

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), I-Endo and I-Surge micromotors