Biberach/Germany, 1 June 2004 – Eight weeks ago the owners of Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co. KG (KaVo) and the Danaher Corporation (Danaher) signed an agreement on the acquisition of KaVo by the American company. The transaction was still subject to the approval of public agencies and the fulfillment of other customary completion conditions. In the meantime these approvals have been granted and the conditions fulfilled, with the effect that the legal take-over (closing) was completed on Friday, 28 May 2004. In the future KaVo will play a leading role within Danaher's medical technology platform: The German company, with its headquarters in Biberach, will form the main pillar of the new Dental division together with Gendex, a provider of dental X-ray devices. Within the Dental division, Gendex will report to Dr. Martin Rickert. At present all the corporate flows and organisational structures are being coordinated so as to optimise the activities, and in particular in the field of marketing and sales, so as to ensure customer satisfaction.
The KaVo and Gendex brands are to be retained as independent brands within Danaher's Dental division. Hence KaVo will launch its intra-oral X-Ray system eXam in the near future. The Gendex X-ray range has already been established for many years and will thus be ideally complemented by the KaVo eXam. For customers this provides an additional benefit by offering to them advanced features, integrated solutions and more choices.
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