从瑞士走向全球的齿科公司
50年前，1963年11月26日瑞士康特公司（COLTENE AG）在瑞士St Gallen注册成立。公司创建伊始，主要生产和销售“各类齿科产品、化学品、打火机、化妆品”。最早的品牌产品包括路标漆、硅橡胶封闭剂。1975年瑞士康特公司开始专注于齿科领域并推出了高精度“总统”牌硅橡胶印模材，成为当时最新一代印模材料。时至今日，其A类硅橡胶仍然是市场上的主流产品。其后陆续推出了“瑞得”（RAPID）（1980年）、“速得”（SPEEDEX）（1992年）和“安菲”（AFFINIS）（2001年）等高精度硅橡胶印模材，并在全球范围内获得成功。
瑞士康特公司是“以白色充填材料取代银汞充填材料”理念的引导者。早在1983年瑞士康特公司率先上市了精细混合填料复合树脂“碧瑞”（BRILLIANT），至今碧瑞仍是临床不可或缺的修复材料。公司的研发团队从很早便开始与各大知名院校及著名专家合作，推出了一系列革命性的解决方案。1988年推出的“碧瑞”树脂美学的充填方案，利用预聚合炉进行直接或间接修复，在当时被誉为跨时代的创新技术。之后公司先后推出多款令人关注的树脂材料如“双色龙”（SYNERGY）(1998年)、MIRIS(2001年)等。MIRIS美学树脂是基于日内瓦大学Didier Dietschi博士自然分层充填理念设计，可高度模拟自然牙结构，是一款全球首创的只用很少的颜色即可达到高度仿真美学效果的树脂。2011年新上市的全球首创的复合树脂贴面系统COMPONEER标志着瑞士康特公司在前牙美学修复领域又迈上了一个新台阶。
瑞士康特公司除了注重公司内部的发展外，还通过不断的并购扩大产品线，1990年通过并购美国Whaledent Inc公司，发展成为瑞士康特齿科集团公司，公司通过在根管治疗、感染控制、旋转工具和治疗辅助工具等领域引入新的品牌Whaledent、Hygenic、Diatech、Roeko、CEl和Vigodent,进一步奠定了齿科领域的领跑地位。
如今，瑞士康特齿科集团已发展成了领先国际的集团，公司致力于口腔产品的研发、生产和分销服务。其机构遍布瑞士、美国、德国、匈牙利和巴西。公司现有员工约900人 ，2012年的销售额为1.581亿瑞士法郎。
Coltène/Whaledent AG celebrates 50th company anniversary
From a local chemical business to a global dental company
50 years ago, on 26 November 1963 to be precise, Coltène AG was registered in the St. Gallen commercial register for the first time as a company for manufacturing and distributing “all manner of dental products, novel cigarette lighters, chemical, cosmetic and technical products”. The first specialties included road marking paints and silicone sealing materials. 1975 saw the introduction of “PRESIDENT” a high-precision, novel generation of silicone impression materials, the breakthrough on the dental market. Today, A-silicones are the predominant impression materials on the market. The brands Speedex (1992) and AFFINIS (2001) were launched with success internationally as the next generations of precision impression materials.
Coltène AG also pioneered the development of white tooth fillings to replace amalgam filling materials which were standard in those days. As early as 1983, the micro-hybrid composite Coltène BRILLIANT was presented which even today is indispensable in restorative dentistry. The research and development teams started very early on to cooperate with leading universities and opinion leaders and made a name for themselves with revolutionary innovations in the field of filling materials. The BRILLIANT Esthetic Line 4-way filling therapy (1988) deserves a special mention here. This system with intra and extra-oral restoration, using a special polymerisation oven, was way ahead of its time. This was followed by the filling materials SYNERGY (1998) and the premium product Miris (2001). The latter was based on the Natural Layering Technique by Dr. Didier Dietschi, University of Geneva, which emulates the natural layered structure of teeth. This was the first time that highest aesthetic demands could be met using only a small number of composite shades. In 2011, the first Direct Composite Veneering System, COMPONEER, was introduced for direct restoration of anterior teeth with composite and continues to underline the company's innovative claim.
Besides intrinsic growth, Coltène AG also focused on external growth. Intelligent acquisitions have expanded and complemented the product portfolio significantly. In 1990, integration of the American Whaledent Inc into the dental group, from then on known as Coltène/Whaledent, provided access to the US market. The areas of endodontics, infection control, rotating instruments and treatment aids were strengthened by the brands Whaledent, Hygenic, Diatech, Cutting Edge Instruments and Roeko. The acquisition of the Brazilian impression and filling material specialist Vigodent in 2010 is the latest development.
Worldwide successful specialist in dentistry
Today, Coltène/Whaledent is a leading global group with state-of-the-art development laboratories and production facilities in Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Brazil and the USA, dedicated to the development, manufacturing and sales of dental consumables and small-sized equipment. Dentists and dental technicians worldwide rely on COLTENE products, both for conventional, as well as implant-based treatment and dental reconstruction.
The worldwide COLTENE distribution network has been expanded consistently during the past few years to embrace the growth markets of China, India and Brazil. Together with our distribution partners, we promptly supply dentists and dental technicians across the globe. Success in the continuously growing dental market speaks for itself: the company presently employs roughly 900 staff and generated an annual turnover of 158.1 million CHF in 2012.