Planmeca has made a noncontrolling, strategic investment in E4D Technologies, the developer of the E4D CAD/CAM restorative system.
Planmeca will co-develop CAD/CAM products with E4D and offer these products in North America under the brand names Planmeca PlanScan-E4D Technologies and PlanMill-E4D Technologies.
Henry Schein will continue to be the exclusive distributor in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Planmeca will expand distribution of the E4D system to more than 120 additional international markets under the Planmeca PlanScan and PlanMill brands. In certain other markets, the E4D brand will remain in use.
Under the terms of the agreement, Planmeca joins the partnership of Henry Schein and Ivoclar Vivadent, who have been strategic equity partners in E4D since 2007, along with certain members of E4D's senior management team.
