Mitsui Chemicals continues to expand its dental materials business, taking a 50.01% stake in U.S. denture maker Dentca.
Earlier this year, Mitsui acquired Heraeus Dental for $578 million. Over the last two years, Mitsui has been working to grow its healthcare business through its Functional Chemicals group.
Dentca develops, manufactures, and distributes dentures using CAD/CAM and proprietary 3D modeling and printing technologies. The dentures market is expected to continue to grow leveraged by the increase in aging of worldwide populations and rising incomes in emerging countries, according to Mitsui.
