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digital dental business Roland DG to establish new 3-D business brand, DGSHAPE In order to increase visibility for its growing 3-D segment, Japanese manu- facturer Roland DG has announced the transfer of its digital businesses, consisting of the development and sales of 3-D milling machines, 3-D print- ers, engraving machines and photographic impact printers, to a new, whol- ly-owned subsidiary, DGSHAPE Corporation. The spin-off, which begins op- erating in April, will be located at the Roland DG headquarters in Hamamatsu. According to the company, its series of DWX dental milling machines has become a major driver of growth of Roland’s 3-D business, accounting for 60 per cent of sales in the segment in 2016. In addition, industrial inkjet printer sales accounted for 70 per cent of digital printing business sales in the same period. Representative Director, President and CEO Kohei Tanabe is 39 years old— I hope DGSHAPE will advance the innovative concept of 3-D digital fabrication, exploit next-generation technologies, and take bold steps to develop cutting- edge products and solutions.” Roland DG President Hidenori Fujioka. Consequently, the company decided to embark on restructuring its dentist- ry-focused 3-D business by launching it under the new brand of DGSHAPE and transferring it to an autonomous company. “Spinning the 3-D business off as a separate company would allow the man- agement of DGSHAPE to implement speedy decision-making and business execution,” commented Roland DG President Hidenori Fujioka on the decision to transfer the business to a new subsidy. “Led by a young executive team— In addition to Tanabe, Hisashi Bito will serve as Director and Chief Technology Offi cer, Kouichi Hashimoto as Outside Director, and Toru Kajikawa as Audit and Supervisory Board Member. The executive board will be formally ap- pointed at an extraordinary general meeting in March. www.dgshape.com cost-effective scanners 3Shape’s new lab scanners Digital dentistry specialist 3Shape has launched a new line of cost-effective scanners for the dental laboratory. According to the company, the E scan- ners deliver high-quality images and offer ad- vanced scanning features and precision CAD/ CAM workfl ows, like other 3Shape scanners, but at a more affordable price. The E scanners feature two 5-megapixel cameras each, Blue LED and multiline high-speed scanning for optimal detail capture and accuracy and thus enable laboratories to complete more cases in less time. More over, features like 3Shape’s reliable impression scanning, which allows laboratories to scan conventional impressions directly without having to pour a model, and Auto-start, which starts scanning as soon as the model is placed in- side the E scanner, save additional time and costs. www.3shape.com 3Shape’s new affordable E scanners make advanced CAD/CAM accessible to laboratories of all sizes. CAD/CAM 4 2017 53