The name Heraeus stands for a global, private company that is rich in tradition and success - a rare combination in today´s business world. Precious metals, materials competence, leading edge technologies, and internationalization: Heraeus has been creating the conditions for its success since 1851 by itself. Through know-how and innovative strength, through visionary concepts and the courage to be entrepreneurial, Heraeus has consistently pursued its strategy of financial stability and profitable growth from its beginnings to this day.

As different as the products and scope of activity of the individual Heraeus companies may be, they can all be traced back to common roots, from extensive expertise in dealing with precious metals and the mastery of high-temperature processes to comprehensive innovative strength in materials technology. The diversified product portfolio evolved over years of experience, often accompanied by fundamental discoveries in research and in technical implementation.

Heraeus Kulzer
Because of the special physical qualities of the dental material Alba® - an alloy of silver, palladium and gold - Heraeus was able to assume a leading position in the market for dental technology as early as the 1930s. Heraeus later developed high-carat gold and ceramic alloys. In 1987, in the course of the sale of the Leybold-Heraeus stake to Degussa AG, Heraeus acquired Degussa´s interest in Kulzer, which had been owned 50/50 by
W. C. Heraeus GmbH and Degussa AG since 1939. After the acquisition of Bayer AG's dental division and of ZL Microdent in 1995, the dental unit achieved a leading position in the world market.

Today, Heraeus Kulzer is as a system partner present around the globe with a versatile range of dental materials and components for dentists and dental technicians.