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You’ve been President of Planmeca The United States obviously As always, Planmeca introduced
USA for around a year now. means a great deal to Planmeca. several new products at the
How has your tenure started? What kind of plans do you have International Dental Show in
“It has been great! It’s been a big learning for the US market going forward? Cologne. Which one of them
experience for me. There’s a lot to learn “We have some very ambitious goals excites you most of all?
about the company and its products and in the United States. We’ve just gone “We love all the new products. I think
technology, but I’m fully enjoying that through our initial planning process for one of the best things for a company
part. I’ve also found Planmeca to be a great the coming years and the team and I is when there are new products
company from a cultural perspective and decided to set some bold goals. We’re introduced. It always brings a lot of
a really good fit for me. We have a great actually looking to double the size energy into the company. Our new
team and I just have so much respect and of our business in the next five years, 3D printer Planmeca Creo® C5 has
admiration for the company and all that it which means that we have to grow on already generated a lot of really positive
has accomplished, so it has really been a average about 15% annually during feedback and excitement in the market.
lot of fun and an honor to be a part of it.” that time. That’s something we’re very I think it’s a well-designed product at
excited about and we feel we’ve got a great price point. It has some unique
What factors initially drew you to great potential to increase sales through features and is very simple to use.”◢
Planmeca as a company? various approaches.”
“Well – and I often tell people this –
Planmeca often came up when we would
go through our strategic planning process
at my former company Progeny. We would
look at our competitors and analyze them
and literally held Planmeca up as the gold
standard in the industry. We really felt they
always offered the best products, had
great technology, and just did a super job
in the marketplace. We competed against
them, of course, but really had nothing
but admiration. I’ve always had great
respect for the company and its continuity
of ownership – with Heikki Kyöstilä
founding Planmeca all the way back in
1971 and still leading it today. It was just
always a very interesting company to me.”

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