21 September 2022

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Align Technology Opens Its First EMEA Regional Manufacturing Facility in Wroclaw, Poland

Align Technology, Inc. announced the official opening of the first Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) regional manufacturing facility in Wroclaw, Poland. The new plant is Align’s third regional manufacturing facility worldwide, after Juarez, Mexico and Z

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The state-of-the-art facility in Wroclaw, Poland, will serve as an operations site for Align’s EMEA business and be part of the global manufacturing of almost 1 million unique clear aligner parts per day. The grand opening ceremony took place in Wroclaw on September 15 with the vice-president of the city of Wroclaw, Jakub Mazur, in attendance, together with the Align leadership team and Wroclaw employees.

The new Align manufacturing facility is expected to add more than 2,500 jobs by the end of 2025, making it the company’s largest investment in the region to date.

The new building has an 80,000m2 surface and follows Align sustainability norms, including LEED and ISO14001 certificates.

The new EMEA facility began operations in Q2 2022 as part of Align’s strategy to bring its operational facilities closer to its customers. The EMEA region represents over 7 million annual orthodontic case starts, as well as the more than 150 million consumers who could benefit from a healthy, beautiful smile. Align works directly with doctors to provide them with the Invisalign system of clear aligners to prescribe to their patients to straighten their teeth and transform their smiles.

“I’m excited to announce that our first aligner manufacturing facility in the EMEA region and the third one globally has opened in Wroclaw, Poland. This significant investment underscores our commitment to Invisalign trained doctors and their patients in the region and globally and extends our regional operations that include treatment planning facilities (TREAT) based in Poland, Germany, France, and Spain,” said Emory Wright, Align Technology executive vice president, global operations.

Added Markus Sebastian, Align Technology’s executive vice president and managing director, EMEA: “It is a proud moment to have a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility start its operations in the EMEA region. This operational expansion allows Align to stay closer to our doctor customers, and to continue to deliver outstanding quality of service – by producing thousands of aligner parts per day and by optimizing our production and delivery times. Thanks to the ongoing effort of the whole organization, we can continue our mission to help more doctors create beautiful smiles for their Invisalign patients.”

The Invisalign system is used by over 225,000 dentists and orthodontists. Align has helped doctors treat over 13.4 million patients with the Invisalign system worldwide, including 2.6 million patients in the EMEA region.

Align plans to support all EMEA Invisalign case shipments by 2025, with Poland, Central Eastern Europe and Spain as the first markets to be serviced from Wroclaw.

Source: www.aligntech.com