GC America.
US arm, in Alsip, Illinois, of GC Corporation, the Tokyo dental-materials company founded on 11 February 1921.
- Dental Manufacturer
- Japan / USA
- Bonding & Cements
- Restorative
- Preventive & Hygiene
About GC America
GC Corporation's Japanese company profile lists the head office at 3-2-14 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, telephone 03-3815-1815, and the founding date as 11 February 1921. Capital on that profile is 100 million yen as of 19 January 2024, and the representative is given as president and COO Hiroshi Shinozaki. The business is manufacture and sale of dental materials and related equipment. An English history hosted by GC America gives an older capital figure of 800 million yen as of 21 January 2007 and names Dr. Kiyotaka Nakao as president, so the English history page is not the current corporate snapshot.
That English history says the laboratory began in Ikebukuro in 1921, the first cement failed in 1922, and Crystalline Cement was shown in 1925. The company became a joint-stock company in 1934. Fuji Ionomer went on sale in 1977. Fuji Ionomer Type II LC, described there as a light-cured glass ionomer filling, was released in 1992, the same year GC America was established. Fuji Lute followed in 1998. ISO 9001 is dated 1994 on that history and ISO 14001 is dated 1998.
GC America's own about page says the US company was founded in 1992 as the wholly owned subsidiary of GC Corporation, after Coe Laboratories was acquired in 1990 and then consolidated with GC International USA. It says Coe Laboratories had been established in Chicago in 1928. The GC America company page says the Alsip, Illinois, operation employs nearly 300 people. A global headquarters in Lucerne is also named on the US about page, alongside the 1921 Tokyo founding.
The English history still lists impression materials, restorative materials, adhesives, denture products, and preventive materials among the product families, and it names Fuji-Rock stone in 1976. Buyers should match a Fuji luting cement, a Fuji filling, and a Fuji-Rock stone to three different instructions. The Deming prize lines on the history pages are company awards, not a clinical ranking of a syringe.
Also known as GC.
Key Offerings
Product and equipment lines dentists commonly associate with GC America.
Fuji glass ionomers
GC's English history dates Fuji Ionomer to 1977 and Fuji Ionomer Type II LC to 1992. Fuji Lute is dated 1998. Restorative and luting ionomers are different products. Read the IFU for powder-liquid ratio or paste delivery.
Fuji-Rock and lab stone
Fuji-Rock is the superhard stone named in the 1976 history entry, made after the Fuji-Oyama factory opened. It is a laboratory gypsum, not a chairside filling.
Coe denture products
GC America says it was formed in 1992 from Coe Laboratories and GC International USA. Coe is the older Chicago denture-materials name inside that history. Confirm which current GC America SKU still carries the Coe name.
Preventive and cement lines
The corporation's history groups luting and adhesive materials, restoratives, impression materials, and denture products as core families. Fluoride and cavity-liner purchases should follow the labeled indication, not the GC logo alone.
Who GC America suits
GC America suits a practice buying glass ionomer, luting cement, fluoride, or denture materials from the US subsidiary of the Tokyo company. Glass ionomer restoratives are compared on the glass ionomer guide.
Luting cements and fluoride varnish are separate shelves. See the glass ionomer luting guide and the fluoride varnish guide.
Tokyo, Alsip, and the Fuji factory
The Japanese profile places the corporate office in Hongo, Tokyo. GC America describes operations in Alsip. The English history places the Fuji-Oyama factory in Shizuoka. A syringe can be developed in one place and packed in another. Ask the IFU for the site that applies to the lot.
Denture acrylics and separating foil are lab purchases. The denture acrylic guide and the separating foil guide cover those categories.
Ordering notes
Use the Alsip subsidiary for US orders and the Tokyo profile for corporate facts. The 2007 capital and president on the English history page should not be quoted as current. The January 2024 Japanese profile is the later corporate card.
Capsule trituration, if you still mix a GC capsule that requires it, belongs with the amalgamator and mixer guide. Bases and liners are on the bases and liners guide.
Related Guides
Buying guides that mention this brand.
Questions buyers ask
When was GC founded?
The Japanese company profile dates GC Corporation to 11 February 1921 and lists 3-2-14 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. GC America's about page says the US subsidiary was established in 1992 in the consolidation of Coe Laboratories and GC International USA.
Where is GC America?
The GC America company page says the subsidiary employs nearly 300 people in Alsip, Illinois. It also says the wider group's global headquarters reference on that US page is Lucerne, while the corporation was founded in Tokyo.
What is Fuji?
Fuji Ionomer is the glass ionomer cement GC's history dates to 1977. Later Fuji names include a light-cured filling in 1992 and Fuji Lute in 1998. Fuji-Rock is a stone, not a cement.
Which guides match GC materials?
Use the glass ionomer guide, the luting cement guide, and the fluoride varnish guide.