Vatech.
Hwaseong, Korea, dental imaging company established in 1992 that turned to digital dental X-ray in 2002.
- Dental Manufacturer
- South Korea
- CAD/CAM & Digital
About Vatech
Vatech's English history page says Vatech System Corporation was established in April 1992 and that the name changed to VATECH Co., Ltd. in March 2002 to enter the dental digital X-ray market. The address on that page is 13, Samsung 1-ro 2-gil, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, 18449, Korea. A Korean annual report states the legal name as Value Added Technology Co., Ltd., the founding date as 4 April 1992, the same Hwaseong address, telephone 031-679-2000, and a KOSDAQ listing that began trading on 29 September 2006.
The annual report says the company shifted in 2002 to manufacturing and selling dental digital panoramic X-ray and CT, and added human-body digital X-ray sensors in 2008. It describes the dental business as intraoral sensors, panoramic and cephalometric 2D units, and CBCT, sold in Korea through Vatech MCIS and abroad through Vatech America and other subsidiaries. The report says the group operates as a set of domestic and overseas corporations around the Hwaseong headquarters.
A Vatech news article says the current dental model is considered to have started around 2002, when the firm left industrial inspection equipment, and that a 3-in-1 combining CT, panoramic, and cephalometric imaging was introduced in 2005 and shown in Europe in 2006. The phrase world's first on that article is Vatech's. The history page lists later products such as PaX-i3D Green Premium and PaX-i3D Smart in 2014. Confirm the model on the quote rather than ordering a 2005 3-in-1.
The history page also records a merger with Vatech Ewoo Dental in 2010 and a merger with Vatech Global in 2016. Those are corporate events. They do not change the shielding and registration rules for a CBCT you install this year. The filing says Vatech develops and manufactures the systems and sells them through its own overseas corporations, of which the group description counts 22 domestic and foreign entities around the headquarters. A logistics center is dated June 2018 on the English history page. Logistics is not a clinical feature. Ask the installer for the room drawing, the power, and the lead or drywall specification that matches the model, and keep the Korean factory address for regulatory questions rather than for a same-week service call. The English history page also lists a global logistics center completed in June 2018. Parts for a US install may still ship from Vatech America rather than from that Korean center.
Key Offerings
Product and equipment lines dentists commonly associate with Vatech.
Panoramic and cephalometric units
The annual report lists 2D panoramic and panoramic-cephalometric equipment as a product group. Field of view, sensor, and software are model-specific. A panoramic unit is not a CBCT.
CBCT
The report lists dental CBCT as the 3D product group. The news article describes a 2005 combined CT, panoramic, and cephalometric concept. Current Green and Smart names appear on the 2014 history list. Ask for dose and field-of-view data for the serial number.
Intraoral sensors
The annual report lists an intraoral sensor line, added as a business in 2008 according to that filing. Sensor size and software must match the X-ray generator you already own.
Vatech America
The filing says overseas sales run through Vatech America and other sales companies, while Korean clinics are served through Vatech MCIS. Warranty calls should go to the subsidiary on your invoice.
Who Vatech suits
Vatech suits a practice specifying panoramic, cephalometric, or CBCT equipment from the Hwaseong manufacturer. CBCT systems are compared on the CBCT guide.
Panoramic units and sensors are separate. See the panoramic X-ray guide and the X-ray sensor guide.
2D, 3D, and a sensor
A 3-in-1 history claim does not mean every current Vatech unit includes ceph and CBCT. Read the configuration code. A sensor is a different device that sits in the mouth.
Shielding, registration, and physicist surveys apply to the installed unit. The Hwaseong factory address does not replace those local steps.
Hwaseong contact
The history page and the annual report print 13, Samsung 1-ro 2-gil, Hwaseong-si. The filing prints telephone 031-679-2000. US buyers should ask Vatech America who installs and who holds parts.
Patent-count awards on the history page are not a clinical specification. Use the dose table in the manual.
Related Guides
Buying guides that mention this brand.
Questions buyers ask
When was Vatech founded?
The English history page says Vatech System Corporation was established in April 1992 and renamed VATECH in March 2002 for the dental digital X-ray market. The Korean filing dates incorporation to 4 April 1992 and KOSDAQ trading to 29 September 2006.
Where is the headquarters?
Both the history page and the annual report list 13, Samsung 1-ro 2-gil, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. The filing's telephone is 031-679-2000.
What imaging lines does the filing describe?
The annual report groups intraoral sensors, panoramic and cephalometric 2D units, and CBCT. A 2005 3-in-1 is a historical product story on Vatech's news page, not a promise that every current unit combines all three.
Which guides match Vatech equipment?
Use the CBCT guide, the panoramic guide, and the sensor guide.