The New Year is almost upon us and looking back, Garreco had a very busy 2017. In addition to the launch of 3 new products, we won two awards and were recently nominated for a third. We had a booth at the LMT Lab Day tradeshow in Chicago, we released several new programs including Refer A Lab, and we added lots of new content to our website including the new Sales Rep Helper Tool. Read on for some of the highlights from the past year at Garreco.
Introduced Dynasty Hi-Impact Dental Acrylic
Our newest denture base material, Dynasty™ Hi-Impact Pour Type achieves high strength and high impact resistance from a self-cure formulation, achieving a fracture toughness 35% greater than conventional self-cure denture base polymers. This new self-cure material allows dental labs to cope with high production while keeping energy costs and labor to a minimum by avoiding the equipment, increased labor, energy use and cure times associated with heat cured materials.
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Garreco donates to help UMMC Dental Mission Week in Mississippi
Dr. David Felton assists third-year dental student Christina McRea with creating a set of dentures / SOURCE
In February, the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry hosted UMMC Dental Mission Week in combination with Give Kids A Smile Day. This resulted in a full week of service learning for the students who attend the school, who provided free dental treatment for underserved adults and children in the area. The Give Kids A Smile Day program will was extended to include Mississippi Boys and Girls Clubs after-school care, which allowed a full day for providing care to children. This event helped to raise awareness about issues related to access to dental care for the underserved in Mississippi and to provide dental care to this population.
Garreco Dental was happy to help the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry by donating Labstone, Flask It, Fastone, Mounting Stone, Resilience, and Silaform 70 to help make dentures for the underserved community during this wonderful event. Our Research and Developmental Chemist, Ben Steckling also attended the event, assisting patients to their appointments and also to provide some hands-on help to the students making dentures.
LMT Lab Day Chicago
LMT Lab Day Chicago 2017 – The Garreco Dental Team @ Booth M31
Garreco was at Booth # M-31 for the 33rd annual LMT Lab Day trade show in Chicago, the largest dental laboratory event in America. There was over 250 exhibitors and 4,000 laboratory owners, managers and technicians from 58 countries who attended the two day show. We had over 500 people stop by our booth! During the show we did a drawing for a VR One Virtual Reality headset and gave free Virtual Reality demos on both Friday and Saturday to everyone who stopped by our booth. We also did a drawing for a $50 Visa Gift Card.
Added translation feature to the Garreco website
Garreco.com can now be translated into languages from over 100 countries! On our website you’ll find a dropbox in the top left-hand corner that says “Select Language” and allows you to select your desired language. You may also notice an orange box floating at the bottom of the website that says, “Translate”. Click on it and it allows you to select your country of origin and will automatically translate Garreco.com to the language of that country.
Archostone Launched
To help offset the lack of quality dental materials and improve dental care in developing countries, Garreco launched a new product called Archostone™. This Type III Gypsum Base Stone is made with high-quality raw materials but is being offered at a more affordable price to under-served markets. We currently have distributors importing this new dental stone in Nicaragua and plan to expand it globally in developing areas.
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade
(Left to Right) William Burgess, Chairman, ArDEC; Ben Steckling, Technical Sales, Garreco; Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas State Governor; Bob O’Neal, CEO, Garreco; Lenka Hořáková, Vice Chair, ArDEC
On Wednesday, May 24, Garreco, LLC was recognized with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas District Export Council (ArDEC). The 8th annual awards luncheon held at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock, recognized exporting excellence among Arkansas’ manufacturers and service providers.
Garreco is focused on creating new export initiatives and has plans to continue to increase its efforts in global trade. During his acceptance speech, Garreco CEO, Bob O’Neal, commented that, “Continued growth is vital to the welfare of any organization, as well as its employees and shareholders, so we see significant opportunities in a more focused and sustainable global trade effort.”
The Arkansas Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade is designed to publicly recognize Arkansas companies and their employees who contribute to the economy through international trade.
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Ribbon Cutting with Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce
The Garreco Dental Team along with the Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and Members
On Wednesday, July 12, Garreco held a Ribbon Cutting event with our local Chamber to commemorate joining the Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce. We had a great turn out — Chamber Ambassadors, along with many community members including Mayor Jimmy Clark came out to help us celebrate. After the ceremony, we had a reception with lunch and refreshments and offered tours of our manufacturing facility to our guests.
Launched Refer A Lab Program
In August, we were excited to announce our new referral program. When a dental lab requests your advice in finding new products, Garreco Dental appreciates your recommendation. Refer another Dental Lab to Garreco and we’ll reward you both with $150 each if your referral invests $1,500 or more in Garreco products within 3 months.
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Launched Distentegrating Mold Material (DMM)
Garreco is excited to announce a new product in the aircraft and plastics industries for the formation of mandrels and cores for the production of plastic duct work, filament winding, weldments and other similar parts. The Disintegrating Mold Material (DMM) disintegrates easily upon introduction into the disintegrating solution to a lesser degree in plain water. It has the ability to withstand rapid heating or cooling without cracking or breaking due to its very low thermal expansion or contraction in the temperature range of 0 to 600°F. Because of its extremely low-setting expansion, the problem of removal from dies is minimized.
New Catalog Launch
This past year we released our new product catalog! Our new catalog is completely redesigned and super easy to navigate. It features expanded product information and gives you all of the tools you need to help you find the right product for your dental laboratory or dental office. If you don’t have a copy yet, download it now!
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Governor’s Quality Award Challenge Level
The Garreco Team From left: Lauren Acklin, Marketing; Samantha Clark, Assistant Production Manager; Kristofer Mainar, Quality Assurance Director; Jerry Woodam, Production Manager; Lori Beth Hope, Acrylics Supervisor
Garreco was recognized with the Challenge Award during the 23rd Annual Arkansas Governor’s Quality Awards Celebration, administered and presented by the Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence. The Awards Celebration was held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Little Rock this past September. More than 300 business and civic leaders from throughout Arkansas attended the celebration. Garreco was one of 28 recipients to receive a Quality Award but was the only dental manufacturer honored on Tuesday night. This award made our second win for 2017.
Launched Sales Rep Helper Tool
We recently launched the Garreco Sales Rep Helper Tool which is dedicated to helping Sales Reps find exactly what they need to know about Garreco products so that they can help the customer. We rely on our dealership network and want to provide Reps with the information they are looking for quickly. The Sales Rep Helper Tool was designed to be used on any browser and is optimized for mobile use on a smart phone or tablet.
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Nominated for Arkansas Business of the Year
To finish off 2017, Garreco, LLC is proud to be named a finalist for the 30th Annual Business of the Year Awards (Category II). Presented by Centennial Bank, the Arkansas Business of the Year Awards recognizes the state’s top businesses, nonprofit organizations, and executives. Garreco will be recognized at the 30th Annual Arkansas Business Awards Banquet on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, AR. Winners in each category will be announced at that time.
Thanks for reading the Garreco Year in Review 2017! We’ve had a great year and wouldn’t be where we are today without the overwhelming support of our dealer network and customers across the globe. In addition, for over 29 years, our valued employees have worked hard to manufacture the highest quality gypsum products and other dental lab supplies. This next November in 2018 will mark the 30th year that Garreco has been operating and we are excited to celebrate that amazing achievement! To our employees, dealers, and customers, thank you for all of your support. We look forward to the exciting things that 2018 will bring!
– The Garreco Dental Team
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