| Vista Dental Products is a business unit
of Inter-Med, Inc., headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.
During the decade of the 90’s, significant attention
was given to the rising cost of hospital based healthcare that
resulted in market and government pressure on the cost of medical
devices. Inter-Med was formed for the purpose of establishing
medical device contract manufacturing opportunities, supported
by low cost offshore manufacturing facilities.
Inter-Med’s initial business venture involved
the manufacture and distribution of intravenous infusion pump
sets for the alternate care and home healthcare market. Significant
time, effort and financial resources were expended to establish
China based manufacturing competence that complied with FDA, cGMP
and AAMI sterilization standards. Inter-Med began shipping sterile
IV sets for the U.S. market October 1996.
Recognizing the Dental Market potential and
production synergy between medical and dental products, Inter-Med
(in 1997) began to penetrate the dental supply market. The initial
goal: to produce quality assured dental products with functionally
superior clinical results, while providing significant margin
improvement opportunities to end users and dealer partners.
In 1997 Vista Dental Products was officially
created as an active business unit of Inter-Med, Inc. The primary
goal of Vista Dental is the development of a broad line of dental
equipment and disposable products that will lead to the establishment
of Vista Dental as a leading producer of brand name merchandise.
Today Vista Dental designs, manufactures, packages
and distributes more than 300 catalog items. In addition to dozens
of Trademarks, the Company owns more than two dozen patents and
patent pending applications related to a wide variety of unique
dental devices and innovative equipment.
Although initially dependent on its facilities
in China for manufacturing, today more than 50% of Vista’s
products are manufactured and packaged in its facility in Wisconsin.
Since its beginning in 1997 Vista has maintained
a record of 28% average annual growth. This outstanding rate of
growth is the result of its “Mountains Above the Rest”
commitment to quality, creative product development and the hard
work and impassioned commitment of employees dedicated to the
following concept of “Winning Processes”.
- We will treat our customers, both
direct end users and dealer partners with overriding commitment
to fairness and customer service.
- We will be committed to provide the
highest quality products and real product value at reasonable
prices relative to our competitors.
- Success will be measured in customer
satisfaction, brand recognition, rapid growth of revenues
and bottom line profitability.
- We will work to create an environment
that is dynamic in terms of expectations and results, while
at the same time sensitive to the needs of our employees.
- Results will be achieved by first developing
detailed plans that are constantly reviewed, revised and
updated to reflect current conditions. Plans will be supported
by crisp execution and company wide commitment to creating
a high performance corporate culture that is dedicated to
the ideal of a faster, smarter, more aggressive and more
creative company than those of our competitors.
- We will create a reputation in
the marketplace as an aggressive competitor that uses all
ethical means to gain market share through intelligent product
development, diligent competitive analysis and aggressive
‘first to market’ product introduction supported
by creative marketing strategies. |
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