Founded in the early 80’s, the SATELEC® - PIERRE ROLLAND group changed its name into ACTEON® (2003) in order to federate, under a common banner, its history, its brands and the personnel of each respective industrial firm and foreign subsidiary it currently represents.

ACTEON®, a world leader in small equipment and consumables for dentists, has become an internationally-established group.

ACTEON® hires more than 650 employees half of whom work outside France, in five manufacturing sites (Bordeaux, La Ciotat, Milan, Tuttlingen and Bilbao), in seven subsidiaries and seven representative offices established on the major international dental markets.

The group is organized into three divisions :

SATELEC®, Equipment division of the ACTEON® group, is the world leader in piezoelectric generators and offers a complete range of electronic equipment for dentistry including osteotomes, polishers, high frequency scalpels, curing lights and autoclaves.

PIERRE ROLLAND, Pharmaceutical division of the ACTEON® group and manufacturer of Expasyl and Riskontrol, offers a full selection of dental consumables such as anesthetics, endo treatment, hygiene and impression taking products.

SOPRO®, Imaging division of the ACTEON® group, already recognized worldwide as the leader in intra-oral cameras, also develops innovative digital radiology systems.

The medical division of SOPRO designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of surgical endoscopy equipment.