Benco Dental Acquires Al's Dental Repair Service, Inc. in Fresno, California

Benco Dental, the nation’s fastest-growing distributor of dental products and equipment, today announced plans to acquire Al’s Dental Repair Service, Inc. in June 2011.

Pittston, PA - May 12, 2011

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Benco Dental, the nation’s fastest-growing distributor of dental products and equipment, today announced plans to acquire Al’s Dental Repair Service, Inc. in June 2011. This marks Benco Dental’s ninth acquisition since 2008.

Headquartered in Fresno, California, Al’s Dental is an A-dec dealer specializing in equipment sales and repair. Once acquired, it will become Benco Dental’s Fresno branch and play host to a new region fully servicing the Central Valley market.

“The acquisition of Al’s Dental Repair Service fits perfectly with our business and development strategy of seeking out like-minded companies who are intensely customer-focused,” said Chuck Cohen, managing director of Benco Dental. “As with each company acquired, our goal is to combine Al’s Dental Repair Service’s strengths with our own wide breadth of services and inherent efficiencies.”

Al’s Dental Repair Service and its President, Al Johnson, have been serving the Fresno area for more than thirty years. Johnson and his entire team will remain in their current positions with Benco Dental.

"Our goal at Al’s Dental Repair has always been to be an important asset to the practices we serve," noted Johnson. "Benco Dental will provide us with the necessary tools to accomplish that goal and we are so pleased to become a part of the Benco family."

About Benco Dental
Benco Dental, headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania, is the largest privately owned, full-service distributor of dental supplies, dental equipment, dental consulting & equipment services in the United States. Founded in 1930 by Benjamin Cohen, the company has remained family owned and focused on the unique mission of “delivering success smile after smile”. During Benco Dental’s 81 year history, the company has grown from a single storefront location in Wilkes-Barre, PA into the nation’s fastest-growing dental distributor with over 50 regional showroom locations and five distribution centers servicing over 30,000 dental professionals in 40 states.

In 2009, Benco Dental reached a new milestone in the company’s long history by unveiling a 272,000-square-foot corporate headquarters, distribution center and equipment showroom in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Benco Dental CenterPoint houses the largest dental equipment showroom in North America, featuring 25 fully functional operatories, 14 operational digital X-rays including 2D and 3D units, three sterilization centers, design & lab concept suites and a summit training center for continuing education courses. The company has additional distribution centers in Fort Wayne, IN, Jacksonville, FL, and Dallas, TX and will open its fifth distribution center in Reno, Nevada in June of 2011.

Benco Dental provides more supply and equipment options than any other full-service dental distributor, an offering enhanced by a comprehensive suite of services, including office design, equipment repair, practice coaching, financing and real estate planning, wealth management, and dental-specific technology solutions. These services are supported by over 420 professionally trained sales representatives and 290 factory-trained service technicians. Put it all together and Benco Dental offers all the tools to enable dental professionals to achieve their desired goals for success. For more information, visit benco.com or call 1.800.GO.BENCO.

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Kate McDermott
Benco Dental
(570) 602-6884

Benco Dental to open a distribution center in northern Nevada

January 21, 2011
By: ThisIsReno
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE

Benco Dental, the largest privately owned, full-service dental distributor in the United States, is opening a distribution facility at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County.

The company will employ 15 at its 100,000 square foot facility at 625 Waltham Way when it opens at the end of May 2011, including a distribution manager, material handlers, a sales representative and a service technician. Interested candidates should visit the company’s website, www.benco.com/About/Careers.aspx, and fill out an online application.

According to the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN), Benco Dental considered Salt Lake City and other markets before selecting Reno. The company’s relocation represents a one-year economic impact to the region of $1,683,596. It’s estimated that as a result of the new center opening, a total of $331,395 in state and county taxes will be generated in its first year in business.

Benco Dental’s facility at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center is the company’s fifth distribution center in the United States and will serve the company’s west coast customers. Benco Dental’s other distribution centers are located in Dallas, Texas; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jacksonville, Fla., and at the company’s headquarters in Pittston, Pa.

“We considered other states, including California and Utah, but found the business climate in Nevada friendlier and more accommodating,” said Lou Mangino, vice president of operations for Benco Dental. “Reno’s proximity to the 11 western states and our ability to reach 65 percent of our customers within one day was a selling point, as was the region’s workforce, which we’ve found to be excellent.”

“The opening of our fifth distribution center in Reno positions us as a full-service dental distributor with a nationwide footprint that will allow us to deliver even more value to our dentist and manufacturer partners.” said Rick Cohen, managing director of Benco Dental.

EDAWN represented the company for state incentives at the Nevada Commission on EconomicDevelopment, January 18. Other community partners that provided assistance include: Brandon Page and Travis Durfee, Prologis; Tom Fitzgerald, Nevadaworks; Dean Haymore, Storey County; the Nevada Commission on Economic Development and NV Energy.

About Benco Dental: Benco Dental, headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania, is the largest privately owned, full-service distributor of dental supplies, dental equipment, dental consulting & equipment services in the United States. Founded in 1930 by Benjamin Cohen, the company has remained family owned and focused on the unique mission of “delivering success smile after smile”. During Benco Dental’s 81 year history, the company has grown from a single storefront location in Wilkes-Barre, PA into the nation’s fastest-growing dental distributor with over 50 regional showroom locations and five distribution centers servicing over 30,000 dental professionals in 40 states.

In 2009, Benco Dental reached a new milestone in the company’s long history by unveiling a 272,000-square-foot corporate headquarters, distribution center and equipment showroom in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Benco Dental CenterPoint houses the largest dental equipment showroom in North America, featuring 25 fully functional operatories, 14 operational digital X-rays including 2D and 3D units, three sterilization centers, design & lab concept suites and a summit training center for continuing education courses. The company has additional distribution centers in Fort Wayne, IN, Jacksonville, FL, and Dallas, TX and will open its fifth distribution center in Reno, Nevada in May of 2011.

Benco Dental provides more supply and equipment options than any other full-service dental distributor, an offering enhanced by a comprehensive suite of services, including office design, equipment repair, practice coaching, financing and real estate planning, wealth management, and dental-specific technology solutions. These services are supported by over 340 professionally trained sales representatives and 265 factory-trained service technicians. Put it all together, and Benco Dental offers all the tools to enable dental professionals to achieve their desired goals for success. For more information, visit benco.com or call 1.800.GO.BENCO.

About EDAWN: EDAWN is a private, non-profit corporation founded by community leaders in 1982. EDAWN works to recruit and expand quality companies that have a positive impact on the quality of life in Greater Reno-Tahoe. Reno was named the No. 1 Place for Doing Business in America 2005 by Inc. magazine. For more information, visit http://www.edawn.org/.

Experience CenterPoint: First Annual Educational Event and Open House March 24-25, 2011

Join us on March 24-25, 2011 at CenterPoint, Pittston, PA for the First Annual Educational Event and Open House at CenterPoint.

Spend time in our state-of -the-art showroom and visit our X-ray suite. Plus, earn up to 30 CE Credits! Enjoy hor d'oeuvres and live music at the Open House on March 24th from 5:00 - 8:00 pm..

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Benco Dental - On the Move: A Dentaltown Magazine Corporate Profile Feature

Benco Dental is profiled in the January 2011 issue of Dentaltown magazine. The corporate profile is entitled Benco Dental - On the Move.

The full-service, family-owned dental distributor moves into its new home and expands its services nationwide.

Stroll into the lobby of CenterPoint, Benco Dental's new home and hub of operations in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and you're hit with three impressions all at once: first, this company knows what it is; second, it knows where it's going; and third, it will never forget where it came from. If you stand at the entrance and look straight ahead, you'll vie w the headquarters' pristine and polished façade that might as well say, "Welcome to the future." Look to your right and soak in the dental distributor's immense and breathtakingly complete dental operatory showroom – the largest of its kind in the nation. For any dentist, it could trigger a salivary response. Look to your left and you find a larger-than-life, floor-to-ceiling image from the 1930s of Benjamin Cohen, the company's founder, aiding a dentist named Dr. Kniffen with a purchase at Benco's original Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, location. The immensity of this 80-year-old image leaves no room for subtlety. Benco is proud of its heritage. Read more...

– by Benjamin Lund, Editor, Dentaltown Magazine


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Go Digital - Benco Dental 4th Quarter Equipment Savings and Special Financing

From now until December 31, 2010 Benco Dental is offering special year-end savings opportunities on select equipment options. On high-tech purchases such as 2D or 3D digital panoramic X-rays Benco Dental is offering exclusive 4.99% financing for 36 months and on select small equipment purchases, you can enjoy 0% financing for 10 months. With the unsure status of tax code Section 179, there's no better time than the present to invest in new equipment for your practice.

10 Months Interest-Free Financing and 4.99% Financing on Hi-Tech
Exclusively through Benco Dental and our financing partner Clarion Financial, you can take advantage special offers on the industry's most reliable names like KaVo, Gendex, Kodak, A-dec, Vatech, Ivoclar Vivadentl, Star Dental and Aceton.

From digital X-rays to practice management and digital imaging software packages, Benco Dental offers choices from industry leaders like Vatech, Soredex, Instrumentarium, Progeny, Air Techniques, 3M, Cadent and Aribex. The special financing on these items is a limited-time offer only available through Benco Dental.

To learn more about Benco Dental's Go Digital promotional event, click here or visit benco.com.

Benco Dental Recognized for Healthy Workplace

WILKES-BARRE – (September 16, 2010). Benco Dental, the nation’s fastest-growing distributor of dental supplies, equipment and consulting services, was honored by the Greater Wilkes-Barre (PA) Chamber of Commerce for promoting and sustaining a healthy workplace environment.

The Chamber’s annual Healthy Workplace Awards are in recognition of local companies which organize and execute programs and initiatives to help employees lead a healthy lifestyle both in and out of work. Benco Dental holds countless health-focused programs annually including smoking cessation classes, Zumba fitness sessions, healthy food options in the company cafeteria, walking programs, lifeline screenings, hearing tests, massages and blood drives, among many others.

Benco Dental received its award on Thursday September 16 as part of an event sponsored by the Wyoming Valley Healthcare system at the Best Western Genetti Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. The awards, presented to Benco Dental and just one other large local company, were sponsored by BlueCross of NEPA and Chamber Choice.

In the photo above, pictured left to right: Tom Leighton (Wilkes Barre Mayor), Dr. Nina Taggart (Blue Cross of NEPA), Jennifer Kalie (Benco Dental Culture & People Department), Deb Hammaker (Benco Dental Culture & People Department), Michelle Kovaleski (Benco Dental Culture & People Department), Ellen Tosh (Benco Dental Culture & People Manager), Rebecca Clouse (Benco Dental Culture & People Department), David Payne Jr. (Chairman of the Wilkes Barre Chamber of Commerce).

Benco Dental Named One of Pennsylvania's Best Places to Work

For the Seventh Time in Eight Years, Benco Dental is Named One of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania

Based on associate surveys, Benco Dental remains one of state’s top large employers.

PITTSTON, PA – Benco Dental has been named one of the Best Places to Work in PA for 2010; this marks the seventh time in eight years that Benco Dental has received this recognition. The Best Places to Work in PA program solicits surveys from participating companies’ associates and compiles the results prior to assembling the final rankings. Benco Dental will be recognized at the Best Places to Work in PA evening awards ceremony on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA. Rankings will be revealed at the ceremony, and tickets may be purchased online at www.centralpennbusiness.com/events.

The awards program, created in 2000, is one of the first statewide programs of its kind in the country. The program is a public/private partnership between Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and the Central Penn Business Journal. This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places to be employed in Pennsylvania, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses.

In the past, employers were categorized based upon the number of employees they had in Pennsylvania. This year, employers were categorized based upon the total number of employees they have in the United States. This change was made to ensure the proper alignment of organizations and to avoid naming large national employers to the small/medium list simply because they have fewer employees based in Pennsylvania. This change did not have any impact on which organizations made the list, just how they were categorized.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

• Have at least 25 employees in Pennsylvania;
• Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business;
• Be a publicly or privately held business;
• Have a facility in Pennsylvania; and
• Be in good standing with Commonwealth agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction.

Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the 100 Best Places to Work in PA. The first part of this process was evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophies, systems and demographics, accounting for approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience, making up approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process.

In addition to the public/private partnership, the program is supported by the following organizations: Lead Sponsor—Team Pennsylvania Foundation; Presenting Sponsor—ParenteBeard, LLC; Major Sponsors—Capital BlueCross; E.K. McConkey & Co., Inc.; Penn State, Smeal College of Business; Saul Ewing; and Supporting Sponsor—Arcus.

For more information on Best Places to Work in PA, visit www.bestplacestoworkinpa.com.