This year, the American company Envista opened a plant EH Labs CZ in Dvůr Králové nad Labem in the industrial area of the former textile factory Tiba Vorlech. The company EH Labs CZ started to produce invisible dental braces there. It plans to invest billions of crowns and employ hundreds of people in Dvůr. The company leased one of the buildings of the former Tiba textile factory from the owner of the site, Vorlech.cz, built a production and laboratory centre during this year, and in October it started producing the first invisible braces for customers from Europe.
EH Labs CZ currently employs dozens of people, and the number of employees is expected to increase to 300 to 500 in 2024, according to company representatives. “We plan to hire people for production as well as designers, computer experts and other professional positions. The company expects that more than 20 percent of all employees will be university graduates. The production laboratory is largely based on automation, robotization,” said the company’s European HR director Jan Kozák.
By the end of the year, the company plans to place four laboratory lines in Dvůr Králové, and during the next year it wants to double their volume and further expand the premises. “We have already invested the first billion mainly in technology and more will follow. We want to grow in terms of production capacity and job opportunities,” said Radan Poppe, plant director of EH Labs CZ.
Jan Jarolím (ANO), the mayor of the town of 15,000, welcomed the arrival of the new investor. “This may be a significant milestone in the history of the town after many decades, when a major employer comes to offer clean, ecological and highly professional work,” he said.
Invisible braces, made from lightweight material using 3D printers in laboratory lines, are acquired by people for aesthetic, health and efficiency reasons during treatment. The court will produce hundreds of these braces a day under the Spark clear aligner brand for customers across Europe.
The global company Envista is engaged in the manufacture of various dental products and is also traded on the US stock exchange. Its invisible dental braces manufacturing plant in Dvur is the first of its kind in Europe. The largest employer in Dvůr Králové is currently the textile company Juta with 1,000 employees.
Source: Denik.cz, iDnes.cz and CTK
