BASEL, Switzerland and ANDOVER, Massachusetts--Straumann has announced the appointment of Andy Molnar as regional head, North America, based in Andover, Mass.The appointment will be effective Jan. 1, 2012.Molnar has been with Straumann for almost six years in the dental and healthcare industries. He has held senior managerial roles in global sales and country management.The North American market offers considerable growth opportunities for Straumann.As senior vice president, Global Regenerative Sales for the past two years, he successfully orchestrated and supervised the international launch of Straumann MembraGel1, and the North American launch of Straumann Allograft1, in addition to driving growth in the company’s other oral tissue regeneration products.Dental Wings announces collaboration with Absolute CeramicsPreviously, under his leadership as general manager of Straumann UK, the company rose to market leadership in UK implant dentistry. Both of these roles at Straumann and his involvement with the International Team forImplantology have enabled him to build a global network of professional contacts in the dental industry, many of which are in North America.Molnar joined Straumann from medical equipment company, SIDHIL, in the UK where he was sales and marketing director. Prior to that, the majority of his career was spent at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals where he worked for 11 years in various sales and management roles.Molnar has an MBA and holds a bachelor of dcience degree in physiology and biochemistry.For more information, go to www.straumann.com.To comment on this subject, go to community.pennwelldentalgroup.com/.
