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"The phenomenal growth and success of IMTEC Corporation is a testament to the vision, knowledge, commitment and hard work of its founders and employees."
Corporate Timeline
1986
Dr. Ronald A. Bulard designed and manufactured his first implant system
1990
Dr. Bulard and Dr. E.S. Gillespie founded IMTEC Corporation
1993
IMTEC employed 5
1995
Mr. Tim Thompson and other former Los Alamos National Laboratory group leaders founded HYTEC, Inc.
1996
Dr. Bulard opened a second dental office in New York City in addition to his growing practice in Ardmore, OK
Dr. Bulard met Dr. Sendax
1997
IMTEC employed 13
1998
IMTEC Swiss Manufacturing, Inc. was founded.
HYTEC, Inc. began development of FlashCT under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA with LANL)
1999
IMTEC added the IMTEC Sendax MDI Mini Dental Implant System to its growing product line
2000
IMTEC Corporation moved to its current location at 2401 N. Commerce in Ardmore with 40 employees
2002
IMTEC conducted its first symposium at the University of Oklahoma
A retail office was opened in Frankfurt, Germany
2003
IMTEC Aviation founded
ENDURE and ORTHO Implants launched
FlashCT® technology received the prestigious R&D 100 award for technical innovation
2004
United States Patent Office issues ‘O-ball’ patent to Dr. Bulard, Dr. Sendax and Stephen J. Hadwin
The MDI system has FDA acceptance to market for long-term applications
HYTEC, Inc. won the New Mexico’s Small Business of the Year award
2005
Juell Records founded
The ENDURE Internal Hex Implant System received the Journal Record’s Innovator of the Year award
IMTEC and Los Alamos, NM, based company HYTEC, Inc. joined their resources to create IMTEC Imaging
2006
The number of IMTEC’s employees soared to 190 worldwide
ILUMA™ launched
STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft launched.
HYTEC, had over forty employees with offices in Boulder, Colorado and Lanham, Maryland in addition to the Los Alamos location.
2007
HYTEC, Inc. was the perennial winner of the New Mexico Flying Forty
IMTEC was awarded the Oklahoma Venture of the Year Award
IMTEC Corporation and HYTEC, Inc. merged with IMTEC as the surviving entity.
After the merge of the two companies, IMTEC’s worldwide number of employees has expanded to over 260 with further growth coming
2008
Construction of a new 20,000 square foot engineering and research facility with a 5,000 square foot prototype manufacturing highbay is scheduled in Los Alamos