Japanese ortho/material companies drooling?:
While I think it is most likely that amda is BO by an aggressive top 4 ortho company. I also am pretty confident the bashing campaign for the last several years will have Japanese players (ortho and material) increasingly looking for a way to increase their stake in the outcome of a ceramic ortho niche..... Anyone notice who the first foreign president was met after the recent election ... it was Japanese president Abe who flew to NY just days after the election...Point is top US and top Japanese officials are very close which will make Japanese companies even more comfortable considering purchasing tech either in Japan or in the US... Add on that Japan has the highest average age population in the industrial world ... needing ortho devices the most... The per capita wealth in Japan is very high compared to the Western world. Kyocera (amdas) manufacturing partner, is Japanese and a world leader in ceramic manufacturing. In fact Japan in general is without a doubt the world leader in ultra high quality materials manufacturing.... including steel. Kyoto university in Japan, is likely the top school in the world teaching ceramics and a amda BOD graduated there. An important aspect of the culture there is that they are very focused towards helping their aging population to the best of their ability. The concept of putting an inferior metal ortho product into their population, to protect the incumbent industry, is alien to them...
AMDA has many documented relationships with Japanese connected or based companies. Sonny has visited there recently. Now Japan is (and has been) testing amda products extensively. I am sure the Japanese will strongly weigh the European trial results amda went through. I am sure the Japanese will see themselves as the best asian country to anchor and develop the tech to take it into china.
This is just a sprinkle of the many more characteristics that point to Japan upping their involvement in a massive way in amda tech. They have been quiet but I am sure they are busy bees in the background.
The basher campaign is sending tech too easily offshore; and the top ortho players should rethink their strategy of alignment , for their own benefit.
