Sirona Dental receives Top Employer 2016 Awards: Germany Engineers, Austria and Brazil

Each year, the Top Employers Institute (formerly CRF Institute) honors outstanding employers worldwide. In a multi-phase process, companies are evaluated on various criteria, including: talent strategy, leadership development and company culture.

Sirona is the global market and technology leader in the dental industry and has been a worldwide partner for specialty dealers, dental practices, clinics and dental laboratories for over 130 years. The company relies on its excellent team and offers international career opportunities in an industry with very good prospects for growth. At Sirona, the employees are in focus – they are the foundation of the company's success. This is why Sirona continuously invests in their health, training and continuing education.

Multiple awards

Sirona received the award in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and this year the dental equipment manufacturer has been presented the Top Employer Award in three countries.

Michael Elling, Vice President of Corporate Human Resources of the Sirona Group, expressed his pleasure: "We are proud to receive the awards again in Germany and Austria and, for the first time, in Brazil. With the Top Employer Award, we have shown that we stand out in the field of other global employers for the fourth year in a row. Our employees and their satisfaction are very important to us. After all, they are the foundation of our success. We offer international career opportunities and many training and continuing education programs at 31 locations worldwide. The Top Employer Award is a further incentive to develop our company as an employer on an ongoing basis. We are pleased to have received the award for the first time in one of the largest countries in the world: Brazil."

Successful global employer

The Top Employers Institute congratulated Sirona. "Optimal employee conditions create an environment in which people can develop further in both their private and professional lives. The results of our evaluation show that Sirona has created an outstanding employee environment and offers a wide variety of creative initiatives. They range from secondary benefits and working conditions to a performance management system in complete harmony with the company culture," said Steffen Neefe, Top Employers Institute's DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) Country Manager.

About the Top Employers Institute

The Top Employers Institute certifies global employers with outstanding human resource management and strategies. Known until recently by the name "CRF Institute," the certification organization is headquartered in the Netherlands and has been presenting the award to the top employers worldwide since 1991.

ABOUT SIRONA

Sirona is the global market and technology leader in the dental industry and has been a worldwide partner for dealers, dental practices, clinics and dental laboratories for more than 130 years. Sirona develops and produces the complete spectrum of dental equipment products, including CAD/CAM systems for computer-assisted ceramic restorations (CEREC), digital imaging systems for intraoral and panoramic X-rays and cone beam computed tomography (3D), treatment centers, instruments, and hygiene devices. Sirona's largest development and production site is in Bensheim, Germany. The company has more than 3,500 employees around the world and has been listed on the NASDAQ since 2006 (symbol: SIRO).