Our Story
With over 200 years of collective experience in the dental industry, HuFriedyGroup is a global leader in dental instrument manufacturing, infection prevention, and instrument reprocessing workflows. HuFriedyGroup helps dental professionals be the best in practice by providing a complete circle of protection in the dental suite, bringing together world-class products, services, education, and communities that result in superior clinician performance, clinical outcomes, and safety for clinicians and patients. Headquartered in Chicago, HuFriedyGroup products are distributed in more than 100 countries, and the dental division maintains offices in Germany, Italy, China, and Japan.
We pride ourselves on forging relationships with the dental professionals, starting as students and continuing through their entire careers. We are constantly creating new products and new opportunities for them to deliver the best care to patients.
Founded in 1908, Hu-Friedy is a global leader in the manufacturing of dental instruments and products designed to help dental practitioners perform at their best. Its 10,000-plus products, hand-crafted by highly skilled artisans, are known for their precision, performance, longevity, reliability, and quality.
From a simple beginning in 1953, as a disposable towel/bib manufacturer, Crosstex has steadily grown to become one of the world's leading providers of infection prevention and control (IP&C) and compliance solutions. Crosstex is a recognized leader for its portfolio of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), Dental Water Management, Chemistries, Sterilization, Preventives, Nitrous-Oxide Equipment, and Single-Use Disposable products.
As one of the world’s leading dental instrument and product companies, we continue our commitment to advance dental performance by supporting these products with world-class service, education and peer communities.
In 2021, HuFriedyGroup was acquired by STERIS, a leading provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services. HuFriedyGroup is proud to be the dental business segment of STERIS.
1908
Hu‑Friedy founded by Hugo Friedman
1945
Introduced Gracey Line of Instruments
1953
Crosstex founded as disposable towel/bib manufacturer
1959
Hu‑Friedy Acquired by Saslow Family; Richard Saslow named Hu‑Friedy Chairman
1970
Former EVP and CEO Howard Wax joins Hu‑Friedy
1975
Developed Wilkins/Tufts explorer
1978
Launched first restorative line of immunity steel instruments
1981
Began Japanese distribution partnership
1985
Introduced IMS™ Cassettes
1991
Established European office in Germany
1996
Entered ultrasonic scaling marketing with insert line
1999
Launched orthodontic product line
2002
Established Japan office to support growth in Asia Pacific market
2004
Ron Saslow Named Hu‑Friedy President
2005
Introduced EverEdge™ Scalers
Crosstex Acquired by Cantel Medical
2007
Expanded global presence in China
Initiated Friends of Hu‑Friedy online community
2008
Launched Nevi™ Scalers, named after legendary Hu-Fredy artisan Neville Hammond
2009
Established European office in the Netherlands
2010
Launched magnetostrictive ultrasonic scaler
Introduced full line of hand care products
2011
Entered new category with pediatric crowns
Ron Saslow Named Hu‑Friedy Chairman
Ken Serota Named Hu‑Friedy President
2013
Introduced Clear Collection™ for Clear Aligners Instrument Set
2014
Introduced Black Line Collection
2015
Launched Hu-Care Service Programs
2016
Accutron Inc. acquired by Crosstex
Introduced EverEdge™ 2.0 Scalers
2017
J. Palmero Sales Company and subsidiaries acquired by Hu‑Friedy
2018
Launched GreenLight Dental Compliance Center™ by Hu‑Friedy
Launched EverCare Sharpening Service
2019
Hu‑Friedy acquired by Cantel
2020
HuFriedyGroup introduced as the Dental Division of Cantel
Introduced Harmony™ Ergonomic Scalers and Curettes
2021
Andy Xilas Named President of HuFriedyGroup
HuFriedyGroup named as the Fourth Steris Business Segment, Dental