GC

GC is a dental company founded in Japan in 1921. The company describes itself as a leader in creating dental material lines used in dental laboratories and dental surgeries, with products reaching more than 100 countries. Its business therefore serves dental professionals and laboratories across a broad international market. One of the best-known product milestones identified in the supplied evidence is the launch of the Fuji glass ionomer brand in 1977. The evidence describes GC as having developed into a global company under the leadership of President Toshio Nakao, while the Nakao family has been involved in running the business for more than a century. GC operates as part of GC Group. In October 2024, GC announced that GC Holding AG was being established as the group parent company and major shareholder, alongside governance changes and the appointment of Dr. Per Falk as CEO. The group’s stated sustainability work is organized around its Vision 2031 framework, established in 2021, and includes research and development addressing dental-care issues, health promotion, and improvements to working conditions. The supplied materials do not specify GC’s precise headquarters, full product catalogue, or a named individual founder.

GC traces its origins to Japan in 1921. The supplied company announcement describes GC as an organization founded that year and run by the Nakao family for more than 100 years. It does not identify a named individual as the original founder. In 1934, Kiyoshi Nakao transformed the GC Chemical Research Laboratory into a corporate structure, a step the company says was intended to address business transformation and support future growth. The company subsequently expanded into an international dental business. The supplied announcement credits growth into a global company to the leadership of President Toshio Nakao. A major product milestone came in 1977 with the launch of the Fuji glass ionomer brand. Makoto Nakao was appointed Executive Director and then became President in 1983, according to the same announcement. GC describes its dental-material lines as being used in dental laboratories and dental surgeries in more than 100 countries. This international reach is the clearest indication in the supplied material of the company’s market scope. The evidence does not provide a detailed country-by-country history, a full list of subsidiaries, or a catalogue of its current product range. In 2021, GC established its Vision 2031 framework. The group says this framework guides work toward a sustainable society, including research and development related to dental-care issues, health-promotion initiatives, and efforts to improve working conditions. GC’s 2025 Global CSR Report presents activities associated with five stated materialities, or priority issues. On October 1, 2024, GC announced governance changes that positioned GC Holding AG as the GC Group parent company and a major shareholder. On that date, Dr. Per Falk became CEO. GC stated that Falk had served on its board for two and a half years and had a 25-year career in the pharmaceutical industry; before joining GC, he was President of Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Also effective October 1, 2024, Ayako Nakao joined GC Holding AG’s Board of Directors. The announcement framed these changes as part of GC’s effort to strengthen corporate governance as it marked its 103rd anniversary and looked toward its next century.

• 2025

  GC Group issues its Global CSR Report.

• 2024

  GC Holding AG becomes GC Group's parent company and a major shareholder; Dr. Per Falk becomes CEO and Ayako Nakao joins the board.

• 2021

  GC establishes its Vision 2031 framework.

• 1983

  Makoto Nakao becomes President after serving as Executive Director.

• 1977

  GC launches the Fuji glass ionomer brand.

• 1934

  Kiyoshi Nakao transforms the GC Chemical Research Laboratory into a corporate structure.

• 1921

  GC is founded in Japan.

A global dental-materials company serving dental laboratories and dental surgeries in more than 100 countries.

• Dental material lines

  Materials used in dental laboratories and dental surgeries.

• Fuji glass ionomer brand

  A glass ionomer brand launched in 1977.

• GC announces governance changes, establishing GC Holding AG as group parent and major shareholder, and appoints Dr. Per Falk as CEO.Other

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