• 1912

    Erwin Hager founds the bur factory Hager & Meisinger in Düsseldorf - together with Willy Noack and Artur Meisinger, who takes over the company completely a few years later. The Hager family has been in the dental business for over 100 years, today in the 4th generation.
  • 1927

    Erwin Hager and his nephew Edgar Hager establish the dental depot Hager Dental in Duisburg, which is later expanded by Edgar Hager and subsequently by Jan and Jochen Odermann to become one of the leading dental trading companies in Germany.
  • 1946

    Edgar Hager founds the company Hager & Werken with the aim of manufacturing special dental products and distributing them through specialized dealers nationwide.
  • 1952

    A hot air sterilizer is sold with great success by Edgar and Lilo Hager at the IDS.
  • 1954

    The MYERSON-tooth is one of the first plastic teeth sold in Germany.
  • 1959

    The EMMENIX-Holder is the first angulated X-ray film holder.
  • 1963

    Michael Hager takes over the company HAGER & WERKEN and develops it to a leading manufacturer of dental specialties with worldwide contacts in import as well as in export.
  • 1967

    With the MIRAJECT needle, the 1st disposable injection cannula is introduced to the German and European dental market.
  • 1976

    The ATOMIC articulator is the 1st "fast modelfixation" articulator, which has since been sold almost 200,000 times worldwide. (Followed by the articulators Balance in 1982 and Combitec in 1995). The Company WORLDWIDE DENTAL (today HAGER WORLDWIDE) was founded. Hager & Werken products are now available on the American market.
  • 1977

    Hager & Werken enters the field of prophylaxis with the HAPPY MORNING toothbrush. The PIC-BRUSH interdental brush follows in 1981 and the CLEAN-JET device in 1984.
  • 1981

    A distinguished visitor at the FDI in London - HRH Princess Margaret visiting our booth.
  • 1982

    Move to Pulverweg in the center of Duisburg.
  • 1984

    The CLEARFIL Bond System (manufacturer KURARAY, Japan) is one of the first bonding systems to be offered on the German market.
  • 1991

    Kuraray's PANAVIA bonding cement is introduced in Germany.
  • 1997

    For the first time HAGER & WERKEN is audited in compliance with ISO 9002/EN 46002 by the TÜV Rheinland.
  • 1999

    Relocation to Duisburg-Großenbaum into a modern office and warehouse building of approx. 6,000 sqm, only 10 minutes away from Düsseldorf airport.
  • 2000

    Foundation of the company HAGER POLONIA in Wroclaw to directly serve the Polish market.
  • 2002

    The veneering ceramic CARAT and the base materials BIOPAQUE and BIOPAQUE UNO are acquired from Dentsply, USA.
  • 2003

    Foundation of Hager Asia.
  • 2008

    Foundation of Hager Pharm to promote our own miradent mouth care products as well as product lines of other manufacturers to pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers.

  • 2009

    Patrick Hager joins the Hager & Werken management in the 4th generation.
  • 2012

    Foundation of Hager Eurasia in Moscow.
  • 2017

    Foundation of Hager Australia in Sydney.
  • Late 2017

    Foundation of the company HBI Health & Beauty International selling oral healthcare and lines of other manufactures to drugstore and mass market.
  • 2018

    Takeover of the worldwide production and distribution of the Bambach Saddle Seats in August 2018.
  • 2019

    Our multilingual team at the IDS Cologne booth.
  • 2021

    A very important year for Hager & Werken, as it marks its 75th anniversary.