Chirana Medical, a.s. (Dental & Medical manufacturer)

What Chirana Medical, a.s. (Dental & Medical manufacturer) does

Chirana Medical, a.s. is a Slovak medical device manufacturer headquartered in Stará Turá, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CHIRANA Holding Stará Turá. The company designs, develops, and produces two main product lines: dental equipment (units, chairs, instruments including turbines, micromotors, and handpieces) and anesthesia/breathing equipment (VENAR anesthesia workstations and Chirana AURA / Chirolog SV breathing units), with production continuity since 1967 for dental and 1968 for anesthesia/breathing devices. Core technologies include proprietary Multilevel ventilation for non-homogeneous lung damage (claimed 60%+ survival improvement) and a world-innovative Xenon anesthesia delivery system, supported by EN ISO 13485:2016, CE, and MDSAP quality certifications. Manufacturing takes place at a 12,000 m2 facility with CNC and robotic machinery, within a 66,993 m2 industrial zone, complemented by an assembly plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (opened 2021) and licensed production in the USA via IPM Group (2020).

The company's revenue model is hardware sales of modular, customer-configured capital equipment manufactured per order, with no SaaS or recurring software component. Go-to-market is export-led, with 95% of sales going to international markets through an exclusive distributor network covering 11+ countries (e.g., Meditrans in Poland, Skyline Medical in UAE, ALJABAL ELFEDDI in Libya, IPM Group in USA) and supported by participation in major trade exhibitions (AEEDC Dubai, Arab Health/WHX Dubai, IDS Cologne, Pragodent, Krakdent). End customers are dental clinics/practices and hospital intensive care units across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and North America. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the company does not appear to have raised dilutive equity financing, relying instead on EU ERDF grants and revenue reinvestment (over €2.2M in technology reinvestment in a recent 12-month window) to fund R&D and capex.

Name

Chirana Medical, a.s. (Dental & Medical manufacturer)

Legal name

Chirana Medical, a.s.

Website

https://chirana.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Slovak medical device manufacturer producing modular dental units, dental instruments, anesthesia workstations (VENAR), and ventilators (Chirana AURA), exporting 95% of output through an exclusive distributor network to dental clinics and hospitals across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stará Turá

HQ country

Slovakia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Sales: Sale of dental units, dental chairs, dental instruments, anesthesia units, and breathing/ventilation devices. Products are manufactured per customer order with modular configurations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Chirana Medical, a.s. manufactures and sells dental units, dental chairs, dental instruments, and accessories under the CHIRANA Connect, Chirana Cheese, and SMILE brands, along with anaesthesia workstations (VENAR line including VENAR TS, Omega, Media, and Xenon) and breathing/ventilation units (Chirana AURA, Chirolog SV lines) plus patient monitors. Products are built per customer order with modular configurations and are produced at the Stará Turá facility (Slovakia) with assembly in Uzbekistan and licensed production in the USA. The company's offerings target dental clinics, dental practitioners, hospitals, intensive care units, and government health systems across global export markets.

Product overview

Chirana Medical, a.s. is a European manufacturer of dental and medical devices with two main product divisions: Dental products (dental units, chairs, instruments) and Anaesthesia and Breathing units. The dental portfolio includes the new CHIRANA Connect generation unit, the modular Cheese line (Cheese UNI, Cheese E, Cheese Easy, Cheese L), and the traditional SMILE line of units and chairs, complemented by a comprehensive range of dental instruments including turbines, micromotors, and handpieces. The medical portfolio centers on the VENAR anesthesia workstation family (VENAR TS, VENAR Omega, VENAR Media, VENAR Xenon) and the Chirana AURA/Chirolog SV breathing unit lines, along with patient monitors (ICARD, ANEMON, EFA). Products are manufactured per customer order with modular concepts allowing customization, produced in Stará Turá with a tradition dating back to 1967 for dental and 1968 for anesthesia/breathing equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHIRANA Connect: New generation dental unit featuring reliability, accuracy, and comfort.
• Chirana Cheese
• VENAR
• Chirana AURA
• SMILE

Products and services

• CHIRANA Connect New generation dental unit combining modern design with smart features and high ergonomics for both dentist and assistant; modular concept allowing customization from basic to advanced equipment; for dental clinics and dental practitioners.
• Chirana Cheese UNI Universal dental unit with doctor's table mounted on rotating pantographic arm directly behind the chair; modular concept allowing customer-specific feature selection; for dental clinics.
• Chirana CHEESE E Middle and upper class dental unit in the Cheese product line, characterized by modularity and complexity with traditional concept of units carried by the armchair.
• Chirana CHEESE Easy Middle and upper class dental unit designed for ease of use with modular concept allowing selection of features according to specific customer requirements.
• Chirana CHEESE L Top class dental unit featuring lift concept with stationary unit that carries the armchair, as opposed to traditional armchair-carried unit design.
• SMILE Mini 04 Standard class dental unit in the SMILE line, part of the company's traditional product portfolio for dental clinics.
• SMILE SK1-01 / SMILE SK1-08 dental chairs Dental chair models in the SMILE product line, complementing the dental unit portfolio for dental clinics.
• SMILE 3 / SMILE 5 dentist and assistant seats Seats designed for dentist or dental assistant use, part of the SMILE dental equipment line.
• CHIRANA dental instruments (turbines, micromotors, handpieces) High-speed dental turbines (TG/TGL series with and without light), dental micromotors (CH660 series, including brushless CH660 Bless), and straight/contra-angle micromotoric handpieces; complemented by SMIOIL SPRAY-500ml cleaning and lubricating oil accessory.
• VENAR TS anaesthesia workstation Advanced anaesthesia workstation with intuitive controls and top-tier compact design, focused on patient safety and healthcare staff comfort; part of the VENAR anaesthesia product line for hospitals and surgical departments.
• VENAR Xenon anaesthesia unit Universal anaesthetic unit for delivering anaesthesia with gas XENON; XENON is an inert gas that does not metabolise in the human body, eliminating side effects associated with conventional anaesthetic agents; for hospitals and surgical departments.
• Chirana AURA V breathing unit Advanced breathing unit featuring optimisation and automation of artificial lung ventilation, autoadaptive expiration, and the unique Multilevel Ventilation regime for patients with difficult non-homogeneous damaged lungs; claimed to increase patient survival chances by more than 60%; used in COVID-19, H1N1 flu, ARDS, and atypical pneumonia cases; for ICUs and critical care.
• Chirana AURA Basic breathing unit Breathing unit in the Chirana AURA line providing essential artificial ventilation capabilities for ICUs and hospitals.
• Chirolog SV AURA Profi and Basic breathing units Professional and basic models in the Chirolog SV AURA breathing unit line for hospitals and ICUs.
• CHIRANA patient monitors (ICARD, ANEMON, EFA / EFA 3 deLUX) Patient monitoring devices (ICARD, ANEMON, EFA, EFA 3 deLUX) for anaesthesia and intensive care applications in hospitals.
• Gas analyzer modules (CO2, CO2+O2, AA+CO2+O2) OEM gas analyser modules supporting CO2, CO2+O2, and AA+CO2+O2 configurations for integration into anaesthesia and breathing equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60%+ improvement in patient survival chances with Multilevel ventilation technology
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ALJABAL ELFEDDI Co. (Libya)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 June 2024Partnership with leading supplier of medical equipment in Libya. Opens new market on African continent, offering patients in Libyan region access to modern respiratory and anesthetic technology products.
• CHIRANA ASIA (Uzbekistan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2021New assembly plant opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on March 16, 2021 with Slovak State Secretary Ingrid Brockova and Uzbek Minister of Innovation Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov attending opening ceremony.
• IPM Group (USA)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 30 October 2020After signing license agreement with IPM Group, Chirana Medical launched production of pulmonary ventilators directly in USA. First production batch at end of 2020 represented 300 pieces of devices.
• Meditrans (Poland)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive representative in Poland. Presented entire range of CHIRANA Medical dental units including new products at KRAKDENT exhibition with great success.
• Skyline Medical UAEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for AEEDC Dubai exhibition representing CHIRANA Medical at this major dental event in Middle East.
• IPM ChiranaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company that cooperated with office of President of Slovak Republic to donate CHIRANA AURA V breathing unit to Pope Francis on occasion of his visit to Slovakia in September 2021.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Getinge (Maquet): Swedish-listed medical technology group with Maquet-brand anesthesia delivery and surgical/ICU ventilation. Broad incumbent competing with Chirana in hospital anesthesia and ventilation, especially across European and emerging markets.
• Dentsply Sirona: Global dental equipment and consumables leader covering dental chairs, units, instruments, and CAD/CAM. A broad incumbent that competes head-to-head with Chirana in dental units and instruments across nearly every geography.
• Mindray: Chinese global medical device group offering patient monitoring, anesthesia, and in-vitro diagnostics. Increasingly relevant emerging-market incumbent that competes with Chirana's VENAR and AURA lines on price in Asia, MEA, and Eastern Europe.
• Dr\u00e4gerwerk: German medical and safety technology group producing anesthesia workstations, ventilators, and patient monitoring. Direct competitor to Chirana's VENAR anesthesia and AURA breathing unit lines, with substantially larger scale and global hospital footprint.

Direct peers

• Planmeca: Finnish dental equipment manufacturer offering dental units, chairs, and imaging systems. Comparable to Chirana in product scope and in being a privately-held European specialist competing with global incumbents.
• Midmark: US-based manufacturer of dental equipment, including chairs, delivery units, and cabinetry. Direct peer in mid-tier dental equipment serving dental clinics with similar modular, configurable product philosophy.
• Stern Weber (Cefla): Italian dental equipment brand owned by Cefla producing dental units, chairs, and imaging. Comparable European mid-tier dental unit manufacturer competing for the same export-oriented, value-conscious clinic segment as Chirana.
• Hamilton Medical: Swiss specialist in mechanical ventilators and critical-care breathing technology. Closely comparable to Chirana Medical's Chirana AURA ventilator portfolio, including ICU-grade ventilation for COVID/ARDS-type patients.
• L\u00f6wenstein Medical: German manufacturer of anesthesia workstations and ventilation equipment. Direct competitor to Chirana in European hospital and anesthesia/ICU markets, with comparable specialization and mid-size manufacturer profile.
• A-dec: Family-owned US-based dental equipment manufacturer producing dental chairs, units, and lights. Direct competitor to Chirana's dental unit portfolio (Cheese, Smile, Connect lines) with similar B2B sales to dental practices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chirana-medical-dental-company

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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