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Align Technology: History, Art, Technology & Companies

Align Technology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of 3D digital scanners and Invisalign clear aligners used in orthodontics and restorative workflow. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. The company manufactures the aligners in Juarez, Mexico, and its scanners in Israel and China. The company is best known for its Invisalign…

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Align Technology topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art, Technology and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Align Technology.

Related topics
17
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
20
Extracted relationships
39
Concept neighborhoods
11
Bridge connections
20

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Invisalign · 7 topics
Overview · 6 topics
History · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1997; 29 years ago (1997)
Founders
Zia Chishti · Kelsey Wirth
Industry
Orthodontics devices
Headquarters
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ISIN
US0162551016

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Invisalign

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Align Technology connects Entity context

The extracted context around Align Technology shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Align Technology → Align, Business, Cadent, FDA, In March, Invisalign, Israeli, January, Kelsey Wirth, Nasdaq Stock Market, Stanford Graduate School, Zia Chishti Another extracted example is Align Technology → During, He, Invisalign, Kelsey Wirth, The, Zia Chishti. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Align Technology

Top relations

related to history · 12
Align Technology → Align, Business, Cadent, FDA, In March, Invisalign, Israeli, January, Kelsey Wirth, Nasdaq Stock Market, Stanford Graduate School, Zia Chishti
related to Invisalign · 6
Align Technology → During, He, Invisalign, Kelsey Wirth, The, Zia Chishti
Founders · 2
Align Technology → Kelsey Wirth, Zia Chishti
Traded as · 2
Align Technology → Nasdaq: ALGN, S&P 500 component
related to External links · 2
Align Technology → GoogleSEC, Official
Area served · 1
Align Technology → Worldwide
Founded · 1
Align Technology → 1997; 29 years ago (1997)
Headquarters · 1
Align Technology → Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Industry · 1
Align Technology → Orthodontics devices
ISIN · 1
Align Technology → US0162551016

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

align invisalign technology company million system aligners clear scanners orthodontics used ceo 1997 treatment tempe arizona president chishti wirth inc

Align Technology relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 39 structured relationships around Align Technology. Examples in this analysis include Align Technology → Area served → Worldwide and Align Technology → Founded → 1997; 29 years ago (1997). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Align TechnologyArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
Align TechnologyFounded1997; 29 years ago (1997)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyFoundersZia Chishti1.00infobox
Align TechnologyFoundersKelsey Wirth1.00infobox
Align TechnologyHeadquartersTempe, Arizona, U.S.1.00infobox
Align TechnologyIndustryOrthodontics devices1.00infobox
Align TechnologyISINUS01625510161.00infobox
Align TechnologyKey peopleJoe Hogan (president & CEO) Karim Boussebaa (EVP and MD, iTero Scanner and Services Business) John F. Morici (CFO) Mitra Derakhshan and Jose Gasco (SVP, Global Clinical)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyNet incomeUS$421 million (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyNumber of employees20,945 (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyOperating incomeUS$608 million (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyProductsClear aligners, intra-oral scanners, dental CAD software1.00infobox
Align TechnologyRevenueUS$4.00 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyTotal assetsUS$6.21 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyTotal equityUS$3.85 billion (2024)1.00infobox
Align TechnologyTraded asNasdaq: ALGN1.00infobox
Align TechnologyTraded asS&P 500 component1.00infobox
Align TechnologyTypePublic1.00infobox
Align TechnologyWebsitealigntech.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Align Technology bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Technology, Million and Invisalign. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Align Technology
    • Technology
    • Million
    • Invisalign
    • March
    • Clear
    • System
    • 3d
    • Also
    • Inc
    • Software
    • Acquired
    • Ceo
  • align technology
    • Technology
    • Million
    • Invisalign
    • March
    • Clear
    • Chishti
    • System
    • 3d
    • Also
    • Inc
    • Software
    • Acquired
  • clear aligners
    • Used
    • Scanners
    • Invisalign
    • Aligners
    • Clear
    • Evp
    • Md
    • System
    • Million
    • Began
    • Business
    • Dental
  • invisalign
    • System
    • Aligners
    • Technology
    • Orthodontics
    • Clear
    • Company
    • Also
    • Began
    • Dental
    • First
    • Scanners
    • Treatment
  • zia chishti
    • Chishti
    • Zia
    • Wirth
    • Founded
    • Kelsey
    • Orthodontics
    • Arizona
    • Began
    • Business
    • Nasdaq
    • Public
    • Tempe
  • orthodontics
    • Zia
    • Chishti
    • Arizona
    • Founded
    • Kelsey
    • Nasdaq
    • Public
    • Tempe
    • Acquired
    • Doctors
    • Scanners
    • Used
  • 3d imaging
    • Acquired
    • Scanners
    • Company
    • Inc
    • Software
    • March
    • Orthodontics
    • Treatment
    • Used
    • Clear
    • Aligners
    • Align
  • tempe, arizona
    • Tempe
    • Founded
    • Evp
    • Md
    • Business
    • Kelsey
    • Nasdaq
    • President
    • Public
    • Zia
    • Ceo
    • Chishti

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Align Technology, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Align Technology with Invisalign. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Align Technology — Invisalign · splits 13 ⟂ 8
Align Technology — Overview · splits 14 ⟂ 7
Align Technology — History · splits 16 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Align Technology

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples39
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Align Technology to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art, Technology & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Align Technology · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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