Planet DDS Brings Smiles - and Jobs - to Glasgow

Californian dental software company, Planet DDS, is bringing smiles to Glasgow along with £10 million software investment and 75 new software jobs.

Planet DDS is a leading provider of cloud-enabled dental software serving over 10,000 practices in North America with over 60,000 users. The company’s AI and data management applications are specifically designed to enable dental practices to transition to a completely digital approach to operating and delivering their business. 

The company is locating its technology development and support centre in Scotland and was welcomed during a visit by Scottish Government Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray to the company’s offices at The Garment Factory, in the Glasgow City Innovation District. 

Mr Gray said:

This £10 million investment is a vote of confidence in Scotland’s economy and will help create 75 good quality jobs.

Inward investment worth £1 billion was supported by the Scottish Government and its enterprise and skills agencies from 2018 to 2021 and today’s announcement shows we are maintaining momentum towards building a more sustainable and prosperous future.

EY’s recent independent Annual Attractiveness Survey highlighted Scotland as the most attractive foreign direct investment location outside of London, a position held for the last eight years.

Scotland has huge opportunities and assets. Businesses are increasingly taking investment decisions based on factors such as our progressive approach to fair work, our net zero ambitions and the skills of our workforce. Our National Strategy for Economic Transformation aims to capitalise on these strengths and create a wellbeing economy.

Scottish Enterprise and its international arm, Scottish Development International (SDI), worked closely with Invest Glasgow and Team Scotland partners to build a strong and long-term relationship with Planet DDS.  

A compelling package of support and funding from Scottish Enterprise has been created for Planet DDS, including a grant of £985,000 as a contribution towards the company’s £10.4 million investment in its Scottish operations. 

Angelina Hendricks, chief technology officer at Planet DDS, said:

I am thrilled to be here in Glasgow today to open our new technology centre and formally welcome our new local team members. We chose Glasgow based on the technical expertise of the people as well as the passion for innovation we see in the community. We are excited about expanding our Glasgow team in support of our company’s growth objectives and starting to contribute to the local technology community.

Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, commented:

I’m delighted that a pioneering company with the global reach of Planet DDS has selected Glasgow as its first UK base. This is a real vote of confidence in Glasgow’s talented and skilled workforce and our growing reputation as city of innovation, ambition and opportunity. Creating dozens of high-quality jobs within such a hi-tech sector will help drive that reputation further. And located within our world class City Innovation District, Planet DDS is perfectly placed to secure the benefits of Glasgow’s energy, ingenuity and creativity.

The 75 new high quality jobs will be created over the next few years, with nine new staff already recruited for the company’s software engineering team. The location advisor to Planet DDS for this project is Crosshaven Partners.