Align Technology Expanding its Global Operations

Align Technology Inc. has announced plans to open a new manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, India, next year, creating more than 300 direct jobs and spending approximately $200 million in both capital and operational expenses over the next several years.

This new facility reflects Align’s strategy to get closer to customers and scale its operations to support high-growth markets like India while strengthening its supply chain resilience and operational efficiency to drive shareholder value, according to the company. It also demonstrates Align’s continued investments in aligner fabrication manufacturing and treatment planning capabilities in each of its regions to better serve doctor customers and patients, and contribute to the local economy through investment and employment.

“India represents an important growth market for Align, and we are excited about the opportunity to expand our global manufacturing network with a new facility in Hyderabad,” said Jitse Marrée, Align executive vice president of global operations. “This investment underscores our commitment to scaling our advanced manufacturing capabilities, supporting our doctor customers, and bringing the benefits of the Invisalign System to more patients worldwide. Hyderabad’s strong talent base, infrastructure, and innovation ecosystem make it an ideal location for our next phase of growth.”

Align’s Hyderabad manufacturing facility will complement Align’s existing footprint in Hyderabad, which includes its Global Capability Center and the Align Innovation Center, further reinforcing the city’s strategic importance within Align’s global operations network. It will mark the company’s first manufacturing presence in India and its fourth globally. The proposed facility is expected to begin operations in 2027 and be margin accretive in its first year.

“We are proud to expand Align’s global manufacturing footprint with our first manufacturing facility in India and a new state-of-the-art site in Hyderabad,” stated JunHo Han, Align executive vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific. “This investment reflects our long-term commitment to the Asia-Pacific region and builds on our continued expansion across key markets, where we have been investing in local teams, capabilities, and digital treatment planning infrastructure to support growing adoption of the Invisalign System. The Hyderabad facility represents an important milestone as we scale our operations in high-growth markets and further strengthen our ability to support Invisalign-trained doctors and their patients. With this investment, we expect to enhance service levels across the region through more localized, customized support.”

Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign System, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero intraoral scanners and services, and exocad CAD/CAM software. These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies for approximately 299,500 doctor customers; they also are key to accessing Align’s 600 million consumer market opportunity worldwide. Over the past 29 years, Align has helped doctors treat approximately 22.8 million patients with the Invisalign System and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align Digital Platform, its integrated suite of proprietary technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists, and lab/partners.

Invisalign clear aligners are a removable and transparent teeth-straightening solution produced using digital and 3D technologies. This type of solution differs from other orthodontic devices in that they are more comfortable and can be easily removed for eating or drinking. Used to treat minor to complex kinds of malocclusions, Invisalign clear aligners are replaced every one or two weeks, depending on a doctor’s recommendation, gradually moving teeth towards the projected final position.