Today we are one of the leading manufacturers of premium quality orthodontic products. But we came a long way from where we started in 1907. The company Bernhard Förster was originally founded as a manufacturer of components for the local jewelry industry for which our home town Pforzheim, also known as the “Gold Town”, is still famous. About 25 years later we expanded into manufacturing of watch movements and finally complete watches under the brand “Foresta”. That was when our name was born. With the first hints of globalization competition got tougher and the jewelry and watch business harder. Many European watch makers died as a result of the advent of the quartz watch movement. In a daring maneuver the company was turned around and we finally started our orthodontic product line “FORESTADENT” in 1974.