Amir Aghdaei
Analyst · William Blair
Yes. Thank you, John. In our equipment business, specifically on the treatment unit, we have always been positioned as a premium solution both in KaVo, as well as, in the Pelton offering. We started this process -- it started with a little bit of destocking and then, continued throughout the 2018 and 2019. But primarily, we are seeing that in the developed market and that has continued. We saw it in Q3. We have seen it in Q4. This business is radically changing. We had anticipated that. As we talked about cost reduction, redirection of resources and capabilities, we have positioned this business to continue to deliver on commitments that we have out there, but slowly and thoughtfully, focus it on margin expansion opportunity, and kind of narrow the offering in here to make sure that we are meeting the expectation of the market. Some of the largest opportunities in this space are with DSOs. And you look at three, four years ago versus where we are today, we are adjusting the business, both from a cost structure, R&D and capabilities to respond to the realities on the ground. We are seeing some additional changes in here that we have started a few years ago. In emerging market, normally, they start with a smaller footprint, a smaller setup and then extend over time. And we wanted to make sure that we have products and capabilities to meet the requirement of this segment. Moving forward, John, we are not expecting this business to be a growth business for us. We think equipment business would be flat maybe even negative low-single-digit. We are trying to position it properly and as I mentioned, redirect capabilities. On the other hand, I want to make sure that when we touch on equipment, we separate the imaging part. We think imaging is an important part of our overall offering. It's integrated into our specialty businesses. We think that the core imaging products, with the combination of a DTX software plus some of the capabilities that we are putting in place, will give us an opportunity to create differentiation in here. Products such as 3D sensors and iOS are an important part of our move-forward capabilities.