Essilor

Essilor

Infobox_Company
company_name = Essilor International S.A.
company_
company_type = Public (Euronext|EF)
foundation = 1972
location = Charenton-le-Pont, France
key_people = Xavier Fontanet (Chairman of the board and CEO)
industry = Health care
products = Corrective lenses and ophthalmic equipment
revenue = €2.908 billion (2007)cite web |url=http://www.essilor.com/IMG/pdf/Essilor_AR2007_en.pdf |title=Annual Report 2007 |accessdate=2008-07-11 |publisher=Essilor International]
operating_income = profit €505 million (2007)
net_income = profit €367 million (2007)
num_employees = 31,530 (2007)
homepage = [http://www.essilor.com www.essilor.com]
intl = yes

Essilor International S.A. (Euronext|EF) is a French company producing primarily ophthalmic lenses along with ophthalmic optical equipment. It is based in Paris, France, and quoted on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange. As one of the 40 largest companies traded in Paris, it is a component of the CAC 40 share index.

Essilor was formed from the merger of ophthalmic firms Essel and Silor in 1972. Essel got its name from the Societe des Lunetiers (SL) which began in France in the middle of the 19th Century. It pursued a strategy based on exports, which enabled it to dominate the world market. As a result of this expansion, it has employees on five continents, and 3 of its 4 R&D centres are located outside France. It is the world's largest maker of ophthalmic lenses, dominating the market on every continent, and Europe's fourth-largest medical equipment firm.

Bernard Maitenaz, engineer at Essilor (and who later became Essilor's CEO), invented varifocals, sometimes called progressive lenses or "no-line bifocals" with his Varilux lens, launched in May 1959. This lens is used to correct presbyopia.

References

External links

* [http://www.essilor.com Official website]


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