Essilor Starts Up New Production Line

Essilor has started a 4-million-Euro-plus production line at its Dijon plant, in France. The new production line manufactures single-vision high-index corrective lenses marketed as Airwear, Ormix, and Stylis. The new cutting edge industrial processes implemented at the Dijon plant consist of a new line for hard coating (ensuring lens resistance and protection) and vacuum coating (providing anti-reflective and anti-UV properties).

Four-Eyes Proud Is Here!

Snow Queen by Mary Engelbreit

Airwear lenses, Essilor's lighter, safer and greener brand of polycarbonate lenses, is declaring Sept. 5 -11, 2011,“Four Eyes Pride Week,” to encourage consumers to wear their glasses with pride! To kick off the celebration, Essilor and Airwear have partnered with iconic artist and healthy vision advocate Mary Engelbreit to ask fans to change their Facebook profile picture during the week to one of themselves wearing glasses. Read the company's press release for more details.