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Essilor International is a French multinational corporation specialized in the design, manufacture and sale of ophthalmic lenses, optical equipment and instruments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses.
In January 2017, Essilor and Luxottica announced the merger of their activities. After having received the necessary authorizations from the competition authorities of the United States, the European Union, Brazil, Canada and China, EssilorLuxottica was created on 1 October 2018. [5]
In January 2017, Luxottica announced its merger with Essilor, in which Essilor would buy Luxottica while Del Vecchio would become executive chairman of the combined company, as well as co-lead the company with then-Essilor CEO Hubert Sagnières. [10] [11] The combined entity would command more than one quarter of global value sales of eyewear.
[6] [15] Essilor had previously purchased Framesdirect.com in 2010. [6] [15] Hessel was retained as Eyebuydirect CEO. [6] Eyebuydirect redesigned and relaunched its website in April 2014. [16] Eyebuydirect introduced EyeZen digital screen protection lenses from Essilor as an option to customers in 2016. The company still sells EBD Blue lenses. [17]
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