ESSILOR EXTENDS ITS AR PRODUCT LINE WITH SHARPVIEW
High quality, lower-priced AR option for ECPs to offer patients

DALLAS -- (September 14, 2005) – For years, Eye Care Professionals (ECPs) have expressed a need to offer a high quality, value-priced AR option to their patients. In an attempt to grow the AR market in the United States, Essilor has answered the ECP need by complementing its industry leading AR solution, Crizal® AlizéTM, with a second-tier AR product - SHARPVIEWTM.

“While the integrated nature of Crizal and Crizal Alizé provide unmatched durability and quality, SHARPVIEW offers ECPs an affordable, easy to clean AR solution with quick turnaround time on almost any lens,” said John Carrier, president of Essilor Laboratories of America.

SHARPVIEW is a high quality AR with up to 99 percent light transmission and a super-hydrophobic top coat with a contact angle of 110 degrees. The product is backed by a two-year, one-time replacement warranty, and is available on almost any lens exclusively through Essilor Laboratories of America.

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Varilux, Crizal, Airwear and Thin & Lite are registered trademarks and Alizé is a trademark of Essilor International, S.A.
SHARPVIEW is a trademark of Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc.