Essilor acquires Transitions Optical ................................................

[KITT]

That is only true for a manufactures progressive lenses. All of the single vision and flat top Transitions lenses are already made on Essilor blanks and then repackaged and sold to all of the other manufactures. So even if you buy a 1.501 ft28 Transitions from Hoya, Younger, or Xcel you are already buying an Essilor lens, it is just boxed in the manufactures package. This has been the set up for a while now.

Not entirely true. SV and FT28 are a mixture of Essilor and CZV (and possibly TOG) cast lenses.

[Chris Ryser]

Have to disagree with this. Essilor themselves and through their part ownership of companies are one of the few to keep some of their manufacturing in so-called western countries. Gentex and X-Cel in the US, Nikon in Japan, OLM in Ireland, Shamir in Israel and 2 Transitions facilities in Florida and Ireland. Compare this to CZV who within 5 yrs of the Sola-Zeiss merger closed their Ireland, Germany and Australian facilities and moved everthing to Mexico and China.

How about this one........................

Today, Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,Ltd located on 32 rais produces millions of plastic lenses per year and employs around 2,000 employee. The mass production facilities manufacture the complete corrective range of finished single vision organic lenses, with all the types of surface treatments that exist: scratch resistant coating, tintable coatings and anti-reflection coatings.

Asia Operations Head Quarter and Asia Engineering office are also located in EMTC.

read the whole bit ---------------------> http://www.essilormanufacturing.in.t...471369&Ntype=1

[LENNY]

Not entirely true. SV and FT28 are a mixture of Essilor and CZV (and possibly TOG) cast lenses.

Is TOG on us market?