Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering
with the acquisition of Humanware
Charenton-le-Pont, France (October 17, 2013) – Essilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution of electronic assistance products for the blind and vision impaired.
Founded in 1988 and based in Drummondville, Quebec (Canada), Humanware offers a wide array of equipment that is marketed mainly in visual rehabilitation clinic networks. The company recently launched Prodigi™, a two-in-one magnifier that helps the vision impaired whether they are sitting or moving about and which was awarded a Silmo d’Or gold medal at the Silmo international optics show in Paris in September. This configurable personal vision assistant combines a portable tablet and a touchscreen desktop device that automatically adapts text size and format to each user's vision. It also includes a text-to-speech feature.
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Essilor develops its global Low Vision offering with the acquisition of Humanware | 10/17/2013 | FinanceEssilor International has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Technologies Humanware Inc., a world leader in the design and distribution
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