Essilor and Transitions provide its customers with A little TLC
Crizal and Transitions combine for Total Light Control Benefits
DALLAS – (August 20, 2007) –Essilor of America, Inc. (EOA) is offering its eyecare professionals (ECPs) the ultimate combination in lenses for the best light protection: Total Light Control (TLC) The combination of Crizal® anti-reflective (AR) coatings and Transitions® lenses works to successfully control light, providing patients with optimal vision.

“Light is central to good vision,” said Carl Bracy, Vice President of Marketing for Essilor. “By communicating the benefits of Crizal and Transitions lenses together, we are able to offer our ECPs and their patients the best overall lens performance, quality of vision, and the preservation and protection of the health and well-being of their eyes.”

Crizal lenses reduce the glare that causes eye strain by removing reflections and glare from headlights, computers and sunlight, and when partnered with Transitions lenses, they offer 100% blockage of harmful UV rays. Crizal lenses allows over 99 percent of needed light to enter the eye, allowing patients to see more clearly and more like their natural eye. TLC offers patients a lens that protects them indoors and outdoors, with the trusted technology of Crizal and Transitions together.

Crizal products are high-performance AR coatings from Essilor that reduce glare and offer patients clearer and crisper visual performance. Four products make up the Crizal family: Crizal, Crizal Alizé™, Crizal Alizé with Clear Guard™, and the newest addition, Crizal Sun™. The Crizal family of products is known for its two-sided scratch resistance and an advanced super-hydrophobic property that reduces dirt, oil, grime and fingerprints, giving patients the clearest vision in an easy-to-clean lens that stays cleaner longer. Essilor’s proprietary PAD Control System™ makes Crizal lenses the easiest lenses on the market to edge.

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Varilux, Crizal and Alizé are registered trademarks and Crizal Sun, Pad Control System and DEFINITY are trademarks of Essilor International, S.A. Thin&Lite is a registered trademark and Crizal Alizé with Clear Guard is a trademark of Essilor of America, Inc. Transitions and the swirl are registered trademarks of Transitions Optical, Inc.