Advanced optical technology

Essilor, leader on the progressive lens market since 1959, believes that research will help it achieve its objective: to make natural vision available to everyone.

Its R&D work on lens manufacturing involves several levels:

- design of the progressive lens, which integrates an ever increasing number of geometric, ergonomic, and physiological and psycho-physical optics parameters, to adapt to the wearer in an ever more personalized way.

- materials and treatments that ensure progressive lens protection, transparency, comfort and attractiveness, as well as more special features (anti-glare, scratch-resistance, smudge-resistance, anti-static, etc.).

- lens manufacturing techniques to be at the cutting edge, from design to manufacture of eyeglasses and contact lenses.

- development of a solid network of partners: universities, laboratories, industrial groups and innovative SMEs.

- optics technology surveying to quickly identify new opportunities offered by scientific and technical advances that will be used in the lenses of tomorrow.