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Essilor International is a French multinational corporation specialized in the design, manufacture and sale of ophthalmic lenses, optical equipment and instruments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses.
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Despite the merger being completed in 2018, the company still faced an internal leadership battle for control of the company, fought between old Essilor leadership and Del Vecchio, who went on to state in a March 2019 interview with Le Figaro that Essilor CEO Hubert Sagnières "only listened to himself", and had cost the company up to €600 million in savings from the merger.
In January 2017, Luxottica announced its merger with Essilor, in which Essilor would buy Luxottica while Del Vecchio would become executive chairman of the combined company, as well as co-lead the company with then-Essilor CEO Hubert Sagnières. [10] [11] The combined entity would command more than one quarter of global value sales of eyewear.
[6] [15] Essilor had previously purchased Framesdirect.com in 2010. [6] [15] Hessel was retained as Eyebuydirect CEO. [6] Eyebuydirect redesigned and relaunched its website in April 2014. [16] Eyebuydirect introduced EyeZen digital screen protection lenses from Essilor as an option to customers in 2016. The company still sells EBD Blue lenses. [17]
French Varilux Logo. Varilux is a brand name belonging to Essilor International, a producer of corrective lenses.The first version of the lens was invented by Bernard Maitenaz and released in 1959, and was the first modern [clarification needed] progressive lens to correct presbyopia.
Hubert Sagnières (born 10 May 1955 in Vienne, France), is a business executive of French and Canadian nationality. He was chairman and CEO of Essilor International from 2012 to 2018 [1] and became executive vice-chairman of EssilorLuxottica while keeping his role of chairman of Essilor International when Essilor merged with Luxottica in 2018.
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