Essilor Indonesia Blogs: 2011

10/13/2011

World Sight Day 2011

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and rehabilitation of the visually impaired held on the second Thursday in October.

World Sight Day is observed around the world by all partners involved in preventing visual impairment or restoring sight. It is also the main advocacy event for the prevention of blindness and for "Vision 2020: The Right to Sight", a global effort to prevent blindness created by WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.

UV-Related Facts

During the summer months, the level of ultraviolet radiation is three times greater than in the winter.
Reflected sunlight off water, snow and pavement can be the most dangerous type of UV light because it is intensified.
Of the 20 million people with cataracts, an estimated 20% of these cases may be due to UV-rays.
Every year 3.2 million people go blind from eye conditions caused due to prolonged UV exposure.

What should you do?

Have fun in the sun, but remember to protect your eyes!

To protect your eyes, wear the right kind of sunglasses and a broad-rimmed hat whenever stepping outside, even when it is overcast. Don’t be fooled by a cloudy day, as the sun’s rays can still inflict damage through the clouds.
Ask your eye care professional. Sunglasses don’t necessarily mean UV protection. It is a myth that tinted glasses or all sunglasses protect you from UV exposure. UV protection is not a function of the color of the lens but of the material used or treatment applied. Therefore some clear lenses can protect you from harmful UV exposure too.
Wear sunglasses that block 100 percent of UV-A and UV-B rays. To check whether your eyewear provides the necessary UV protection, have your eye care professional measure your lenses for UV absorption. The UV meter takes only a few seconds to read and will ensure that you have appropriate UV protective eyewear.
Don’t forget protection for the kids. Children are more vulnerable to dangerous UV rays and it is especially important for them to wear hats and sunglasses. Keep children away from the sun between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. when the sun’s ultraviolet rays are the strongest.

10/05/2011

Silmo d'Or 2011

Press Release

Two Essilor innovations win gold awards

at the Paris Optical Show

Chareton-le-Pont (France), 3 October 2011 - At the Paris Optical Show (29 September - 2 October), Essilor was awarded two Silmo d'Or awards for its latest innovations: Optifog, the first anti-fog lens, and Mr Orange, the latest digital machine for lens mounting.

The Optifog lens represents a real scientific breakthrough and offers eyeglass wearers fog-free vision thanks to a hydrophilic coating whilst simultaneously offering all the optical and anti-smudge performance of Essilor lenses.

Mr Orange renews the heart of the Essilor Instruments range and gives a large number of opticians acces to the latest technologies. This new digital system allows them to master a wider range of lenses and frames, in particular for curved fittings, and provides them with an accurate and high performance response to market needs.

Essilor, world leader in ophthalmic optics, put innovation at the heart of its strategy and invests over150 million Euros each year in Research and Development. The Group has played a major role in all the major technological breakthroughs of recent decades. Essilor was recently ranked 25th in Forbes Magazine's listing of the world's most innovative companies.

9/23/2011

Optifog Video by Essilor

When you need another pairs of glasses

9/20/2011

Optifog Video Channel

The new Optifog viral video
in Optifoglenses's Channel on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/optifoglenses

Or check out this link,
http://www.optifog.com/EN/optifun/viral-movies/Pages/thebutcher.aspx

9/19/2011

Press Release

FORBES MAGAZINE NAMES ESSILOR AMONG

“THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES”

Essilor Ranks 25^thon Global List of Companies Most Likely to Succeed Now and in the Future

Charenton-le-Pont (France), August, 2011 – Essilor, the world leader in ophthalmic optics, was recently named among “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes. In its August 8 issue, the esteemed American business magazine placed Essilor 25^th on its global ranking, recognising the Group’s revolutionary approach to eyeglass lens production.

“Essilor and our employees are honoured to be recognised for our contributions to improving people’s vision around the world,” said Hubert Sagnieres, Essilor CEO. “Since 1848, innovation has been a driving force at the heart of Essilor’s success. We look to innovate in our groundbreaking research and development programmes as well as throughout every aspect of our business from corporate culture to customer service and strategy.”

With three Technology and Innovation centres and 550 researchers around the world developing the lenses of the future and an investment of €150 million each year, Essilor puts innovation at the heart of its growth strategy. As a result, in an industry that is still young and where the innovation curve is promising, some 40% of Essilor’s sales every year come from products that have been launched within the past three years.

The Group’s approach to innovation relies on an extensive network of international partnerships involving universities, industrial groups and innovative subject matter experts, including the Vision Insititute and the CNRS (National Scientific Research Center) in France, the SERI (Singapore Eye Research Institute), the world-famous ophthalmology and visual sciences unit in Singapore or the University of Montreal in Canada.

Essilor adapts technologies employed in different scientific disciplines in the design of its new products. This process of continuous renewal guarantees optimum visual quality and comfort for wearers. Iconic products, such as Varilux®, the world’s first progressive addition lens, and Crizal®, the leading No-Glare lens, symbolise Essilor’s capacity for innovation.

About the Forbes Most Innovative Companies List

“The World's Most Innovative Companies" list aims to identify the leading-edge corporations most likely to succeed now and in the future based on an eight-year study by Harvard Business School professor and master of disruptive innovation Clayton M. Christensen, along with colleagues Jeff Dyer, a professor at Brigham Young University, and Hal B Gregersen, a professor of leadership at INSEAD, and also found in their newly released book, The Innovator's DNA. The rankings are based on an assessment of each company’s “innovation premium,” a quantified metric that measures the premium the stock market gives a company for anticipated or expected innovation.