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Essilor

Company nameEssilor International S.A.
Company typeSociété Anonyme
IndustryHealth care
Founded1972 (Paris, France)
HeadquartersCharenton-le-Pont, France
Key peopleXavier Fontanet (Chairman), Hubert Sagnières (CEO)
ProductsCorrective lenses and ophthalmic equipment
Revenue-3.892 billion (2010)
Operating income-618.5 million (2010)
Net income-462.0 million (2010)
Total assets-5.213 billion (end 2010)
Total equity-3.044 billion (end 2010)
Employees42,700 (end 2010)

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Essilor International S.A. is a French company that produces ophthalmic lenses along with ophthalmic optical equipment. It is based in Paris, France, and quoted on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange. As one of the 40 largest companies traded in Paris, it is a component of the CAC 40 share index.

Essilor is responsible for creating Varilux, the world's first progressive lens which corrects presbyopia and allows clear vision in the wearer's near, intermediate and far vision. The company formed from the merger of ophthalmic firms Essel and Silor in 1972. Essilor now operates in over 100 countries over five continents. Its activities are largely focused on research and development. It is the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, dominating the market on every continent, and Europe's fourth-largest medical equipment firm.

Essilor Video

This process creates a extra-thin (one molecule) anti-reflection, anti-static and unbreakable coat on the new Essilor varilux progressive lenses. Directed by Andy Favre for Essilor Laboratories of America. Project manager: Marc Mialon.
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Essilor, le géant francais de l'optique
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Announcing the end of ordinary spectacle lenses....Open your eyes to Crizal-Crystal Clear Lenses
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Announcing the end of ordinary spectacle lenses...Open you eyes to Crizal-Crystal Clear Lenses
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Didier Lamber of Essilor talks about his company's use of Google Apps. www.google.com
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Im folgendem Video erfahren Sie mehr über die Entwicklung und nutzen von neuen Superentspieglungsschichten bei Brillengläsern. Sie sind extrem kratzbeständig, Staub abweisend und haben einen minimalen Restreflex. Erhältlich bei Martinaglia Optik AG in Interlaken und Grindelwald ( www.martinaglia-optik.ch )
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Esel Optik - Essilor - Kappa CTD
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This is a Coating on a spectacle lens Yup its Crizal i blow on the lens and the company hologram shows up cool ! :) Crizal is the brand name of a range of optical lens coatings manufactured by Essilor, the world's leader in manufacturing lenses. products were created to allow greater transparency in lenses by repelling rain and being anti-reflective, smudge-resistant, dust-resistant and scratch-resistant. October 15th #4 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Travel & Events - India #18 - Most Discussed (This Month) - Travel & Events - India #90 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Travel & Events - India #57 - Top Favorited (This Week) - Travel & Events - India #3 - Top Rated (This Week) - Travel & Events - India #20 - Top Rated (This Month) - Travel & Events - India
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ESSILOR VARILUX EXPERIENCE
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Foundation offers kids a clear vision - Austin News Tweet this news
Austin News--The -Essilor- Vision Foundation runs a project called to Kids Vision to help children gain 20/20 eyesight, which they hope will also lead to better learning and life goals. About 80 percent of what children learn is acquired through their eye - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:40:49 GMT+00:00
ESSILOR INTL. : Essilor: Procedures for Requesting or Viewing Proxy ... - 4-traders (press release) Tweet this news
4-traders (press release)---ESSILOR- INTL. : -Essilor-: Procedures for Requesting or Viewing Proxy Information for the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual Meeting on May 5, 2011 Shareholders are advised that the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:09:06 GMT+00:00
Apriso Recognized for Third Consecutive Year as Progressive Manufacturing ... - MFRTech (press release) Tweet this news
MFRTech (press release)--Customers include GM, Volvo CE, Honeywell, L'Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, Textron Systems, MBDA, Saint-Gobain and -Essilor-. Learn more at: www.apriso.com. Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apri - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:02:50 GMT+00:00
New Optometric E-Newsletter Introduced by Management & Business Academy™ - Online PR News (press release) Tweet this news
Online PR News (press release)--The MBA, sponsored by CIBA VISION® and -Essilor-, provides the resources for optometrists to meet these challenges and build successful practices. "The success of independent doctors of optometry is integral to ou - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:58:21 GMT+00:00
European shares close in red - Forex Pros Tweet this news
Forex Pros--Best performing stocks within the index were the Cie Generale d'Optique -Essilor- share which inclined 0.24% to settle at €53.78, in second place came the PPR share which closed higher by 0.18% at €112.70. German equities retreated to - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:30:56 GMT+00:00
The Incredible Shrinking Eye Care Sector - Seeking Alpha Tweet this news
Seeking Alpha--Once again it is slim pickings, with -Essilor- (ESLOF.PK) and its large market share in corrective lens being the only real remaining investment option. -Essilor- is a solid company with good margins, good returns on capital, and good growt - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:54:16 GMT+00:00
Apriso Selected by HITCO to Use FlexNet as Enterprise Manufacturing Execution ... - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Tweet this news
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)--Customers include GM, Volvo CE, Honeywell, L'Oréal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, Textron Systems, MBDA, Saint-Gobain and -Essilor-. Learn more at: www.apriso.com. Apriso and FlexNet are registered - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:27:46 GMT+00:00
Shamir profit up 17 per cent - Optician Online Tweet this news
Optician Online--This figure excludes the effect of non-cash stock-based compensation expenses, amortisation of intangible assets, restructuring costs in France in 2010, -Essilor- transaction costs in 2010 and compensation to the company's former chi - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:46:06 GMT+00:00
Public Eye - Bizjournals.com Tweet this news
Bizjournals.com--The Dallas Museum of Art hosted a lecture and dinner benefitting the -Essilor- Vision Foundation. The evening's guest speaker was Olivier Meslay, previous chief curator of The Louvre and senior curator of European and American Art fo - Date : Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:03:01 GMT+00:00
Allen Interactions to Sponsor, Speak and Exhibit at Learning Solutions - San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Tweet this news
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)--At Allen Interactions, we design and develop interactive, performance-changing custom e-learning and blended learning for leading organizations like Apple, -Essilor-, HSBC and Motorola. Blending best practices with - Date : Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:04:17 GMT+00:00

Numbers in millions of Euros>
Numbers in millions of Euros
Sales :
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Revenue 2,203 2,424 2,690 2,908.1 3,074.4 3,268.0 3,891.6
Net income 244 287 328 366.7 382.4 394.0 462.0

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