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| Company type | Société Anonyme |
|---|---|
| Industry | Medical equipment |
| Founded | 1849 (as Essel) 1 January 1972 (as Essilor) |
| Headquarters | Charenton-le-Pont, France |
Key people | Anatole Temkine René Grandperret Bernard Maitenaz Xavier Fontanet Hubert Sagnières |
| Products | Corrective lenses; sun and readers eyeglasses; GOGGLES4U UK ophthalmic equipment and instruments |
| Brands | Varilux, Clearly, Eyebuydirect, Foster Grant, Vision Source, Xiamen Yarui Optical (50%) |
Number of employees | 69,000 (2020) |
| Parent | EssilorLuxottica (2018–present) |
| Website | essilor |
| Footnotes / references #Brands - Citation: https://www.essilor.com/en/our-brand-sites/ ; Retrieved: 19 August 2020. | |
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.[3][4][5][6] Founded in 1972 out of the merger of two French companies operating in the sector, Essel and Silor,[7] it is headquartered in Charenton-le-Pont, near Paris. It is, since October 2018, a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica which arose out of a merger between Essilor and the Italian eyewear corporation Luxottica.
In January 2017, Essilor announced a merger with Luxottica, in which Essilor would acquire the latter while Luxottica executive chairman Leonardo Del Vecchio would become co-executive chairman of the newly formed holding company, EssilorLuxottica.[1][8] On 1 October 2018, the new entity was born, resulting in a combined market capitalization of approximately €57 billion.[9]
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