Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Coastal Contacts Inc. has opened its first U.S. production and distribution facility, according to a company press release.

The Orion Vision Group and Alden Optical have entered into a strategic partnership over the Orion Vision Group’s launch of BioColors custom opaque tinted contact lenses, according to an Alden press release.

High Performance Optics and Essilor have signed an exclusive and global license agreement to share technology and information regarding selective blue light filtering for spectacle lenses.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ChromaGen spectacle lenses to aid people with dyslexia and other reading disorders, according to a press release from ChromaGen Vision.

Vistakon Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. announced that 1-Day Acuvue TruEye brand contact lenses (narafilcon A), a silicone hydrogel daily disposable lens, has been made available to U.S. eye care professionals, according to a company press release.

NEW YORK — PFO Global announced the launch of its new antireflection, blue light filtering lens coating, iBlu, here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK — Essilor of America announced at a press conference here at Vision Expo East that the new Crizal Prevencia No-Glare lenses will launch in the U.S. later this year.

NEW YORK – Shamir Insight Inc. announced the launch of a new free-form design lens, Shamir Autograph III, at a press conference here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – Shamir Insight Inc. announced the launch of a new free-form design lens, Shamir Autograph III, at a press conference here at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK — VSP announced that it has expanded its Unity lens portfolio with the PLxpression progressive lenses with Cascade Technology here at Vision Expo East.