Essilor Celebrates Launch of New Crizal® Products

Monday, December 19 2022 | 09 h 57 min | New Products, News, Press Release

Essilor^® has taken advantage of the 30^th anniversary of Crizal^® in 2022 to unveil a new line of coatings.     

Crizal^® coatings act as an invisible shield against glare, scratches, smudges, dust and water. They protect the eyes and lenses, while amplifying the correction through protection, and provide a feeling of ease and uninterrupted visual comfort.

For the brand’s 30^th anniversary, the Essilor^® R&D team has expanded the range of properties of Crizal^® products.

Two new coatings are available for surfaced and finished lenses: 

• Crizal^® Sapphire™ ^HR coating
• Crizal^® Easy^Pro coating

Additionally, Crizal^® Rock™ replaces Crizal^® Kids coating on Essilor^® Stellest™ ^HR lenses to provide children with an excellent myopia control solution.

The Essilor^® Crizal^® Story: Beyond Clarity of Vision

In 1992, the Essilor^® Research and Development teams, led by Alain Colonna, revolutionized the world of anti-reflective coatings with Crizal^®.

The success and quality of this coating is based, among other things, on a thorough understanding of the daily hassles of eyeglass wearers:

• 80% of wearers experience glare indoors or outdoors
• 72% clean their lenses frequently to remove dust or fingerprints
• 47% of wearers replaced their damaged lenses due to scratches and wear

“Not only did we manage to combine several nanoscopic layers of mineral elements that form an antireflective coating on organic lenses, but we also managed to replicate the production process everywhere in the world without any compromise on the coating quality,” said Alain Colonna.

Since the launch of the first Crizal^® coating generation, Essilor^® experts have been reinventing Crizal^®, innovating and redefining the standards of antireflective coatings. 

In 2022, after 4 years of research, followed by rigorous technical and consumer tests, the new generation of Crizal^® coatings was launched, including:

• Crizal^® Easy^Pro is the anti-reflective coating that is three times easier to clean after extensive smudging vs premium competitors thanks to its High Surface Density Process Technology™.

• Crizal^® Rock™ is the best combination against scratches and smudges, embedding the same easy-to-clean technology as Crizal^® Easy^Pro in addition to being up to 70% more scratch-resistant versus previous generation Crizal^l® thanks to the High-Resistance Technology™.

• Crizal^® Sapphire™^HR is the best antireflective coating overall integrating the same technologies as Criza^l® Rock™ and 360° multi-angular technology that results in best-in-class transparency⁸.

Crizal^® compiles in a single product multiple nanoscopic layers that confer benefits to the wearer’s eyes and lenses: antireflection, easiness to clean, scratch resistance, dust and water repellency and protection against UV rays.

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