Since 2008, IRIS has teamed up with IRIS Mundial. During the month of February, IRIS stores across Canada donated $10 for every pair of glasses sold as part of IRIS Mundial Month.

IRIS stores across Canada were able to raise $92,160, which will be donated to IRIS Mundial.

Since 2008, IRIS stores, with the participation of the IRIS Ophthalmology Clinic, have donated more than $1,311,900 to IRIS Mundial.

IRIS thanks their patients for choosing their new glasses during the month of February to support the cause. Also, the company thanks all those who donated their old glasses.

Source: IRIS

Etnia Barcelona’s 20th anniversary collection celebrates the brand’s values. A tribute to the history of the brand, expressed as a collection created in the chess acetate Etnia first designed for its 2006 collection. The blending of the chess design with yellows, blues, baby pinks or moss greens, offers unique combinations. Layered acetates through which we see the inner “chess” soul, and temples that end in imposing earpiece blades, branded with a symbol created exclusively for each of the different models.

Featured model: The Kennedy

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On March 29, 2022, Essilor Canada is extending its family of Eyezen®+ lenses with a new Essilor® lens designed specifically for children. Eyezen®+ Kids lenses take into account children’s (aged between 6 and 12) parameters such as their morphology, their object distance and gaze directions to offer them better visual comfort and protection. With Eyezen®+ Kids lenses, eyecare professionals are equipped to meet the specific children’s visual needs and allow them to discover, learn something new everyday.

Eyezen®+ Kids lenses: designed for how they see the world

Essilor’s R&D department has found that children tend to move their eyes a lot more and often look up at the world around them because they are smaller, thus using a larger surface of the lens. In addition, children’s arms are shorter than those of adults. They therefore look at objects at a closer distance than adults. Finally, children have different facial features than adults.

Eyezen®+ Kids lenses: an all-in-one solution

The Eyezen® DualOptim^TM Kids technology takes children’s parameters into account to optimise the surface of the lens with 60% more surface area for optimal correction than a standard single vision lens.

In addition, Crizal® coatings provide advanced clarity and durability of the lenses and the Blue UV CaptureTM Technology protects children’s eyes from any harmful surrounding light, like those emitted by digital devices.

For more information, visit: www.essilor.ca/en/products/eyezen/eyezen-kids

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SightGlass Vision, a joint venture between CooperCompanies and EssilorLuxottica to develop innovative technologies to address the global myopia epidemic, has named three eye care industry veterans to executive leadership positions.

Andrew Sedgwick has been appointed as chief executive officer. He was most recently senior vice president, Commercial Strategy for CooperVision. Sedgwick has also held posts as president of CooperVision’s European and Americas regions during his two decades with the company.

François Bloquiau becomes chief financial officer. He previously was CFO of EssilorLuxottica Brazil after holding senior finance and management roles with Essilor as well as for major retail, entertainment and financial services corporations.  

Balthazar Masurel joins SightGlass Vision as vice president of Strategic Marketing. Most recently, he led global myopia control and presbyopia category marketing for Essilor. Before that, he spent eight years with Johnson & Johnson Vision in business development and marketing positions.

“Commercialization of Diffusion Optics Technology^™ is progressing in collaboration with our distributors, including the first European launch in the Netherlands and planned introductions for other markets this year,” said Sedgwick. “We are backed by a talented and growing team recruited from across the eye care profession—including the senior leaders announced today—and will be adding even more people in the coming months.”

Spectacle lenses using patent-protected SightGlass Vision^™ Diffusion Optics Technology^™️ incorporate thousands of micro-dots that softly scatter light to reduce contrast on the retina—a method intended to reduce myopia progression in children.

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