UltraVision
| Formerly | Contact Lens Precision Laboratories |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private Limited Company |
| Industry | Ophthalmology |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters | Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England |
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| Website | www |
UltraVision CLPL is a contact lens manufacturer, with headquarters in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. It ships products across the world.
History
[edit]Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), was founded in Cambridge in 1967. J. Keith Lomas, who was the company's managing director between 1996 and 2017, oversaw the acquisition of UltraVision in July 2003.[1] Upon that acquisition, the company name was changed to the UltraVision CLPL group.[2]
UltraVision CLPL opened a research-and-development office in 2007.[3] Based in Cambridge, this office has developed various types of contact-lens technologies, including freeform surface modelling, toric lens design, and wavefront technologies, as well as lenses for persons suffering from keratoconus and corneal trauma, KeraSoft.
In April 2018 Contact Lens Precision Laboratories was acquired by SEED Co., Ltd.
Awards
[edit]In 2001, UltraVision's Spherical Aberration Management technology received the Award for Innovation in British Optics from the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers.[4] In the same year, the company received a Technology Award from EFCLIN (the European Federation of Contact Lens Industry).[5]
UltraVision CLPL has received The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation twice – first in 2006 for its Spherical Aberration Management and Wavefront technologies[6] and again in April 2010[7] for KeraSoft, UltraVision's patented contact lens for irregular corneas.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Lens Maker lifts status with major acquisition | Business Weekly Archived June 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ School friends with an eye on success | Independent, The (London)[dead link]
- ^ "Better Understanding Through Technology & Emerging Research". www.newsrx.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Innovation in British Optics: Winners 2001 Archived June 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Previous Winners". www.efclin.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation - Winners of 2006 Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The cutting edge of technology". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Optometry Today - UltraVision wins second Queen's Award[dead link]