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| (L-R) CEU School of Optometry dean Dr. Elena Borromeo,
CEU president & chief academic officer Dr. Ma. Cristina Padolina, Essilor
AMERA & Digital president Bernhard Neusser, ASEAN & Korea president
Kathy Park, and Philippines general manager Dr. Emelita Roleda. |
Essilor, #1 in
spectacle lenses worldwide, has launched the
Essilor Sight Center at the Centro Escolar University in Manila. The
center is a training facility with the latest eye care equipment for the use of
the university’s Optometry students.
Located at the 2nd floor of CEU’s School of
Optometry, the Essilor Sight Center features four refraction rooms, a lecture area, and a
dispensing area. These are designed to
give students a hands-on experience in doing eye exams and dispensing eye glasses to patients,
with equipment that include Essilor advanced measuring devices for Presbyopia
among many others.
“We are very grateful to Essilor for partnering with
CEU. Thousands of students will be trained at one of the most advanced
facilities to be established in a university,” said CEU School of Optometry dean Dr. Elena Borromeo.
Top executives of Essilor flew in to grace the
inauguration. Essilor AMERA
& Digital president Bernhard
Neusser and Essilor ASEAN & KOREA president Kathy Park joined
the inauguration rites together with Essilor Philippines general manager Dr. Emelita Roleda.
According to Neusser, the collaboration is in line
with Essilor’s global thrust to support the training of future eye doctors. “With poor eyesight being the major
handicap worldwide, our mission is to improve lives by improving sight. To
provide good vision, we need optometrists and this partnership with CEU will
make that possible.”
At present, the growing cases of vision-related
problems demand for capable eye care
professionals. “CEU and Essilor share the same vision of developing the best
optometrists with hands-on training and the best quality of equipment. Through
this collaboration, we can shape the future together,” said Essilor ASEAN
general manager Kathy Park.
Finally, Dr. Borromeo emphasized the importance of
the partnership between Essilor and CEU. “This
opportunity will enable us to improve our services by allowing our students to utilize
the instruments they will use in the future.”
Since it
started, Essilor has dominated the market with its world-class flagship brands
including Varilux®, Crizal®, Crizal Transitions®, Crizal
Eyezen™, and Xperio®. It
continues to come up with revolutionary products and be in the forefront of
numerous initiatives to ensure the visual health of 7.7 billion people across
the globe.
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About Essilor
The world's leading
ophthalmic optics company, Essilor designs, manufactures and markets a wide
range of lenses to improve and protect eyesight. Its mission is to improve lives
by improving sight. To support this mission, Essilor allocates more than €200
million to research and innovation every year, in a commitment to continuously
bring new, more effective products to market. Its flagship brands are Varilux®,
Crizal®, Crizal Transitions®, Crizal Eyezen™, Xperio®. It also develops and
markets equipment, instruments and services for eye care professionals.
Essilor reported
consolidated revenue of more than €7.1 billion in 2016 and employs 64,000
people worldwide. It markets its products in more than 100 countries and has 32
plants, 523 prescription laboratories and edging facilities, as well as five
research and development centres around the world. For more information, please
visit www.essilor.com.
