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Global ambitions

Newly established UK lens manufacturer Optimal Vision has come a long way from its Romanian roots. Bevis O'Neill met up with some global entrepreneurs with independents in their sights

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Optimal Vision's arrival in the UK has been a something of a geographic road trip. The company was conceived and created by Andre Hancu.

A former Romanian Chess Master in the 1980s, Hancu sought and was granted political asylum in Austria when touring Europe with the national team. Later moving to the US, Hancu wasted little time in establishing his company, he quickly set up his first outlet in California supplying lenses to various customers. Moving to Mexico in the 1990s, Hancu set up a manufacturing laboratory and Optimal Vision began to go global.

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