Loan outlines SH potential

Menicon's selection of UltraVision CLPL to market its silicone hydrogel lens in the UK throws the Leighton Buzzard company into the premier league of contact lens firms and could herald a bigger collaboration between the two.

Speaking at the BCLA show, Nick Loan, managing director of UltraVision, said the opportunity to become the first supplier in the world of the two-week PremiO SH lens took the firm into the mainstream. 'UltraVision never market commodity product, we always market high quality, high value.' But he said the potential for the PremiO was huge. 'This takes us into a completely new area. It is mass market but there are things that make it stand out. How refreshing for a small company to have a world-class product.'