Signet renews lens contract with Kodak

A 17-year renewal to a long-standing lens licensing agreement has been announced by Signet Armorlite and Eastman Kodak.

Signet Armorlite has licensed the Kodak name in the worldwide marketing of ophthalmic lenses since 1993, which it said allowed it to attach a trusted name to its proprietary lens designs, treatments and materials.

‘For the last 20 years, Kodak and Signet Armorlite have shared a goal of providing quality products and technology innovation to their respective customers,’ said Brad Staley, president of Signet Armorlite. ‘The renewal of our contract with Kodak signals nothing but great success for both companies going forward.’

The latest development from Signet Amorlite and Kodak was the Kodak Lens IDS which was a dispensing app for the Apple iPad. It offered measurement functionality, lens demonstrations and a frame viewer. ‘Utilising the Apple iPad, dispensing can now follow the patient around the practice, rather from a fixed point, making the experience flexible and interactive for the patient,’ said a manufacturer spokesperson.