UltraVision acquires firm

UltraVision has acquired Alan Williams Contact Lens with immediate effect, with transition of the business completed by February 1 2007.

The company, set up in 1981, had four staff, making specialist RGP and soft lenses. Alan Williams said: 'My wife Janice and I have been planning our retirement for some time, but we wanted to ensure continuity of product quality and supply for our loyal customer base. UltraVision is an ideal custodian of the relationships and business built up over the years.'

UltraVision's managing director Nick Loan said: 'This is another exciting development for UltraVision and is exactly the type of business opportunity we wish to embrace. Our focus is clear: to continue to provide customers with the service that they have come to expect from Alan Williams CL, we feel we are ideally placed to achieve this.