Looking at labs: The motormen driving forward Specsavers’ manufacturing

Motor manufacturing is recognised as a world-leader in industrial technologies and nowhere is that more true than in the Midlands, the home of the UK’s automotive industry. Now Specsavers has chosen that location to created its own manufacturing centre of excellence.

An optical prescription lab is not something you would naturally link to car making but that is exactly where Specsavers has looked for the expertise to head up the development of its manufacturing hub in Kidderminster.

At the prescription facility, Vision Labs, three of the senior management team are automotive industry experts who have been brought in to apply their experience of world leading production techniques to optics.