Essilor UK's managing director Mike Kirkley explains the reasoning behind Thornbury's change to digital-only surfacing
However, Essilor UK would argue that the recent announcement regarding its Thornbury lab (News 21.06.13), which has been turned into a UK Centre of Excellence for digital surfacing (DS), is an altogether different tale. Essilor UK is moving its declining traditional surfacing business to Thailand and Poland, while Thornbury concentrates fully on DS product, an area that has seen growth of 15 per cent in the past year. With this development, its Varilux S series lenses, which were being surfaced in Poland until June, are now being handled in Thornbury.
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