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The contact lens market is essentially dominated by a few leading brand names, many of which have been at the forefront of optical development.
Bausch and Lomb
One of the oldest continually operating companies in the US today, Bausch & Lomb traces its roots to 1853, when John Jacob Bausch, a German immigrant, set up a tiny optical goods shop in Rochester, New York. When he needed more money to keep the business going, Bausch borrowed $60 from his good friend, Henry Lomb. Bausch promised that if the business grew, Lomb would be made a full partner. The business did grow and the partnership was formed.
In the early years, Bausch & Lomb manufactured revolutionary rubber eyeglass frames as well as a variety of optical products that required a high degree of manufacturing precision. By 1903, the firm had been issued patents for microscopes, binoculars, and even a camera shutter based on the eye’s reaction to light.
Cibavision
Cibavision was established in 1980 and in 1996 through a series of mergers, it became the eye care unit of Novartis. In entered the contact lens market in 1980 as small start up company and today has global sales of over $1 billion dollars.
In 1981, Cibavision introduced the first contact lens with a handling tint.
Coopervision
Johnson & Johnson
In 1981, Frontier Contact Lenses was acquired by Vistakon - A division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, to become one of the leading contact lens manufacturers in the world.
Vistakon started selling soft contact lenses under the ACUVUE brand which is a name familiar to all contact lenses.
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