EssilorLuxottica
Multinational eyewear and optical equipment company
EssilorLuxottica SA is a Franco-Italian vertically integrated multinational holding company registered in Charenton-Le-Pont and headquartered both in Paris and Milan. It designs, produces and markets ophthalmic lenses, equipment and instruments, prescription glasses and sunglasses. It was founded on 1 October 2018, and its name is an amalgamation of the two major corporations which merged to create it; the French Essilor and the Italian Luxottica. The two companies have, since the merger, been restructured as subsidiaries of the new entity.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Essilor would purchase Luxottica, but Luxottica's leadership would be guaranteed prominent positions in the newly-formed corporation as well as some seats on its board of directors; the Luxottica founder, Leonardo Del Vecchio, was notably designated chairman. The first few years of EssilorLuxottica post-merger were marred by disputes over leadership roles, but Del Vecchio was able to bring them to a satisfactory end.
Essilor and Luxottica were respectively the world's leading manufacturers of ophthalmic lenses and of eyeglasses; upon the merger, EssilorLuxottica thus became a monopoly.
Essilor contributed its numerous proprietary lens technologies as well as its subsidiaries to the new company. Meanwhile, the latter gained through Luxottica ownership of numerous eyewear brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, and Vogue Eyewear; the eyewear retailers LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, and Sunglass Hut, the eyewear insurance company EyeMed, and exclusive eyewear licensing deals with numerous fashion houses. The company is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange under the trading symbol "EL" and is part of the CAC 40 share index, which includes the 40 largest capitalized companies traded on the Paris Stock Exchange, and the Euro Stoxx 50, which includes the 50 largest companies in the Eurozone.
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