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==Company history==
==Company history==
Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), was founded in Cambridge in 1967. J. Keith Lomas, who had been the company's managing director since 1996, oversaw the acquisition of UltraVision in July 2003.<ref name="Business Life">[http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2003091626847/manufacturing-archive/contact-lens-maker-lifts-european-status-with-major-acquisition.html Lens Maker lifts status with major acquisition | Business Weekly]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref> Upon that acquisition, the company name was changed to the UltraVision CLPL group.<ref name="Overview">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n16151685 School friends with an eye on success | Independent, The (London)]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>
Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), was founded in Cambridge in 1967. J. Keith Lomas, who had been the company's managing director since 1996, oversaw the acquisition of UltraVision in July 2003.<ref name="Business Life">[http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2003091626847/manufacturing-archive/contact-lens-maker-lifts-european-status-with-major-acquisition.html Lens Maker lifts status with major acquisition | Business Weekly] {{wayback|url=http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2003091626847/manufacturing-archive/contact-lens-maker-lifts-european-status-with-major-acquisition.html |date=20090628165017 }}</ref> Upon that acquisition, the company name was changed to the UltraVision CLPL group.<ref name="Overview">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n16151685 School friends with an eye on success | Independent, The (London)]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>


UltraVision CLPL opened a research-and-development office in 2007.<ref name="Cambridge Centre">[http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Biotech-Business-Week/2007-01-29/501292007128BB.html UltraVision opens new U.K. research facility | RX News, Biotech Business Link]</ref> Based in [[Cambridge]], this office has developed various types of contact-lens technologies, including [[freeform surface modelling]], toric lens design, and [[Wavefront#Wavefront aberrations|wavefront]] technologies, as well as lenses for persons suffering from [[keratoconus]] and corneal trauma.
UltraVision CLPL opened a research-and-development office in 2007.<ref name="Cambridge Centre">[http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Biotech-Business-Week/2007-01-29/501292007128BB.html UltraVision opens new U.K. research facility | RX News, Biotech Business Link]</ref> Based in [[Cambridge]], this office has developed various types of contact-lens technologies, including [[freeform surface modelling]], toric lens design, and [[Wavefront#Wavefront aberrations|wavefront]] technologies, as well as lenses for persons suffering from [[keratoconus]] and corneal trauma.


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
In 2001, UltraVision's Spherical Aberration Management technology received the Award for Innovation in British Optics from the [[Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers]].<ref name="Awards British Optics">[http://www.spectaclemakers.com/pages/award3.html The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Innovation in British Optics: Winners 2001]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref> In the same year, the company received a Technology Award from EFCLIN (the European Federation of Contact Lens Industry).<ref name="Awards EFCLIN">[http://www.efclin.com/?page_id=305 EFCLIN Award Winners]</ref>
In 2001, UltraVision's Spherical Aberration Management technology received the Award for Innovation in British Optics from the [[Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers]].<ref name="Awards British Optics">[http://www.spectaclemakers.com/pages/award3.html The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Innovation in British Optics: Winners 2001] {{wayback|url=http://www.spectaclemakers.com/pages/award3.html |date=20070608061713 }}</ref> In the same year, the company received a Technology Award from EFCLIN (the European Federation of Contact Lens Industry).<ref name="Awards EFCLIN">[http://www.efclin.com/?page_id=305 EFCLIN Award Winners]</ref>


UltraVision CLPL has received [[The Queen's Award for Enterprise]]: Innovation twice. First in 2006 for its Spherical Aberration Management and Wavefront technologies.<ref name="Queens Award 2006">[http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/Winners/2006.html#innovation Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation - Winners of 2006]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref> And again in April 2010<ref name ="Queen's Award 2010, Innovation">[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b666dd1c-4c8e-11df-9977-00144feab49a.html Financial Times, The cutting edge of technology]</ref> for [[KeraSoft]], UltraVision’s patented contact lens for irregular [[cornea]]s.<ref name="Queens Award 2010">[http://www.optometry.co.uk/newsview.php?id=979 Optometry Today - UltraVision wins second Queen's Award]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>
UltraVision CLPL has received [[The Queen's Award for Enterprise]]: Innovation twice. First in 2006 for its Spherical Aberration Management and Wavefront technologies.<ref name="Queens Award 2006">[http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/Winners/2006.html#innovation Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation - Winners of 2006] {{wayback|url=http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/Winners/2006.html#innovation |date=20071024085434 }}</ref> And again in April 2010<ref name ="Queen's Award 2010, Innovation">[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b666dd1c-4c8e-11df-9977-00144feab49a.html Financial Times, The cutting edge of technology]</ref> for [[KeraSoft]], UltraVision’s patented contact lens for irregular [[cornea]]s.<ref name="Queens Award 2010">[http://www.optometry.co.uk/newsview.php?id=979 Optometry Today - UltraVision wins second Queen's Award]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:53, 11 January 2017

UltraVision CLPL
FormerlyContact Lens Precision Laboratories
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryOphthalmology
Founded1967
HeadquartersLeighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Key people
J. Keith Lomas Group President & CEO,
John H Clamp Group Vice President & COO,
Dick Newell Non-Executive Director
Websitewww.ultravisiongroup.com

UltraVision CLPL is a contact lens manufacturer, with headquarters based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

Company history

Contact Lens Precision Laboratories (CLPL), was founded in Cambridge in 1967. J. Keith Lomas, who had been the company's managing director since 1996, oversaw the acquisition of UltraVision in July 2003.[1] Upon that acquisition, the company name was changed to the UltraVision CLPL group.[2]

UltraVision CLPL opened a research-and-development office in 2007.[3] Based in Cambridge, this office has developed various types of contact-lens technologies, including freeform surface modelling, toric lens design, and wavefront technologies, as well as lenses for persons suffering from keratoconus and corneal trauma.

Awards

In 2001, UltraVision's Spherical Aberration Management technology received the Award for Innovation in British Optics from the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers.[4] In the same year, the company received a Technology Award from EFCLIN (the European Federation of Contact Lens Industry).[5]

UltraVision CLPL has received The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation twice. First in 2006 for its Spherical Aberration Management and Wavefront technologies.[6] And again in April 2010[7] for KeraSoft, UltraVision’s patented contact lens for irregular corneas.[8]

References

  1. ^ Lens Maker lifts status with major acquisition | Business Weekly Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ School friends with an eye on success | Independent, The (London)[dead link]
  3. ^ UltraVision opens new U.K. research facility | RX News, Biotech Business Link
  4. ^ The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Innovation in British Optics: Winners 2001 Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ EFCLIN Award Winners
  6. ^ Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation - Winners of 2006 Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Financial Times, The cutting edge of technology
  8. ^ Optometry Today - UltraVision wins second Queen's Award[dead link]
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