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Our Story

Mr. Emmanuel Saratsopoulos is the Founder and Chairman of UNILENS S.A. since 1971. In 2013, Tina Saratsopoulou, his daughter, takes over the company as a chief executive officer (CEO).

The company makes its way rapidly already from the first years of its emergence in the ophthalmic lenses market, thanks to administrator’s foresight.

Having clear objectives, UNILENS S.A. followed market trends and invested in the latest technological developments, introducing innovative products in the Greek market.

In 1988 UNILENS S.A. brings a very big change in coating’s world achieved by new advanced technological machineries.

Later in 1991, introduces in the Greek market the lenses S16, S17, S18 and S19. Mineral lenses which are thinner, lighter, clearer, offering to the wearer a more aesthetic result with more comfort and optimal vision.

Unilens S.A. was first in Greece to introduce ‘’Robotics technology’’ in lens manufacturing, making production faster and more efficient.

Then in 1993, it lunched the first organic lenses in Greek market, marking a new era in ophthalmic lenses. These new lenses were lighter, thinner, more resistant providingto wearers a superior combination of clarity, comfort and style.

The international recognition of Unilens S.A production process quality superiority has led NIKON in 1994, one of the biggest world-wide producers, to entrust UNILENS S.A. with their exclusive representation. Unilens S.A. after some years becomes one of the few companies worldwide that receives the license and approval to locally produce Nikon lenses in its market.

Nikon has always been and remain at the forefront of optical industry possessing many world-first innovations to its credit.

  • Introduces high-index materials in the market (high index 1.74) and offers among the thinnest and lightest lenses in the world.
  •  It develops and lunches first in the market, the fourth generation progressive lenses.
  • Applies its expertise by creating the first progressives with individualized design.Calculation of the optimum surface according to prescription and individual parameters.
  • The lunch of SeeCoat Blue UV, the first coating that filters harmful blue light and offers a complete protection against UV. One of the most remarkable eye health discoveries!

      In the sequel, Indo trusts the European distribution of its edging machinery for optical shops   in Unilens S.A.

     So now, UNILENS S.A has been established as the unique choice of those   who search for reliable products at competitive prices with high quality          standards and services.

UNILENS S.A. the last 40 years adapts itsorganizational structures to keeppacewith the rapidly changing needs and developments, disseminating its experience to its partners.

It significantly contributes by enabling continuous transfer of knowledge and information to opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists through conferences. Moreover, it organizes annual informative seminars for both professionals and students, preparing the latest for theirfutureas independent eye careprofessionals.

At UNILENS S.A. people are one of its key competitive advances. It always chooses competent people eager to work, having the desire to learn and grow professionally. Each department is staffed by high qualified and talented professionals setting out to make Unilens’s mission reality and having always access to updated knowledge and continued training to recent technological developments.

Modern MethodsofAdministrativeManagement, the highly qualified workforce in combination with continuous investment in new technologies, give us the opportunity to get ahead raising ambitions for the future. 

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