ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR Combines Performance and Aesthetics for Enhanced Cleanability, Durability and Clarity

ZEISS Vision Care, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of eyeglass lenses and ophthalmic instruments, announced today the launch of ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR, the latest high-clarity, anti-reflective lens coating in the ZEISS DuraVision portfolio. With its striking gold residual reflectance, the new coating radiates luxury, elegance, and sophistication. Beyond its visual appeal, it offers a range of functional advantages: excellent durability, improved cleanability, reduced blue light reflections and enhanced clarity in low-light conditions. This coating seamlessly combines sleek aesthetics with premium performance for eyeglass wearers. ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR is now available to consumers through independent ZEISS eye care professionals nationwide.

Knowing clear vision is the top priority for most people who wear glasses, ZEISS specifically designed the ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR coating to make life easier, protecting against external factors that compromise clear vision, all while featuring a stylish gold hue for a timeless, sophisticated appearance.

Key features include:

• Faster cleaning technology. With ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR, ZEISS has introduced an advanced technology to better repel oil and water: ZEISS CleanGuard^TM. Compared to previous coatings, ZEISS CleanGuard makes lenses up to three times faster to clean. In fact, 90% of consumers find ZEISS lenses with CleanGuard technology easier and quicker to clean than the company's previous premium coatings*.
• Excellent durability and scratch resistance. The ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR lenses offer enhanced durability, staying scratch-free for longer, with an impressive score of 16 on the Bayer industry standard test for scratch resistance**.
• Enhanced lens clarity day and night, and decreased lens yellowness. By reducing reflections on the lens surface, ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR offers clearer vision – especially in low-light conditions. It also reduced blue light reflections by up to six times, resulting in lenses that appear color-neutral and free from yellowness***. This effect is particularly noticeable when viewing a white wall or bright monitor screens.

“With the introduction of our ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR coating, we’re offering an industry-leading solution that caters to consumers' needs for clear, hassle-free vision, enhanced by a subtle gold hue for a refined, elevated look and style,” said Jens Boy, president of ZEISS Vision Care North America. “For our eye care professionals, this means new opportunities to provide consumers with the highest quality, personalized lenses.”

ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR is available on all lenses that offer ZEISS DuraVision Platinum UV, including single vision, office, digital, bifocal, and progressive lenses. The coating can also be combined with prescription sunglasses tints and polarized lenses.

For more information about ZEISS Vision Care and ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV AR, visit www.zeiss.com/DuraVision.

About ZEISS

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling 10 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (status: 30 September 2023).

For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses and binoculars.

With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 15 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.

With over 43,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in almost 50 countries with around 30 production sites, 60 sales and service companies and 27 research and development facilities (status: 30 September 2023). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG.

Further information at www.zeiss.com

ZEISS Vision Care

ZEISS Vision Care is one of the world's leading manufacturers of eyeglass lenses and ophthalmic instruments. The unit is allocated to the Consumer Markets segment and develops and produces offerings for the entire eyeglass value chain that are distributed globally under the ZEISS brand.

*Compared to DuraVision lenses with previous generation of top-coat.

** Average Bayer ratio across various lens materials (range of materials tested includes 1.5, 1.56, 1.59, 1.6, 1.67).

*** Blue light reflectance characterizes the intensity ofreflections over the blue light wavelength range 380- 500nm defined in ISO 8980-3:2013(E)T&I Report “R24-05 ZEISS DuraVision Gold- data for claims substantiation.”

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