Safilo acquires full control of Lenti

With acquisition of a further 24.4% of Lenti, the Bergamo-based producers of sunglass lenses, majority shareholder Safilo Group now has full control of the company. Acquisition of Lenti is crucial to the Safilo strategy as it strengthens the group’s presence in the sunglass lens sector, where it already owns Polaroid and Chroma Pop technology by Smith. Lenti was set up in 1995 thanks to collaboration by various specialist producers in the optical sector, headed by Marco Negri. The company today designs, develops and produces special lenses that reproduce graphic decorative effects and which have become a big market success, creating new trends in the eyewear and fashion sector.