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The following are facts about SHAMIR

Shamir was established in 1970 as an engineering firm and is now the largest lens designer in the world.

In 2004 Shamir had cooperatively designed 7 of the 12 top selling progressive lenes

Shamir designed the first free form lens the Definity six years ago.

Shamir has trademark rights to the phrase free

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Today our lives are strongly influenced by the automobile. Traditional eye wear and sun wear does not serve this lifestyle very well. Transitions lenses do not get dark in the car because the windshield blocks the UV light which activates the photo chromic response. Polarized sun wear blocks dangerous glare, but does not change in

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Things to consider:

New or old lens and lens material.

CR-39 is the most versatile material to tint. Not much to worry about. Check old lens for defects and any coatings (ex. AR) applied. AR may need to be stripped first, this could damage the lens.

Polycarbonate can be tinted if a tintable scratch resistant coat is

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Remote Order Entry (ROE) can be very useful when placing orders after hours, on weekends and holidays. We receive the orders every 15 minutes. The orders are in our system immediately after they are received. This saves time, especially when the lens style needs to be ordered.

ROE is compatible with almost all tracer.

ROE

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