Article: PPG hopes lens business speeds transition from glass.

Byline: Joyce Gannon

Jul. 17--These are the dog days of summer and you're slathering sunscreen on every bit of exposed skin to ward off damage from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

Transitions Optical Inc. wants you to think just as seriously about protecting your eyes, which also can encounter all sorts of problems from prolonged exposure to the sun such as cataracts and vision loss.

Of course, the 15-year-old joint venture between Downtown-based PPG Industries Inc. and France's Essilor International has a vested interest in promoting eye safety from the sun -- it developed the technology that allows plastic eyewear lenses to automatically ...

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