In response to demand growth, Rayner has completed an extensive expansion of its Worthing (UK) production facility, doubling the number of intraocular lenses (IOLs) it can manufacture annually to 4 million.
Since opening its purpose-built manufacturing facility in 2017, every Rayner IOL has been produced in Worthing – including over six million RayOne fully preloaded systems. The RayOne family comprises the pioneering EMV lens platform, and now the Galaxy and Galaxy Toric, Rayner’s fasting growing lenses since the world’s first IOL back in 1949.
Tom Heron, Head of Manufacturing, said the expansion would help future proof the company and, combined with the opening of Rayner’s new global warehouse near Gatwick Airport in 2024, “reinforces our commitment to an uninterrupted supply for customers worldwide.”
David Forsythe, Rayner Chief Operating Officer, said the ambitious expansion included the installation of an additional autoclave, automation and investing in new energy efficient plant equipment.
Thanking everyone involved for their efforts he said, “As the only British manufacturer of IOLs, we take immense pride in our precise and increasingly sustainable lens production process – and in regularly welcoming surgeons to witness it firsthand.”
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