Seed to Construct New Contact Lens Plant in Saitama.Tokyo, Japan, Jan 13, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Japanese contact lens contact lens, thin plastic lens worn between the eye and eyelid that may be used instead of eyeglasses. Actors, models, and others wear them for appearance, and athletes use them for safety and convenience. manufacturer Seed has announced its plan to build a new contact lens production plant in Konosu, Saitama Prefecture Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県 Saitama-ken . The company acquired a site in the city for 970 million yen ($8.5 mil) in December 2005. Construction will begin within this year and will be completed by fall 2007. Seed plans to additionally invest about 5 billion yen ($43.8 mil) in plant and equipment. Slated to go into operation in spring 2008, the new plant will mainly manufacture daily disposable contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl . In Japan, there were 15.03 million contact lens users in 2004. The number is expected to rise to 16.4 million by 2010. The daily disposable contact lens market has grown from 28 billion yen ($245 mil) in 2000 to more than 60 billion yen ($526 mil) today, and is expected to reach 90 billion yen ($789 mil) by 2010. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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