Vistakon Ireland is located in Limerick and produces the Acuvue range of contact lenses which is the leading contact lens product in the world. Vistakon Ireland was established in 1995 in the National Technology Park close to the University of Limerick.
The facility was originally fitted with six advanced production lines to manufacture one daily disposable contact lens for the European and Japanese markets. Since then the facility has expanded a number of times and now has over 31 production lines manufacturing one-day, fortnightly, monthly and colour contact lenses which are shipped worldwide.