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BBGR
Unit 1&2 Comus Street
Salford
Manchester
M5 3BQ
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Materials

Index = 1.61 Abbe number = 42 Density = 1.30g/cm3 UV Cut = 400nm

BBGR offers a large 1.6 Index product range : Progressives and Single Vision.
Our 1.6 Index is available in Unor® 1.6 Spheric / Aspheric Single Vision, Evolis®, Singular® and Selective® Progressive Lenses.
The 1.6 Index material meets more demanding wearers' requirements for comfort and aesthetics.
The 1.6 products from BBGR are on average 23% thinner and 30% flatter than 1.5 Index lenses.

Index = 1.67 Abbe number = 32 Density = 1.36g/cm3 UV Cut = 380nm

BBGR offers you a wide range of 1.67 Index products: Progressive and Single Vision lenses.
Our 1.67 Index is available in Unor® 1.67 AS Aspheric Single Vision, Evolis® and Singular® Progressive Lenses.
Thanks to the 1.67 material and flattened aspheric design you can now offer your clientele remarkably thin and attractive lenses.
The BBGR 1.67 lenses are on average 15% thinner than comparable powers in 1.6 index material and up to 25% flatter thanks to aspherisation and index effect.
All the 1.67 lenses are beautifully finished due to the superior transparency given by the Diam's® anti-reflection coating which comes as standard.
The 1.67 material can be edged on a standard edging machine and drilled, polished, grooved and is tintable in RX only.

Index = 1.74 Abbe number = 33 Density = 1.46g/cm3 UV Cut = 396nm

BBGR is introducing 1.74 material to its range of product 1.74 material is currently the highest organic index available. It is available in Asphor® 1.74 aspheric single vision.
A lens made in 1.74 material will be half as thin as its standard CR39 equivalent. It will be, on average, 10% thinner than 1.7 mineral or 1.67 aspheric lenses of comparable powers.
The low density means that the 1.74 material is up to 3 times lighter than a mineral lens.
1.74 is also the flattest lens available today making it particularly attractive for hypermetropes.
1.74 will give your patients the chance to look and feel wonderful in their spectacles.