Over ten years after the major fire that affected the company in September 2015, the Mont Royal company continues to shine in the Pays de Bitche, offering a bright future to its 53 employees. This was discovered by the sub-prefect of Sarreguemines, Wassim Kamel, during a recent visit to Goetzenbruck.
Founded in 1938, this eyeglass lens manufacturing company has once again managed to rise, thanks in part to the support of the group that acquired it five years earlier: Essilor. Now known as EssilorLuxottica, this global group, which employs 200,000 people worldwide, continues to invest in entities like Mont Royal in Goetzenbruck, as evidenced by investments aimed at renewing a portion of the machine park in the Pays de Bitche in the coming years.
“We manufacture prescription lenses,” said Julien Boutron, director of operations at the Goetzenbruck site. This allows the brand, rather positioned in the high-end eyewear market, to maintain its level of excellence in order to serve over 400 customers, mainly independent opticians. These lenses are made from a plastic alloy processed in such a way that it becomes as hard as glass without being as fragile as glass.
The factory also benefits from EssilorLuxottica group innovations for the treatment of its optical lenses, whether it is the consideration of blue light, the fight against children’s myopia, and many other innovations.
This ensures a high level of service for the approximately 1,100 lenses produced every day in Goetzenbruck, while guaranteeing deliveries to opticians within three days of the order being placed. “Being able to respond so quickly and in such a personalized manner, that’s what makes our strength,” emphasizes Julien Boutron.
