Sixty-seven people currently work for Plastic
Plus and Faibish said that number will also rise
as the business increases.
Plastic Plus, which was the first lab in North Amer-
ica to produce free-form lenses, is the exclusive
Canadian manufacturer of Seiko free-form lenses
and the only Seiko Optical-approved AR coating
facility in North America.
It produces Rodenstock, IOT, Younger and Shaw
Lens products as well as lenses under the in-house
Vandelay and Plastic Plus labels. Edging/mount-
ing and surfacing services are offered as well.
The branded and non-branded lenses produced
by Plastic Plus are available in multiple price
points, he added. Clients can “mix and match”
the lens lines they wish to purchase.
Plastic Plus remains an independent, family-
owned business – Faibish's son Jason, the com-
pany's vice-president, is the third generation –
that does all of its work in Canada, pays its taxes
in Canada and only hires Canadians, he added.
Faibish noted there is a huge demand for products
manufactured by Plastic Plus, which he attributes
to several factors.
Eye care professionals, he said, want lenses that
are made right the first time and quickly. That's
something Plastic Plus is able to do.
It can take several days for lenses made in offshore
facilities to even enter Canada, he noted. And
because Plastic Plus makes its products in Canada,
it can turn out a prescription lenses in a fraction
of the time.
Faibish said Plastic Plus is the only national lens
lab that does not compete against the optical stores
that give the company their business. That's
something Faibish said resonates with
independent ECPs.
34 OPTICAL PRISM | April 2018