Konkurencja i konsument · 08/10/1996

Wesley-Jessen Corporation; Analysis To Aid Public Comment

In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, this consent agreement, accepted subject to final Commission approval, would, among other things, require the Des Plaines, Illinois-based maker of opaque contact lenses to divest the opaque lens business of its main rival, Pilkington Barnes Hind International, Inc. The Commission had alleged that the merger of Wesley-Jessen, which manufactures the Durasoft line of opaque lenses, and Pilkington Barnes Hind, which makes the Natural Touch line, would give the merged firm more than 90 percent of the opaque contact lens market, potentially resulting in higher consumer prices and reduced innovation or quality for the lenses.