While sanctioning Transitions Optical, which is jointly owned by Essilor and PPG Industries, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission gave earlier this week its long-awaited approval to Essilor's acquisition of Signet Armorlite, a U.S. company that brings with it some important patents and an annual volume of about 10 million lenses.

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