1989: First GrandOptical store opens at Belle Epine, South of Paris

1993: First Générale d’Optique store opens in Val de Fontenay near Paris

1994: Solaris opens their first store in Paris

1999: GrandOptical opens its flagship store on the Champs Elysées (Paris)

2000: Générale d’Optique opens its 100th store

2007: Over 100 Visual Partners join the successful Grandoptical network in France

2008: Générale d’Optique introduces the high performance “Vari-View”
progressive lenses

2008: Solaris opens stores in Spain, Abu Dhabi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain