# Rayner's Ridley Innovation Centre receives FDA approval

Rayner's $40 million Ridley Innovation Centre in Worthing, UK, an IOL production facility with capacity of 3 million lenses per year, received FDA approval. The facility opened in 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-25
- Where: Worthing, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $40.0M
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 3 million IOLs per year
- Products: intraocular lenses (IOLs)
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Rayner](https://endata.com/companies/33328.md)

## Sources

- [eyewire.news](https://eyewire.news/news/rayners-new-uk-based-manufacturing-facility-receives-fda-approval), 2018-07-25: "Major investment has taken our manufacturing capabilities from 800,000 to 3 million IOLs per year, and prepares us for the US launch of the RayOne Aspheric fully preloaded IOL injection system in 2018."

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