On Tuesday Kering announced the acquisition of the Italian company Lenti, a move designed to strengthen its industrial capabilities in the production of sunglasses.
As a subsidiary of Safilo since 1996, Lenti specializes in molding and surface treatments for applications ranging from eyewear to visors, lighting, automotive and motorcycles.
The French luxury group explains that the acquisition marks a new step in the industrial development strategy of its Kering Eyewear division, which will now be able to bring the manufacture of "Made in Italy" sunglasses lenses in-house.
Founded in 1996 by entrepreneur Marco Negri, in partnership with the Safilo group, Lenti is based in Bergamo, northern Italy, where it currently employs around 100 people.
The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
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A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods, and Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté.
By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow's Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. It captures these beliefs in its signature: Empowering Imagination.
In 2025, Kering had 43,731 employees and restated revenue of EUR 14.7 billion.
At the end of 2025, the Group had a network of 1,719 stores under its own management, located primarily in Western Europe (361), Japan (225), Asia-Pacific (666) and North America (308).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (5.6%), Western Europe (24.5%), Japan (7.9%), Asia/Pacific (28.6%), North America (24.2%) and other (9.2%).
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