There are companies that start up, work for a few years and in times of crisis they close. This is not the case with Optor, the company that designs, manufactures and distributes the well-known Pegaso safety glasses. They have maintained and improved their products for over 60 years.
What is the secret of your success over such a long time? We have analyzed it in detail and we will tell you about it in the following lines.
They are specialists in optics from the beginning
The following fact gives us a clue that when the founder established the foundations of the business he knew very well what he was doing:
The company was started by an optician, Dr. Lluis Torrents. It was in the city of Barcelona in 1956.
The people in charge of the Pegaso truck factory ordered him to make glasses to protect his workers. They found the right professional. The good result of his work continues to bear fruit today.
Since then they have always remained faithful to their optical origins. That gives them the experience and specialized knowledge that makes them stand out from the rest.
The current CEO of Pegaso, Iván Gorina Torrents, as well as a diploma in business management and a master’s degree in occupational risk prevention, is a specialist in clinical optometry. He studied at the Barraquer Institute.
Knowing how to remain a benchmark and specialist in your sector is undoubtedly one of the main ingredients of your success.
They have never lowered the quality
Despite the economic crises the country has been through, they have never sacrificed quality. Neither the raw material nor the manufacturing process. Excellence is one of the defining characteristics.
Designing and manufacturing products that exceed the expectations of the end user is a seed that produces results. And in Pegaso those results are obvious. More than 3 decades at the forefront in the production of work safety glasses endorse them.
They have a definite goal: to protect people’s eyes
When you have a clear purpose, you discard everything that does not add to it and add everything that helps you move forward.
Pegaso has as part of its strategy to make a strong economic investment in innovation and design. How they say themselves:
“Having millions of satisfied customers is no accident. It is the result of thousands of hours invested in innovating and optimizing each design ”
Safety Prescription glasses
If there is a service that distinguishes them, it is that they provide bespoke prescription safety glasses. And they offer this service to any type of company: From a small workshop to companies that have many work centers.
How can they be effective by graduating so many glasses?
For this they have developed an effective system: the multi-center graduate
They have the collaboration of professional opticians who have their centers near the factories. Thus, the service is more comfortable and practical for the workers of each company.
In these centers they advise and take the graduation of each employee, with the prior authorization of the company that sends them.
Through the Pegaso extranet page, the opticians contact them and the glasses are manufactured with the desired lenses. In a few days they arrive at the optical center and the worker collects them or they will be sent to the same company.
By producing all the glasses for a company in the same place, the final price is reduced by sales volume. This benefits companies with several production centers in an important way, not only economically but in the agility of the process.
Every great company has little secrets
It is a leading company in eye protection, its glasses are distributed throughout Europe and part of Latin America and have 60 years of uninterrupted success. His team consists of people who love details. That they transmit in their way of working.
Did you know that each glasses has absolute traceability? This means that from the time it is manufactured until it reaches the end user, each goggle can be individually identified at all times.
They do this with a verification system with radio frequency machines.
Another little secret to maintaining great quality is that they only make glasses with virgin raw material. They never reuse resin residues to re-melt them and save costs.
Do you want to know other curious details?
- There is still an optician where Dr. Torrents began manufacturing Pegaso safety glasses in 1956. It is currently a pharmacy. It is on Gran de Grácia 16 street, Barcelona.
- In the central offices they have a showcase with a collection of Pegaso glasses from all eras. It is a small museum that only a few can see.
- Antique Pegaso Glasses are sought after by collectors. The most popular are welding and sunglasses that were made for truckers.
