Des Plaines Corporate Campus

In 2000, CIBA VISION acquired Wesley Jessen Vision Care, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of color contact lenses based in Des Plaines, Ill., just miles outside of Chicago. Today, the more than 400 employees at this site work to research, develop, manufacture and market our FreshLook color contact lenses - the number one color lens brand in the world.

Our Des Plaines location includes an administration, manufacturing and research facility as well as a cafeteria and commons area to employees to enjoy.

About Des Plaines

Chicago and its surrounding communities offers the perfect blend of metropolitan excitement with classic Midwestern values. Des Plaines is approximately seventeen miles from downtown Chicago, with convenient access to all major transportation centers including, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the Metra Commuter Train (which connects commuters to Amtrak), Pace Suburban Bus System and CTA "L."

In addition to an ethnically diverse community, the city is home to several Fortune 500 companies as well as many industrial, commercial, retail and service businesses - giving residents low property taxes with a wide variety of city services.