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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, acquired a majority...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online eyewear retailer, acquired a majority stake in Lensstore, the Swedish online retailer, to speed up its international expansion in 2012. Now, after four years of cooperation, both companies have decided to go for a uniform brand presence under the Mister Spex umbrella. Lensstore sells contact ...
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Hilco Vision has announced the acquisition of Croakies, an American...
Hilco Vision has announced the acquisition of Croakies, an American specialist in rather cool eyewear retainers and related accessories for outdoor lifestyle pursuits. Hilco, which has made many other acquisitions lately, will keep Croakies' manufacturing unit in Bozeman, Montana, and will try to expand the brand's presence internationally. The details ...
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Victor Gros Distribution, the French company behind the Traction Productions...
Victor Gros Distribution, the French company behind the Traction Productions brand, has taken over Fidela, another eyewear company with its own production unit in the Jura region. A new entity named Fidela 1820 will be created, in reference to the year the company was founded. Fidela had revenues of about ...
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See Concept, a French eyewear brand, has changed its name...
See Concept, a French eyewear brand, has changed its name and is now called Izipizi. See Concept was launched in 2010 by Charles Brun, Xavier Aguera and Quentin Couturier. The new playful name is meant to convey a dynamic and innovative image for the brand. Izipizi realizes 70 percent of ...
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Zeiss is investing €1 million on innovative research projects in...
Zeiss is investing €1 million on innovative research projects in the fields of biomedical research, medical diagnostics, visualization and optical metrology at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
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Baljo has sold its contact lens operation, 2M Contact Europtic,...
Baljo has sold its contact lens operation, 2M Contact Europtic, to Dencott, the leading maker and distributor of ocular prothetic products in France, which aims to strengthen its position in the market for made-to-measure contact lenses. In addition to 2M, Dencott is acquiring the distribution rights for Rose K contact ...
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Jeffrey and Patricia Cole have donated $31 million to the...
Jeffrey and Patricia Cole have donated $31 million to the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. The donation will help the institute expand its surgical and clinical capabilities and enhance its research mission. The Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute employs more than 100 professional staff physicians and researchers who diagnose, treat, ...
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Luxottica is said to be in line to acquire Oticas...
Luxottica is said to be in line to acquire Oticas Carol, one of the major optical retail chains in Brazil. Luxottica, which has been busy developing its Sunglass Hut chain in the country, already five years ago bought Tecnol, a major eyewear manufacturer in the country, which held a 50 ...
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Optoplast has acquired JB Fashions, a small British supplier of...
Optoplast has acquired JB Fashions, a small British supplier of eyewear frames and accessories that has also a good lens edging laboratory. Optoplast, which is also working on a new acquisition, will expand JB Fashions' sales team in the U.K. and internationally.
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Hilco Vision has made one more acquisition, taking over Jonathan...
Hilco Vision has made one more acquisition, taking over Jonathan Paul Eyewear and its Jonathan Paul Fitover brand. Regarded as a pioneer in fitover sunwear, it was founded in Texas in 1993 by Paul Stables, who will remain with the company. Hilco plans to leverage its increasingly global footprint to ...
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Gavin Herbert, founder of Allergan, and his wife Ninetta have...
Gavin Herbert, founder of Allergan, and his wife Ninetta have pledged a donation of $5 million to the UC Irvine School of Medicine to help fund retinal research
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Five Arrows Management, an investment fund owned by Rothschild bank,...
Five Arrows Management, an investment fund owned by Rothschild bank, has acquired Pharmacie Lafayette and Optique Lafayette, the low-cost French chains of pharmacies and optical retail stores previously owned by Lafayette Conseil.
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Safilo has decided to create a new business unit, called...
Safilo has decided to create a new business unit, called Safilo Industrial, that will comprise the operations of its three Italian plants of Santa Maria di Sala, Martignacco and Longarone from January 2017. The reorganization will enable the holding company, Safilo Group, to focus on corporate functions for the rest ...
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Zeiss has established a new competence center in Munich as...
Zeiss has established a new competence center in Munich as part of its plans to accelerate the digital transformation in the company. Zeiss Digital Innovation Partners will be led by Matthias Gohl, Zeiss' former head of corporate strategic development. In his new role, Gohl will report directly to Thomas Spitzenpfeil, ...
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A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept....
A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept. 1 from the merger of Swiss Eye International, a German manufacturer of sports sunglasses and sports eyewear based in Augustdorf, near Bielefeld and Top Look Brillen, which has several brands of prescription frames including Top Look, ICU, TAO and Maxey. ...
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Safilo Group announced the acquisition of a further 24.4 percent...
Safilo Group announced the acquisition of a further 24.4 percent interest in Lenti, its exclusive supplier of sun lenses located in Bergamo. The purchase expands Safilo's stake in the company to 100 percent. Lenti was founded in 1995 through the collaboration of several optical production specialists, led by Marco Negri, ...
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One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to...
One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to invest more than €750,000 to acquire a 20 percent stake in Glorify, the Austrian brand of supposedly unbreakable sports and sun glasses. He responded to an appeal for funding made on a popular TV show by the president of Glorify, ...
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Eyefluence has announced on its website that the company is...
Eyefluence has announced on its website that the company is being acquired by Google. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. Eyefluence, based in Milpitas, California, specializes in eye-interaction technology for augmented, virtual and mixed reality devices. The company was founded in 2013 by Jim Marggraff, its current ...
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Sensimed has expanded its current collaboration in Japan with Seed,...
Sensimed has expanded its current collaboration in Japan with Seed, a Japanese contact lens maker. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies are joining forces to obtain the registration of the Sensimed Triggerfish, a soft disposable silicone contact lens featuring an embedded micro-sensor that captures spontaneous circumferential changes ...
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A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept....
A new company, Swiss Eye International, was formed on Sept. 1 from the merger of Swiss Eye International, a German manufacturer of sports sunglasses and sports eyewear by the same name based in Augustdorf, near Bielefeld and Top Look Brillen, which has several brands of prescription frames including Top Look, ...
