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Repeating an experience made with Ray-Ban, Luxottica plans to place...
Repeating an experience made with Ray-Ban, Luxottica plans to place RFID (radio frequency identification device) tags on Oakley frames all over the world to better control sales. Thanks to the transfer of Oakley's distribution center from Ontario, California, to Atlanta, the group will be able to use the facility for ...
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Mei, the Italian maker of machinery for the processing of...
Mei, the Italian maker of machinery for the processing of ophthalmic and sunglass lenses, has opened its new corporate offices in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, just a few kilometers from the former headquarters in Valbrembo. The new 10,500-square-meter facility, which was officially opened on Sept. 24, features a system ...
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Luxottica is said to be on the verge of an...
Luxottica is said to be on the verge of an agreement 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, ...
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The Visottica Comotec Group says it has 100 percent of...
The Visottica Comotec Group says it has 100 percent of the shares in Comotec since July 22 following the pullout of Mazzucchelli from a joint venture first formed with Visottica in 2010. The entire group is now the property of Rinaldo Montalban. After steady growth averaging 5 percent a year ...
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Logo Eyewear, which went into receivership last May 12, following...
Logo Eyewear, which went into receivership last May 12, following the termination of its Tag Heuer license, which represented well over half of its turnover. As previously reported, Logo was planning to introduce a new private label and two other licenses, but it was apparently too late. Its creditors are ...
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Andy Wolf, a highly creative Austrian manufacturer of acetate eyeglasses,...
Andy Wolf, a highly creative Austrian manufacturer of acetate eyeglasses, has announced the acquisition of a factory in the Jura region of France specializing in the production of hand-made metal eyeglasses. Employing about 20 people, the plant belonged to Mandrillon, a contract manufacturer that had run into financial difficulties for ...
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced an agreement to acquire...
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced an agreement to acquire Abbott Medical Optics (AMO), a wholly-owned division of Abbott Laboratories, for $4.325 billion. The deal is expected to be finalized by the first quarter of 2017, and to be modestly accretive immediately to adjusted earnings per share, J&J said. Abbott ...
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Mondottica International has acquired the global patents and trademarks relating...
Mondottica International has acquired the global patents and trademarks relating to the Spine hinge technology from its Italian inventor, Guido Medana, for an undisclosed amount. The self-closing hinge technology is being used by Mondottica in a dedicated Spine collection. It has also been sub-licensed to Centennial Company in Canada and ...
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Hilco Vision has announced the acquisition of Optiplus and Proteye...
Hilco Vision has announced the acquisition of Optiplus and Proteye in the Netherlands. The move is part of Hilco's ongoing European growth strategy. Optiplus specializes in accessories, professional tools and lens-care serving for major chains and the independent market. Proteye specializes in safety spectacles and (water)sports glasses with correction lenses. ...
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Allergan has announced the acquisition of all the assets of...
Allergan has announced the acquisition of all the assets of RetroSense Therapeutics, a private, clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in innovative gene therapy approaches to restore vision. RetroSense's lead development program, RST-001, is a novel gene therapy for the potential treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Under the terms of the agreement, ...
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Colin Black, the co-founder and principal optometrist of Black &...
Colin Black, the co-founder and principal optometrist of Black & Lizars, has retired after 43 years in the profession. At the group's practice in Glasgow, he will be succeeded by Graham Freeman, Brenda Quirk and Angela Gosine. Black will however remain with Black & Lizars as senior clinical adviser.
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Carl Zeiss Meditec has appointed Andrew Ihan Chang to head...
Carl Zeiss Meditec has appointed Andrew Ihan Chang to head the global sales organization of its newly consolidated group. In August of this year, Carl Zeiss Meditec consolidated its ophthalmic diagnostic and surgical business into a single Strategic Business Unit (SBU) - Global Ophthalmic Devices - led by Jim Mazzo. ...
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Design Gallery, the luxury division of Match Eyewear, has announced...
Design Gallery, the luxury division of Match Eyewear, has announced the acquisition of the Kata eyewear brand, which includes its associated patents such as Kata's M1 and Reverse hinge technology, from B. Robinson. The Kata brand will join the Design Gallery Division of Match Eyewear and its current brands, Vanni ...
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l.A Eyeworks has appointed Rob Rich as president and managing...
l.A Eyeworks has appointed Rob Rich as president and managing partner. Rich has more than 20 years of experience in optical retail and wholesale. In his new role, he will focus primarily on unifying operations as a platform for growth. Margo Willits will maintain her position as international sales manager, ...
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Atol (Association des Techniciens en Optique et Lunetterie), one of...
Atol (Association des Techniciens en Optique et Lunetterie), one of the major French cooperatives of opticians, has appointed Michael Kodochian as its new director of strategic projects. The cooperative has launched this year a new innovation strategy for products and services called Transform'Atol 2016-2020 plan, which Kodochian will now pilot. ...
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Jesper Mathiesen, who has been in charge of business development...
Jesper Mathiesen, who has been in charge of business development at Fleye since 2014, has been promoted to the position of chief executive of the Danish eyewear company. Among other previous roles, he has been the marketing director of IC Companys, the parent of Peak Performance and other lifestyle fashion ...
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Stefan Rüdiger, chief executive of Essilor Germany, will be leaving...
Stefan Rüdiger, chief executive of Essilor Germany, will be leaving the company on Sept. 30. Wolfgang Messerschmidt will assume the management of the subsidiary on an interim basis. He is working at Essilor since 1987 and is currently vice president for Central and Eastern Europe.
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De Rigo has named a creative director, Enrico Furlan, for...
De Rigo has named a creative director, Enrico Furlan, for its major house brands: Police, Lozza and Sting. He worked previously for Filos-Metzler, Safilo and Prada. He has designed Dolce & Gabbana eyewear for seven years.
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De Rigo has signed a one-year extension of a labor...
De Rigo has signed a one-year extension of a labor contract with its 841 remaining employees that calls for shorter working hours for some of them and promotions for some others. As previously reported, the Italian company had announced its intention to lay off 108 employees, following the loss last ...
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Shamir Optical has announced the acquisition of a minority of...
Shamir Optical has announced the acquisition of a minority of Lenstec shares in the U.K. On the terms of the deal, whose amount has not been disclosed, Shamir will integrate its U.K.-based service network with Lenstec prescription laboratories nationwide. Lenstec will have access to the full portfolio of Shamir products ...
