All Corporate articles – Page 36
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) created the MP Studio in...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) created the MP Studio in Graz on Sept. 1 to be used as a design studio for all its brands for graphic design, product design, communication with suppliers and other projects. Anthony Reid, who is the co-owner and managing director of the Robert La Roche ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) merged on Sept. 1 the...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) merged on Sept. 1 the BGI Brillenglas Import-Export Corporation and the Luffup design agency, both owned by MPG, under one roof. Uniopt, the eyewear design and distribution company owned by MPG, will be incorporated on Oct. 1. The three individual companies will be merged under ...
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Vision-Ease Lens has been acquired by Wind Point Partners in...
Vision-Ease Lens has been acquired by Wind Point Partners in a recapitalization move that should allow the company to devote more resources to global growth, according to Doug Hepper, president and chief executive of the American lens company. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Another equity firm based ...
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Allergan has agreed to hold a special shareholders' meeting on...
Allergan has agreed to hold a special shareholders' meeting on Dec. 18 in return for Pershing Square Capital Management and Valeant Pharmaceuticals dismissing their legal claims against the company
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Alcon, a division of Novartis, has announced that it has...
Alcon, a division of Novartis, has announced that it has agreed to acquire California-based WaveTec Vision, the developer of the ORA System, the first commercialized intra-operative guidance system used by cataract surgeons. The ORA System, which complements Alcon's Verion image-guided pre-operative diagnostic system, allows surgeons to see incisions and intra-ocular ...
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Eyeking will consolidate and expand its facilities at the end...
Eyeking will consolidate and expand its facilities at the end of this year with a new corporate office and distribution center in Melville, Long Island
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Ocuco, the Dublin-based provider of the Innovations Lab Management System...
Ocuco, the Dublin-based provider of the Innovations Lab Management System (LMS), has acquired CC Systems, a company with offices in Florida and Toronto that provides the Labzilla LMS. CC System's Labzilla and Ocuco's Innovations businesses will be merged into Ocuco's Lab Division under the business leadership of CC Systems' founder, ...
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CooperVision has completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Sauflon. According...
CooperVision has completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Sauflon. According to a report in VMail, the Sauflon name will begin to fade by the month of November, at least in the U.S., where CVI is launching the British company's Clarity 1 Day contact lenses this month, using an expanded sales ...
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Hoya Corp. said it decided cancel 9,234,100 treasury shares on...
Hoya Corp. said it decided cancel 9,234,100 treasury shares on Aug. 11, representing 2.18% of its equity, as part of a stock repurchase plan approved last May 7
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Walgreens, the big American drugstore chain that bought a 45...
Walgreens, the big American drugstore chain that bought a 45 percent stake in Britain's Alliance Boots in 2012 for $6.7 billion, or £4 billion, has decided to ask its shareholders to exercise an option for the remaining 55 percent stake next year. It will have to pay about double the ...
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Hardy Capital Partners and some prominent Canadian investors have acquired...
Hardy Capital Partners and some prominent Canadian investors have acquired a couple of online stores for footwear. They have bought OnlineShoes.com, a relatively old and profitable virtual shoe shop based in Seattle, and ShoeMe.ca, a virtual shoe retailer across the U.S.-Canadian border in Vancouver. Together, the two online retailers are ...
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Essor, a small French lens manufacturer, has been acquired by...
Essor, a small French lens manufacturer, has been acquired by Shamir Optical. The acquisition took effect on July 1. Shamir is owned 50 percent by Essilor, which bought this stake in July 2011. Essor and Shamir intend to take advantage of many new synergies while maintaining their own products and ...
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New Look Eyewear, an optical retailer in eastern Canada, has...
New Look Eyewear, an optical retailer in eastern Canada, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain optical assets and businesses of Optic Direct, carrying on doing business under the Greiche & Scaff banner in Quebec. The assets and businesses to be acquired include 49 corporately owned stores in ...
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The number of Fielmann shares trading on the stock exchanges...
The number of Fielmann shares trading on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt and other German cities will double on Friday, Aug. 22, following the stock split decided at the group's annual meeting on July 3
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Luxottica inaugurated a new showroom in Beijing on July 18....
Luxottica inaugurated a new showroom in Beijing on July 18. Later this month, it will host a gala event in Shanghai, starring a Chinese actress and dancer, Liu Shishi, for the launch of a line of Vogue glasses specifically designed for Asian fitting requirements. Quoting Andrea Guerra, the group's chief ...
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Alain Afflelou, the well-known French optician who lends his name...
Alain Afflelou, the well-known French optician who lends his name to one of the largest networks of franchised optical stores, has reportedly put up for sale his sprawling 830-square-meter mansion in Paris for €48 million. He is currently residing in London to avoid the high taxation imposed by the French ...
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Ocuco has confirmed the previously announced opening of its office...
Ocuco has confirmed the previously announced opening of its office for the Chinese market in Shanghai, headed by Marc Dolan. It's located in the prestigious Nanjing West Road area. The Irish provider of software solutions says it has already secured contracts worth more than €300,000 in China over the last ...
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Transitions Optical has announced that it will significantly reduce production...
Transitions Optical has announced that it will significantly reduce production volumes at its manufacturing plant in Tuam, Ireland. Around 60 out of the 173 jobs at the facility may be eliminated, although the exact number cannot be confirmed until a formal consultation period has been completed.
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Pro Fit Optix Holding Company, doing business as PFO Global...
Pro Fit Optix Holding Company, doing business as PFO Global Group, has announced the completion of a previously reported royalty-based cash injection of $500,000 from Greenville Strategy Royalty Corp.
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Maui Jim is reportedly considering setting up a prescription laboratory...
Maui Jim is reportedly considering setting up a prescription laboratory for RX sunglasses in Europe for European customers, like Oakley's facility in Ireland, if the capacity of its lab in Peoria reaches its limit
