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DNV Business Assurance, an independent certification body, has granted two...
DNV Business Assurance, an independent certification body, has granted two certifications to Safilo Group: one for corporate social responsibility, SA8000:2008; and one for occupational health and safety, OHSAS 18001:2007. In its announcement, Safilo said that it was among the first Italian luxury companies to receive such accreditation. The company also ...
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IC! Berlin is not for sale. Executive of the German...
IC! Berlin is not for sale. Executive of the German company firmly denied the rumors to this effect, which had even indicated that it had refused an offer from a prospective purchaser because it was too low. The firm claims to be growing at an annual rate of 10 percent. ...
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Stylemark will close down its distribution and customer support center...
Stylemark will close down its distribution and customer support center following its acquisition by FGXI
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Charmant Group has formed a new division, Horitech, that will...
Charmant Group has formed a new division, Horitech, that will provide Japanese medical institutions with ophthalmic surgical instruments starting next month. It will start branching out to other countries in 2013. The company has traditionally been a manufacturer of titanium eyeglass frames. Its expertise in processing titanium will be a ...
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Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the U.S. company that produces Vision...
Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the U.S. company that produces Vision Monday, market research and other information services through its subsidiary Jobson Optical Group as a subsidiary, has exited a short pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that began in February by amending its credit facility. Its business continued as usual during ...
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Sensee.com, the new French online shop for eyewear, is organizing...
Sensee.com, the new French online shop for eyewear, is organizing a new round of financing worth €17.5 million to support its growth. Marc Simoncini, the founder of Meetic, and other shareholders already made a first investment of €7.5 million one year ago.
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Luxottica has assigned 1,505,400 shares to 31 beneficiaries of its...
Luxottica has assigned 1,505,400 shares to 31 beneficiaries of its “performance share plan” after achieving the combined earnings per share target set for the 2009-2011 period. Luxottica's board has also approved the issuance of up to €500 million in long-term notes to institutional investors by the end of this year. ...
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About 115 Davis Vision employees in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, ended...
About 115 Davis Vision employees in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, ended their nearly month-long strike on Feb. 18 after their union accepted a new contract. Union representatives said the vote on the contract, which emphasizes quality as a daily goal, was overwhelmingly in favor.
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Schneider Optical Machines held a grand opening on Feb. 17...
Schneider Optical Machines held a grand opening on Feb. 17 for its new 753,473-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Fronhausen, Germany
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Orange 21 has changed its name back to Spy Inc.,...
Orange 21 has changed its name back to Spy Inc., with effect from Feb. 15, after merging with its Spy Optics subsidiary. The move follows the management's decision to concentrate on its core Spy brand of glasses. It pulled out of its Italian laboratory, LEM, at the end of 2010. ...
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The Vision Council in the U.S. has absorbed the Optical...
The Vision Council in the U.S. has absorbed the Optical Laboratories Association (OLA), which will now be called the Optical Lab Division of The Vision Council. The merger has been in the works for a while, with a letter of intent signed in January 2010 and a letter of agreement ...
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Essilor has acquired majority stakes in two Chinese companies as...
Essilor has acquired majority stakes in two Chinese companies as part of its efforts to develop its business there. It bought into Jiangsu Youli Optics Company, a maker of ophthalmic lenses based in Danyang that has about 1,000 employees in its three production facilities. Essilor also took a majority stake ...
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VSP Global has acquired majority stakes in two wholesale prescription...
VSP Global has acquired majority stakes in two wholesale prescription laboratories that it owns with Carl Zeiss Vision. VSP bought out some of the management team's shares in Perfect Optics of Vista, California, which has prescription sales of $12 million. It also took a majority interest in CZV Florida in ...
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Bridgewater Bros. Holdings of the U.K. has acquired Europtica, a...
Bridgewater Bros. Holdings of the U.K. has acquired Europtica, a supplier of filtration and chilling systems for the lens production industry
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Alain Afflelou, the optician and former controlling shareholder of the...
Alain Afflelou, the optician and former controlling shareholder of the French optical retail chain bearing his name, has gone on record as saying that he plans to buy back some of the shares in the company and to hand out others to members of the management. He currently owns 23 ...
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Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the American company that produces Vision...
Jobson Medical Information Holdings, the American company that produces Vision Monday and other publications and market studies through its Jobson Optical Group, has announced an agreement with the majority of its lenders to amend and extend its credit facility and strengthen its balance sheet through a “pre-packaged” plan of Chapter ...
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As part of its efforts to expand in Italy and...
As part of its efforts to expand in Italy and throughout Europe, Marchon Group has opened a new marketing and brand management subsidiary, Marchon MB, in Treviso, Italy. This follows the opening of a distribution center in Fortogna and the expansion of its Style Center and production departments in Puos ...
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Bausch + Lomb is planning to go back to the...
Bausch + Lomb is planning to go back to the stock market after its acquisition by the Warburg Pincus investment fund in 2008, says Les Echos, a French financial daily, without indicating the timing of the move. It says B+L is investing €3.5 million in its three sites in France, ...
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Pro Fit Optix, the recently recapitalized optical technology company based...
Pro Fit Optix, the recently recapitalized optical technology company based in Texas and run by Ruedi Suter, has announced that it has changed its name to PFO Global; it unveiled a new logo this week. The company said the new name better represents the company, which now provides eyewear, mobile ...
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Renzo Rosso, the Italian entrepreneur who owns the Diesel brand...
Renzo Rosso, the Italian entrepreneur who owns the Diesel brand of denim jeans, has acquired a 2.018 percent share in Marcolin through one of his investment vehicles, Red Circle Investments. In October 2010, Diesel signed a five-year eyewear licensing deal with Marcolin for five years, replacing the contract that it ...
