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Ferdinand Menrad has set up a new Italian subsidiary at...
Ferdinand Menrad has set up a new Italian subsidiary at Arconate, near Milan. It is run by Alessandro Chitotti, who was previously responsible for Charmant in Italy, and Marco Tassini, who has also his own business, supplying cleaning cloths and cases to opticians. The German company was previously represented in ...
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Bluebird Creative has become the U.K. distributor of Alessieyes and...
Bluebird Creative has become the U.K. distributor of Alessieyes and Apo. We have already reported about the new Alessi line of eyewear, which has been licensed to a subsidiary of the Chinese Sun Hing Vision Group. We have not yet reported on Apo, an interesting Italian developer of creative eyewear ...
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Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, has added...
Optic 2000, the French cooperative of independent opticians, has added 500 more Afnor-labeled stores to its network. The group now makes up for 71 percent of France's optical stores having received AFNOR's quality label for optics, created in 2011. The group's banners include both Optic 2000 and Lissac. With 1,200 ...
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TD Tom Davies has opened its first shop. Located on...
TD Tom Davies has opened its first shop. Located on London's Sloan Square, the two-level store is said to be the first in the U.K. to benefit from a full suite of clinical and dispensing equipment supplied by Carl Zeiss.
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The World Council of Optometry has appointed a new chief...
The World Council of Optometry has appointed a new chief executive, Natalie Briggs, who served most recently as CEO of Vision Aid Overseas. She previously headed the Raven Department of Education at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Briggs has also served as a trustee on the Vision 20/20 ...
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Mercy Jeysingham, a committee member of the U.K. General Optical...
Mercy Jeysingham, a committee member of the U.K. General Optical Council, has been appointed chief executive of Vision 2020 UK, replacing the retiring Anita Lightstone. Launched in 2008, Vision 20/20 UK is part of the global Vision 20/20 strategic initiative led by the World Health Organization and the International Association ...
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Mark Truss, sales director of Norville Group, has been elected...
Mark Truss, sales director of Norville Group, has been elected vice chairman of the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO). He is likely to succeed the current chairman of the British industry association, Barry Dribble, at the end of his second term in office in December 2015. Truss' boss, Frank Norville, ...
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Marcus Kuhlmann assumes the management of the medical engineering section...
Marcus Kuhlmann assumes the management of the medical engineering section of Spectaris, the German ophthalmic industry association. The 44-year-old previously worked as chief executive for an association of independent professionals in Germany. The German companies working in the field of medical engineering reported total sales of €22.3 million in 2012.
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Maui Jim has earned the Seal of Recommendation from the...
Maui Jim has earned the Seal of Recommendation from the Skin Cancer Foundation. The Seal of Recommendation, which is a symbol of safe sun protection recognized by consumers worldwide, is granted to sun protection products after they have been verified by an independent committee of experts specialized in the study of ...
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Ocuco is waiting for a final decision by the U.S....
Ocuco is waiting for a final decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sometime this month on the re-examination that it has requested for a patent registered by Carl Zeiss in 2000 in the area of back-surface free-form processing of progressive lenses. The USPTO's verdict should fall sometime ...
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Mykita has partnered with Maison Martin Margiela, the fashion house...
Mykita has partnered with Maison Martin Margiela, the fashion house bought by Renzo Rosso in 2002, for two new collections of eyewear, “Essential” and “Dual.” They were presented for the first time last month at selected Maison Martin Margiela boutiques and Mykita stores worldwide, followed by a broader release at ...
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Optical Service, a 20-year-old British company that sells about one...
Optical Service, a 20-year-old British company that sells about one million pairs of frames a year under 15 different house brands, has obtained a license for Schott eyewear that covers the U.K., the Baltic countries and South Africa, where it carries most of its export business through an export agent. ...
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Google plans to develop a contact lens with an incorporated...
Google plans to develop a contact lens with an incorporated camera and display. According to on online magazine, Google has already registered for a patent at the U.S. patent office. The camera can be started by means of an integrated sensor per eyelid movement. A smartphone, carried by the wearer ...
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WearLite, a Swiss lens manufacturer that won last year's Swiss...
WearLite, a Swiss lens manufacturer that won last year's Swiss Innovation Prize, has cooperated with Prost Boucle, a well-known manufacturer of eyewear frames based in Geneva, for its latest product innovation, “DiamondFusion.” At the Baselworld trade fair for jewelry, WearLite presented the first lens with incorporated diamonds and jewels. In the ...
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Allison has launched the first tatooed eyewear under its Opposit...
Allison has launched the first tatooed eyewear under its Opposit brand, in partnership with Agatha Menegaz and Guè Pequeno, the Italian rapper and music producer. For this unprecedented project, Guè chose Opposit's TM503S14 model, which now features the same tattoos as the ones on the rapper's body. The frame and ...
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Safilo celebrates its 80th birthday with a new capsule collection...
Safilo celebrates its 80th birthday with a new capsule collection of its flagship brand in partnership with Marc Newson, the Australian-born industrial designer. The eyewear case has been created by Álvaro González, the artistic director of Valextra. On sale since mid-April, the “Safilo by Marc Newson” collection is available at ...
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Italia Independent has announced two new partnerships. The Italian creative...
Italia Independent has announced two new partnerships. The Italian creative and stylish brand co-founded by Lapo Elkann has partnered with Adidas to launch a new eyewear line called Adidas Originals x Italia Independent. The collection will be available worldwide from the autumn/winter season this year. In addition, Italia Independent has ...
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The introduction of new systems by various lens manufacturers to...
The introduction of new systems by various lens manufacturers to block the penetration of harmful blue light is enlivening the eyewear market. The BiB Group has indirectly benefitted with strong demand and big orders at recent trade shows for a new device that measures the lens' ability to do this, ...
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In announcing the extension of its Original Penguin license for...
In announcing the extension of its Original Penguin license for eyewear for five years, Kenmark has said that it will expand the line with models that will be launched this coming summer for boys aged 8 to 14. Kenmark has also extended its Kensie license for three more years.
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Faoflex has created a new hinge for spectacles that requires...
Faoflex has created a new hinge for spectacles that requires no screws. This Italian frame manufacturer, who is based at Segusino, has devised an ingenious system that gives the temples all the movement they require using a hinge, called Articula, that is made up of a series of “vertebrae.” It ...
