Latest News Briefs – Page 207
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The latest “Mese della Vista” (=Vision Month) initiative in Florence,...
The latest “Mese della Vista” (=Vision Month) initiative in Florence, on Jan. 18-19, attracted 128 women and 146 men. The patients' age ranged between 6 and 83. The initiative was organized by Commissione Difesa Vista (CDV), the body promoting vision correction under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Health ...
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Marcolin has formally closed the transaction for the acquisition of...
Marcolin has formally closed the transaction for the acquisition of Viva International. The financial terms could not be learnt. According to VMail, Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA, will also take on the role of CEO of Viva, following the previously reported resignation of Antonio Bortuzzo. Further details could ...
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Carl Zeiss is shutting down its Australian surfacing laboratory in...
Carl Zeiss is shutting down its Australian surfacing laboratory in Lonsdale, leading to the elimination of 75 jobs. Opticians in Australia and New Zealand will be supplied by Zeiss' labs in Asia and other parts of the world. The company will set up a new lens fitting laboratory at the ...
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Acuitis has signed a contract for the acquisition of AcoustiCentre,...
Acuitis has signed a contract for the acquisition of AcoustiCentre, the leading chain of hearing aids shops in the French part of Switzerland. Founded in February 2010 in Geneva by Daniel Abittan, a co-founder of GrandVision, Acuitis will thus have a network of 17 stores in Switzerland selling its special ...
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Pierre Verrier, who ran Logo Eyewear between 2008 and 2011,...
Pierre Verrier, who ran Logo Eyewear between 2008 and 2011, has acquired the French Cemo Group together with two of its managers. Based in the Jura region, the group employs 45 people and is a contractor for several important French eyewear companies and for Atol, a French buying group whose ...
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Loubsol has obtained a formal certificate proving that its goggles...
Loubsol has obtained a formal certificate proving that its goggles are entirely manufactured in France. The French company, which was taken over by the Batteur group at the beginning of 2013, claims to be the only producer of snow goggles that has this kind of label, which seems to be ...
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Sauflon has just inaugurated a new center for innovation next...
Sauflon has just inaugurated a new center for innovation next to its manufacturing plant in Budapest, which was opened in 2007. The new center bolsters the company's ambitions to become the world's third biggest contact lens maker by 2018, as revealed during the opening ceremony. The new white, minimalist building ...
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Adlens has opened a new manufacturing facility in Oxford for...
Adlens has opened a new manufacturing facility in Oxford for the production of its new Focuss variable progressive spectacles destined for the U.S. The U.K.-based firm announced at Vision Expo West in October that LensCrafters in the U.S. would be first to trial the Focuss line, which integrates variable near, ...
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Optimax, the British laser eye surgery company that bought Ultralase...
Optimax, the British laser eye surgery company that bought Ultralase a year ago, has placed the latter in administration, a form of bankruptcy protection from creditors, but declared that its patients will continue to be cared for. Ultralase has not been profitable for many years and is likely to be ...
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On Dec. 3, Essilor cancelled 1.5 million treasury shares, representing...
On Dec. 3, Essilor cancelled 1.5 million treasury shares, representing 0.5 percent of the share capital. The company has been buying back shares to offset the diluting effect of its own share option programs. After the latest transaction, Essilor still owned 4,519,926 treasury shares, or 2.1 percent of the equity.
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Bausch+Lomb is to retain over 1,000 jobs and create 100...
Bausch+Lomb is to retain over 1,000 jobs and create 100 new roles following a $106-million investment in its manufacturing facility in New York. Around 300 jobs would have been lost if the company had moved this new manufacturing line out of the U.S. Two manufacturing lines will be created and ...
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Daniele Voltini is leaving as chief executive of Avanzi, the...
Daniele Voltini is leaving as chief executive of Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain owned by Hal through GrandVision, to be in charge of business development at the group's Chinese retail company, GrandVision Shanghai. He will move to Shanghai next February after more than a year of preparation. At Avanzi, ...
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Ludovic Mathieu is the new managing director of Essilor France,...
Ludovic Mathieu is the new managing director of Essilor France, replacing Nicolas de Lambert who is going to take on new responsibilities at the European level within the Essilor International group. Mathieu worked as a consultant before joining Essilor France in 2005, in charge of promoting vision care.
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Joaquin Murillo Perez assumes the post of country manager for...
Joaquin Murillo Perez assumes the post of country manager for the German market at Smarteyes, a Swedish-based optical retail chain with more than 40 stores in Sweden and Germany. Murillo Perez previously worked as area manager for a French fashion retail chain, Pimkie, and as German country manager for Grupo ...
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Peter Williams, member of the board of director of Asos,...
Peter Williams, member of the board of director of Asos, the online fashion retailer from Great Britain, assumed on Dec. 2 the newly created post of chairman of the supervisory board of Mister Spex, the biggest German online eyewear retailer. Williams, a former chief executive of the British Selfridges department ...
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Holly Rush has been appointed by Luxottica as president of...
Holly Rush has been appointed by Luxottica as president of its wholesale operations in North America, replacing Andrea Dorigo who is planning to do something outside the group. Rush will report to Paolo Alberti, Luxottica's global executive vice president of wholesale operations. She joined the group's North American subsidiary in ...
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Marcolin has expanded its commercial partnership in the Middle East...
Marcolin has expanded its commercial partnership in the Middle East with Rivoli Group. From last Nov. 15, Rivoli will handle the distribution in the region of Marcolin's 55DSL, Diesel and Swarovski eyewear. Rivoli, which is also a major partner of the Richemont Group, already distributes other lines of Marcolin: DSquared2, ...
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John Lewis, a British chain of department stores, is said...
John Lewis, a British chain of department stores, is said to be considering setting up optical counters and opening restaurants, barber's shops and postal services at 30 of its locations. Asda, the supermarket chain owned by Walmart, already has many optical counters in its stores.
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Safilo has opened a new showroom in the center of...
Safilo has opened a new showroom in the center of Milan and its tenth Solstice Sunglasses boutique in New York. The new 370-square-meter showroom, inaugurated on Nov. 14, is located at via Manzoni 38, in a prestigious building. The showroom has been relocated from its previous address in via Montenapoleone, ...
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Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing...
Salt City Optics has launched a new online store specializing in prescription eyewear for outdoor activities. SaltCityOptics.com offers prescription eyewear to cyclists, skiers, hikers, fishermen, skateboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts. The company, based in Salt Lake City, claims to be the first online retailer to specialize in the niche. Its ...
