Latest News Briefs – Page 209
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There will several new exhibitors at the Opti trade show to...
There will several new exhibitors at the Opti trade show to be held in Munich on Jan. 10-12 including Oliver Goldsmith, the British company owned by the senior Oliver Goldsmith; Suzy Glam from the Netherlands; Hapter, an Italian brand inspired by a pair of glacier military goggles from the Second World ...
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Mido has won the first edition of the Exhibitionist Award...
Mido has won the first edition of the Exhibitionist Award (sic) for special exhibition areas at trade fairs for the “Piazza” of the Fashion District at last year's Mido trade show. The award has been created by Fondazione Fiera Milano and other institutions including the Milan Chamber of Commerce.
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CORRECTION: Marcolin has not become the third-largest producer of eyeglasses...
CORRECTION: Marcolin has not become the third-largest producer of eyeglasses and sunglasses following its acquisition of Viva International, as incorrectly stated in the previous issue of Eyewear Intelligence and some other publications. In fact, even after this acquisition, Marchon Eyewear, which is part of a much larger group involved in ...
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Opal has a new license agreement for prescription fames and sunglasses...
Opal has a new license agreement for prescription fames and sunglasses with a French fashion brand, Elevenparis, to be distributed worldwide. The agreement is for a four-year term. The first collection of sunglasses was presented at the Silmo trade show held in Paris on Sept. 26-29. The collection will first be ...
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Julbo, winner of this year’s Silmo d’Or award for its...
Julbo, winner of this year’s Silmo d’Or award for its Tensing Flight sunglasses in the sports category, is working on its first line of optical prescription frames, which will be shown for the first time at the Opti or Mido show next year. It will also have news in the ...
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[Trade Shows & Other Events ]
The number of visitors to the last Silmo show in Paris was up by 0.9 percent to 35,103 from a year ago. There were a total of 15,725 French visitors, up by 3.4 percent, but the number of foreign visitors declined by 1.1 percent to 18,759. As shown in the ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision France has announced the layoff of 256...
Carl Zeiss Vision France has announced the layoff of 256 employees at its two laboratories in the country. The decision was attributed to the loss of a major contract with GrandVision, which belongs to the Hal group. The restructuring program involves all the 106 people working at a laboratory at ...
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Ralph Anderl, founder of ic! Berlin, bought all the shares...
Ralph Anderl, founder of ic! Berlin, bought all the shares of the company at the beginning of this year. Denying speculation about a future change of ownership, he said he had taken them over from two actors who helped him to start his company. Noting that all the profits have ...
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Cartier is opening a new eyewear factory in France, adding...
Cartier is opening a new eyewear factory in France, adding to the one in Besançon. The new manufacturing facility is located in Sucy-en-Brie, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. It replaces the historic site in Joinville-les-Ponts, also near Paris, which the Richemond group, the owners of the luxury brand, had ...
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Karavan Production, the French company that sells high-end optical and...
Karavan Production, the French company that sells high-end optical and solar frames, has changed name and become Karavan & Co. The company designs and produces a wide range of adult and children's frames and distributes its products in France, Europe and abroad. The new identity is said to better represent ...
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Optical Express Group has announced that it has placed DCM...
Optical Express Group has announced that it has placed DCM Optical Clinic into administration, a British form of insolvency, but intends to buy back 16 of the 19 stores within that business and consolidate them into the group. The British company said that there will be no job losses, no ...
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Luxottica has reportedly agreed to sell an Australian sunglass retail...
Luxottica has reportedly agreed to sell an Australian sunglass retail chain, Bright Eyes, to two businessmen, Ralph Edwards and Geoff Harbert. The two men were part of a consortium that had bought Bright Eyes in 2000. The retailer was then sold to Oakley in 2007. The same year, Oakley was ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has invested €4 million in...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has invested €4 million in a new European logistics center in the Czech Republic. The warehouse, encompassing 450,000 sqm, became operational in October. It is mainly intended for the international distribution of the group's range of stock lenses, but it also includes the worldwide logistics ...
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Over the next year, Wim Somers, owner and manager of...
Over the next year, Wim Somers, owner and manager of the Belgian eyewear brand Theo, will pass the management of the company on to his three sons, Toon, Mik and Jan. Toon, who previously worked as an agent for the Danish market, will from now on cover sales in Australia, ...
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Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in...
Logo Eyewear has hired Bernard Rony as vice president in charge of industrial matters in order to improve the supply chain. He has spent 12 years with ST Dupont, managing the French company's manufacturing operations for lighters and eyewear, after working in the area of automotive components. Richard Vives, who ...
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The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as...
The Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) has appointed Mauro Maloberti as area sales manager for the Swiss Optic brand . He is responsible for the introduction of Swiss Optic to the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey since last September. Maloberti worked for 15 years for LTL Lenses in Italy ...
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Poc Sweden, a specialist in creative sports helmets, is investing...
Poc Sweden, a specialist in creative sports helmets, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in this function. The 40-year-old ...
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Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the...
Karavan & Co. of France hired Jessy Tissot for the newly created position of export manager last month. Previously, he worked as export manager for Marius Morel. The most important export market for the French company is Germany, followed by Belgium and the Netherlands. As previously reported by Eyewear Intelligence, ...
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Mathias Schmidt, chief executive of Essilor Germany, left the company...
Mathias Schmidt, chief executive of Essilor Germany, left the company at his own request at the beginning of October. Bernhard Nüsser, senior vice president for Central and Northern Europe, has assumed the post of chief executive of the German subsidiary on an interim basis.
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Justus Felix Wehmer is the new chief executive of Carl...
Justus Felix Wehmer is the new chief executive of Carl Zeiss Jena since Oct. 1. He takes over the responsibilities and tasks of Peter Popp, former CEO and commercial director of this subsidiary of the Carl Zeiss group, who left the company at his own request. Together with Thomas Polzer, ...
