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Reed Exhibitions and The Vision Council, organizers of the International…
Reed Exhibitions and The Vision Council, organizers of the International Vision Expo East and West shows in the U.S., announced a multi-year partnership with the British Contact Lens Association to develop a Global Contact Lens Forum, which will make its debut next March 26 and 27 during the fair in ...
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The HKTDC Hong Kong Optical Fair, which is opening its...
The HKTDC Hong Kong Optical Fair, which is opening its doors on Wednesday, will feature two new zones for reading glasses and “3D & Kids Eyewear.” It will have a record of 650 eyewear exhibitors from 24 countries and regions. Exhibitors from Israel, Macau, New Zealand and Thailand will show ...
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The recent IOFT show in Tokyo received a total of...
The recent IOFT show in Tokyo received a total of 13,801 visits daily over its three-day duration, which compares with 14,389 a year ago. Fleye and Oko Eyewear reported receiving awards at the show in the women's and children's categories. IOFT also announced the following Grand Prix winners: Taniguchi Optical, ...
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Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the...
Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the Opti show in Munich every other year, but it has changed its mind. It will be among other major players at the Jan. 10-12 edition of the fair including Luxottica or Safilo, which are not showing at every international fair. ...
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The organizers of the new Optrafair London show report that...
The organizers of the new Optrafair London show report that Essilor has confirmed its participation in the new event, becoming the 100th exhibitor to have registered. The show is scheduled for next April 11-13. Meanwhile, the rival 100% Optical show, which is scheduled for Feb. 16-18, says it has conducted ...
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GHM, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich since...
GHM, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich since 2009, plans to organize a new eyewear event in Istanbul next year. The event, which is going to be called LOOK Istanbul – Design Optics Order Show, will be held on May 16- 17 in the Turkish metropolis. Frame manufacturers ...
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Luneau Technology, the French-based company that develops, manufactures and markets...
Luneau Technology, the French-based company that develops, manufactures and markets Briot and Weco edgers and Visionix refraction and diagnostic equipment, has made an unspecified capital investment in Latham & Phillips Ophthalmic, a service company based in Columbus, Ohio. Luneau says the move is expected to expand the visibility of the ...
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The acquisition of Bausch + Lomb by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International...
The acquisition of Bausch + Lomb by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is now completed. As reported previously by Eyewear Intelligence, the Canadian company will pay $4.5 billion in cash to the current owners, an investor group headed by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, and another $4.2 billion in cash to ...
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Vistakon, a divison of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, is...
Vistakon, a divison of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, is investing $218 million over three years to expand the production and refurbish existing lines for its Acuvue contact lenses in south Jacksonville, Florida. The expansion plan is expected to add 100 people to the 1,800 the company currently employs in ...
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Reverse Engineering, a technology company based in Lisbon, Portugal, has...
Reverse Engineering, a technology company based in Lisbon, Portugal, has reportedly formed a new division called ReverseOptics LLC and has created a new office in the U.S. to serve the eyecare and eyewear business there. ReverseOptics, which specializes in 3D scanning, augmented reality and 3D modeling technology, said that it ...
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A.T. Cross has announced the completion of the sale of...
A.T. Cross has announced the completion of the sale of its legacy Cross pen business to a newly-formed affiliate of Clarion Capital Partners for $60 million in cash. Taking into account some seasonal working capital adjustments and taxes associated with the sale, A.T. Cross has received proceeds of around $54 ...
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Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of...
Bernhard Nuesser has been quietly appointed senior vice president of Essilor International for Central and Northern Europe, based in Switzerland. He is taking over some of the responsibilities previously handled by Norbert Gorny and others. A former president and chief executive of Carl Zeiss Vision, Gorny was appointed present and ...
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BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its...
BBGR has announced the appointment of Christophe Chebac as its new president effective Sept. 1, 2013. He succeeds Frédéric Mathieu, who has gone to fill the position of director of human resources at Essilor International. Chebac, 47, has worked for the French group since 1992, where he has served as ...
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Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on...
Toshihiko Fukunaga became chief executive officer at Menicon Germany on July 16 this year. Fukunaga comes from the Japanese headquarters in Nagoya. As senior general manager for overseas sales and general counsel and chief legal officer, he is also assuming the post of chief executive officer at Menicon's national sales ...
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Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president...
Kenmark has announced the retirement of Don Howard as president and chief executive of the company and the promotion of Mike Cundiff, currently chief operating officer, as his replacement. Howard, who is also a former board member at the Vision Council of America, leaves the Kentucky-based optical firm after almost ...
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Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a...
Adlens has promoted Rob Stevens to chief technology officer, a newly created position in the company. Based in Oxford, U.K., Adlens specializes in the development and commercialization of variable-focus eyewear. Stevens joined the company in 2008 as technical director. Before, he served as technical director at PS Research, a company ...
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Charmant has closed its subsidiary in Italy. From Sept. 1,...
Charmant has closed its subsidiary in Italy. From Sept. 1, the distribution of its brands is entrusted to the Muller32, a new company controlled by Vega. Muller32 will maintain the same sales force that in the subsidiary was selling the lines of Charmant to italians opticians. Alessandro Chitotti, the former ...
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The biggest German online retailer, Mister Spex, is expanding its...
The biggest German online retailer, Mister Spex, is expanding its cooperation with local partner opticians to include contact lenses. Customers of Misters Spex have now the possibility to adjust their contact lenses at local partner opticians. Up to now, partner opticians only took care of adjusting glasses and refraction. The ...
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Leclerc is launching a new online sales platform for contact...
Leclerc is launching a new online sales platform for contact lenses, starting off with the ones that it already sells through its physical stores. The French cooperative of supermarkets already counts 69 specialty optical stores in its domestic market, called Leclerc Optique, and optical counters in some 300 supermarket stores. ...
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Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH) has acquired Leonard Opticians, a high-end...
Luxury Optical Holdings (LOH) has acquired Leonard Opticians, a high-end optical operation with two stores in New York and one in Los Angeles. As reported by Vision Monday, the deal became effective on Sept. 16. Leonard's management team will remain in place while Arthur Leonard, Leonard's president, will continue as ...
