Latest News Briefs – Page 216
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The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, re-elected Cirillo Marcolin as...
The Italian optical industry association, Anfao, re-elected Cirillo Marcolin as president of the association and of the Mido trade show through 2017 at Anfao's annual meeting, which was held a few days ago in Belluno. Marcolin, who has filled this role for the past two years, will work with a ...
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Luxotttica has announced that it has signed an agreement with...
Luxotttica has announced that it has signed an agreement with the trade unions representing its Italian workers for the company's welfare system, which will apply to the 8,000-odd employees at its seven Italian manufacturing plants and at its Milan office. The Luxottica Welfare System was first established in 2009 with ...
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Focus-China, the Chinese trade magazine published by Jörg Spangemacher since...
Focus-China, the Chinese trade magazine published by Jörg Spangemacher since August 2011, can finally be published with its own certification. Until now, Focus-China was published as a free insert in a magazine of the Chinese standards government agency and therefore under the control of a different editorial office. The Chinese ...
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Companies from across the British optical industry have joined forces...
Companies from across the British optical industry have joined forces to create the Independent Practice Support Group, a forum that aims to address the decline of independent practices in the U.K. The new group, which includes Essilor, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Luxottica and Transitions, will run under the guidance ...
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Schneider has presented its first machine for the anti-reflective coating...
Schneider has presented its first machine for the anti-reflective coating of lenses, complementing its compact and cost-effective DSC Prolab System for digital surfacing. The German company has also introduced a more integrated surfacing solution, LSM Modulo, featuring self-organizing cognitive machine modules, special interfaces and special monitoring options.
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Nau! has introduced the “Cicala” sunglass line, inspired by the...
Nau! has introduced the “Cicala” sunglass line, inspired by the great divas of the past. The new eyewear collection by the Italian franchising chain is made of recycled plastic embellished with 44 Swarovski crystals. The stones are hand-set on the frame to form a floral pattern. Cicala is part of ...
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Silvian Heach (spelled like this), an Italian fashion brand based...
Silvian Heach (spelled like this), an Italian fashion brand based in Naples, is launching its first eyewear collection. Arav Fashion, the company that manages the brand, will present 18 models of prescription eyewear and seven sunglass models for spring/summer 2014, with four color options for each model. The new products ...
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Rudy Project, the Italian sports eyewear specialist, is launching a...
Rudy Project, the Italian sports eyewear specialist, is launching a new line of vintage sunglasses for leisure with a distinctive Italian design, called Ultimatum. The line offers a wide range of lenses including Multilaser, whose special production process gives the lens surface a fine mirroring effect that improves strength and ...
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Visioptis has enriched its portfolio by signing a new licensing...
Visioptis has enriched its portfolio by signing a new licensing agreement with Daniel Crémieux, the French prêt-à-porter brand, for the design, manufacturing and distribution of optical and sun glasses. The Crémieux label is known for its tailored sportswear designs combining the style of the American colleges in the 1960s with ...
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Google Glass entered the operating room on June 20 when...
Google Glass entered the operating room on June 20 when Dr. Rafael Grossman, surgeon at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, in the U.S., performed a gastrostomy, namely the placement of a feeding tube into a patient's stomach, with his Google Glass in tow. The surgeon wore a Google Glass ...
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Julbo had a presence at last month's edition of the...
Julbo had a presence at last month's edition of the Natural Games outdoor sports festival held near Millau, in France, on June 27-30. In the U.S., Julbo was also the official eyewear sponsor of the 2013 edition of the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run, described as the world's oldest and ...
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Optic 2000, the French buying and franchising group, has launched...
Optic 2000, the French buying and franchising group, has launched a new interactive game entitled “I want Karl's glasses,” as part of its exclusive partnership with Karl Lagerfeld. Developed in collaboration with the advertising agency Buzzman, the online game is based on a short animated movie with the cult character ...
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Rodenstock celebrated the opening of its new engineering center in...
Rodenstock celebrated the opening of its new engineering center in Regen, Germany on June 8 with an open-house presentation. About 1,200 visitors used the opportunity to see how glasses are manufactured. Visitors were able to see the whole production process, from incoming orders to their delivery.
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Luxottica has chosen a beautiful and talented Chinese actress, Liu...
Luxottica has chosen a beautiful and talented Chinese actress, Liu Shishi, for the launch a specific collection of Vogue eyewear for prescription and sunwear for the Asian market, where the styles have been developed to enhance the facial characteristics of Chinese women. In India, Vogue Eyewear has selected a beautiful ...
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Adlens is one of the winners of the 2013 Nikkei...
Adlens is one of the winners of the 2013 Nikkei Smart Design Award, gaining second place for the design of its Emergensee collection. The Nikkei Smart Design Award honors companies producing inventive designs that connect daily living with innovation. The award is presented by Nikkei Design, a Japanese monthly magazine ...
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After a long absence, a couple of major Italian companies...
After a long absence, a couple of major Italian companies are coming back to Silmo next Sept. 26-29 along with one of the three major suppliers of contact lenses, CooperVision. Marcolin's new management has agreed to take a stand of 100 square meters in Hall 6 for its newly licensed ...
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Melanie Binder has replaced Claudia Weidner as manager of the...
Melanie Binder has replaced Claudia Weidner as manager of the Opti trade show in Munich at GHM, the association that owns the fair. The organizers of the show have decided to raise the number of Opti Boxes from eight to ten to give a place at an affordable price to ...
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The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has reported new records...
The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has reported new records at its latest exhibition and convention in Manchester last June 6-9. It was attended by 1,242 delegates, up from 1,203 a year ago. They included 100 sponsored first-time attendees. The U.K. contingent remained the largest with 471 people, and the ...
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The organizers of Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry fair...
The organizers of Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry fair in Madrid, have introduced a series of new features for its upcoming edition, aimed at raising the fair's profile. The first change involves the dates of the trade show. In order to adapt to the international fair calendar, and following ...
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Sightsavers, the international charity based in the U.K., says it...
Sightsavers, the international charity based in the U.K., says it and its partners in developing countries performed over 13 million examination in the course of 2012. They also carried out more than 280,000 operations to restore sight or prevent blindness. They engaged schools to support more than 8,000 children suffering ...
