Latest News Briefs – Page 22
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Charmant Europe launches bio-acetate brand
Charmant Europe is launching GEO Eyewear, a new brand of glasses focusing on sustainability and inclusion, the company announced. Charmant said that the frames were made from bio-acetate material and that all suppliers for the brand were accredited for their social and sustainable policies. Rather than offsetting its emissions, which ...
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Cartier starts new bespoke eyewear service
Cartier Eyewear is launching Set for you by Cartier, a new service for bespoke eyewear available globally for a preselection of rimless sunglasses. Customers will be able to personalize their frames by changing their size, the temples’ design and material, the end tips’ color, the metal finishes and the shape ...
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De Rigo adds new license to portfolio
The De Rigo group has announced the signature of a new license agreement for the design, production and global distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the Twinset Milano brand. Founded in 1987, Twinset is a brand of women’s clothing active in the contemporary luxury sector, according to the announcement. ...
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News briefsApple’s contribution to eyewear is running late
The brand that made smooth electronics a thing has hit a snag in its product development. Apple was planning to introduce two big products over the next two years or so: first a mixed-reality headset (combining augmented with virtual reality, or AR with VR), then AR glasses. Unfortunately, as Bloomberg ...
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Hoya invests $10 million in Canadian labs
Hoya Vision Care has annouced that it would invest close to $10 million in the expansion of its Canadian lab network. The group’s Canadian subsidiary is the first optical lab in North America to have installed SCHNEIDER’s new Modulo Center One surfacing system for an improved efficiency, the announcement reads. ...
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News briefsZenni endows three scholarships
The optical retailer Zenni has set up three scholarships, each worth $25,000, for students at the New England College of Optometry (NECO) who have a “desire to provide eyecare in vulnerable communities” – that is, what the American Public Health Association (APHA) describes as “low-income and racial and ethnic minority ...
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Mojo Vision shelves its AR contact lens
Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins announced in a blog post a few days ago that the U.S.-based tech company was halting the development of Mojo Lens, its augmented reality (AR) smart contact lens. Perkins said that the decision was motivated by difficulties in raising new capital in a slumping global ...
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Marcolin and Harley-Davidson renew and expand partnership
Marcolin has announced the renewal until 2027 of its Harley-Davidson license for the design, production and global distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the famous American motorbike brand. Both companies have been partnering since 2013 and the acquisition of Viva International by the Italian group. The scope of the ...
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KITS Eyecare sales up 25 percent in Q4
Canadian e-commerce company KITS Eyecare has announced a 25 percent year-on-year revenue growth to $25 million for Q4 2022, with repeat consumers accounting for roughly 60 percent of sales. For the full year, the company is expecting the topline to grow by 9 percent compared to 2021, reaching $90 million. ...
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ECOO issues new sustainability guidance for member associations
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) has released a new guidance on the issue of sustainability and how it relates to the eye care sector. The four-page document, which can be found on the organization’s website, makes suggestions on how national associations can relay sustainabiity information to their ...
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Opto Tech appoints new managing director
Optical equipment manufacturer Opto Tech has appointed Dr. Stefan Seifried as its new managing director. Seifried, who has worked for over twenty years in managing roles for international industrial companies, will be responsible for sales and technology and run the company together with Jens Schaefer who is overseeing administration and ...
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New VP of sales for Thélios in the U.S.
Luxury eyewear company Thélios has appointed Cedric Moreau as its new vice president of sales for the optical channel in the U.S. Moreau’s career in the eyewear industry luxury segment spans over 25 years. The French executive started his career at Alain Mikli and has been Mykita’s managing director for ...
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News briefsOrtho-k preferred myopia management method, study says
A recent study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and CooperVision Specialty Eyecare suggests that orthokeratology (ortho-k) is, as Cooper’s press release puts it, the “preferred method of myopia management in physically active children and adults.” “Patient and Parent Perceptions of Myopia Modalities” (by L.J. Lattery, C. Chao, ...
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News briefsOpticiens Mobiles densifies network in France
Les Opticiens Mobiles has extended its coverage to all 94 of the administrative “departments” in mainland France. The company says it maintains France’s largest network of opticians providing home and workplace service – its emphasis is on busy professionals and the elderly and infirm – and can now schedule appointments ...
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OUT OF widens coverage of its IRID lens technology
OUT OF, the Italian sport eyewear start-up, will be presenting at opti 2023 the second generation of its IRID electronic lenses, which will now also cover filter category S1 in addition to S2 and S3. The brand’s proprietary technology allows the lens to adapt to ambient light in less than ...
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Horizons Optical opens new and larger headquarters
Horizons Optical, the Spanish-based supplier of lens designs, coatings and services, is moving its offices to a new location in Sant Cugat del Vallés, near Barcelona, trebling the surface of its headquarters. The new offices have a capacity of 80 employees,and include a showroom, an R&D laboratory and a space ...
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News briefsEssilux and Ferrari stay together
EssilorLuxottica has extended the partnership it established in 2016 with Ferrari. The new multi-year agreement will be taking effect on Jan. 1. Essilux will continue to design, produce and market eyewear under the Scuderia Ferrari and Ray-Ban brands and will add a monobrand Ferrari collection. Meanwhile, the Ray-Ban logo will ...
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SILMO ACADEMY announces 2022 winner
SILMO PARIS has announced that Denis Sheynikhovich of the Institut de la Vision was the winner of the 2022 edition of SILMO ACADEMY’s scholarship, its educational program aimed at supporting ophthalmic professionals in their research. Sheynikhovich’s project looks at the improvement of visual information supporting elderly people in train stations. ...
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Marcolin appoints new communication director
Marcolin has appointed Clara Magnanini as its new group communication director. A graduate in Law with a master in communication, Magnanini joins the company after twenty years of experience in senior positions in the Italian luxury automotive sector at Maserati and Automobili Lamborghini. In her new role at Marcolin, she ...
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News briefsMiOptico opens flagship in Lisbon
MiOptico, rebranded MeuOptico for Portugal, has opened a first flagship in the heart of Lisbon. The sales floor makes up 150 square meters of the total 600, the rest of which are taken up with a display space under the Precio Net concept, a Premium Exhibition space, a convention hall, ...
