Latest News Briefs – Page 230
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Rodenstock invited clients, distributors and the press to its biannual...
Rodenstock invited clients, distributors and the press to its biannual conference at its new headquarters in Munich. As Rodenstock did not exhibit at this year's Silmo show in Paris, it demonstrated its new eyewear collections to 100 international guests during the order event in Munich. In addition to product news, ...
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On Oct. 1, the leading Swiss lens manufacturer Optiswiss took...
On Oct. 1, the leading Swiss lens manufacturer Optiswiss took over the German lens manufacturer Swiss Optic, formerly known as Trans Optik Express or Uniopt Trans Optik. Swiss Optic has belonged to the Michael Pachleitner Group (MPG) since 2005. Optiswiss takes over all activities and employees of Swiss Optic and ...
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Satisloh has opened its third site in China, right in...
Satisloh has opened its third site in China, right in the center of the ophthalmic lens industry in the country. Located in Danyang, where more than 100 national and international companies are based, the new structure of more than 2,000 square meters features a fully equipped testing facility. It has ...
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Six strategic and institutional investors have reportedly expressed interest in...
Six strategic and institutional investors have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the largest optical retailing group in Italy. Their names could not be obtained. According to the report, Dino Tabacchi, the former shareholder of Safilo who owns the group, may decide to accept an ...
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Uvex, the German brand of eyewear, helmets and safety products,...
Uvex, the German brand of eyewear, helmets and safety products, has recorded positive results from the flexible worktime programs which the company began to introduce ten years ago. Since then, Uvex has developed no less than 150 different types of alternative work schedules that it is offering to its employees ...
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Visionix and its Briot USA subsidiary have struck a partnership...
Visionix and its Briot USA subsidiary have struck a partnership with the Block Buying Group in the U.S., entitling its members to special pricing on their equipment. Named after its president, Michael Block, Block Buying Group describes itself as the largest optical buying group in the U.S., handling purchases for ...
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Logo, the French eyewear company, has appointed Miguel Lopez general...
Logo, the French eyewear company, has appointed Miguel Lopez general manager of its American subsidiary, based in Florida, which takes care of the whole American continent. Lopez, who was previously in charge of Latin America, takes the place of Guillaume Pottecher who has become the president of De Rigo Vision's ...
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Lisa Christie has joined REM Eyewear as its brand and...
Lisa Christie has joined REM Eyewear as its brand and communications manager. Her marketing and public relations experience includes her previous position working for the Downtown Women's Center, which helps homeless women in Los Angeles.
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Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is...
Two new executives have joined Nouveau Eyewear: Les Rookstool is the vice president for business development, and John DeLuna takes the position of director of marketing. Rookstool was most recently the vice president of the retail sun division at the McGee Group, and his more than 20 years of experience ...
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Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have...
Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have entered the German market via van Bokhoven, a wholesale trader in the bicycle sector run by Georg Bucher. The first brand stands for bikewear and other activewear, and the other one markets bike helmets and eyewear Sales of the two ...
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Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer, has opened the first...
Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer, has opened the first physical J.F. Rey store. Located on square Delambre in Paris, it has taken the place of a former optical store called Lunetiers Delambre, which is now only a website selling the collections of J.F. Rey and other designers over the ...
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Brille24 has signed a strategic partnership agreement with a German...
Brille24 has signed a strategic partnership agreement with a German hair salon chain, the Essanelle Hair Group. Since August, Essanelle's clients can use reading glasses from Brille24 in the waiting area and for personal image consulting. With the first offline presentation of its products, Brille24 aims to gain new clients ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò has launched an iPhone app which allows...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò has launched an iPhone app which allows users to access its collections of sunglasses and eyeglasses, choosing from hundreds of templates, directly from their iPhone. The project has been implemented in partnership with Ideolo, the Italian agency specializing in proximity and digital marketing for the retail sector. ...
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Sales of corrective glasses in France grew by 3.9 percent...
Sales of corrective glasses in France grew by 3.9 percent to €5.33 billion in 2011, against an increase of 3.2 percent in 2010, according to the French Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES). The rise was only due to an increase in volumes, as the price index of ...
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According to the Optical Business Barometer, the August 2012 rating...
According to the Optical Business Barometer, the August 2012 rating for the overall optical business in the U.S. remained steady, with a 3.7 index identical to the ratings for July and June. The average of the monthly ratings since January has stood at 3.7, against an average of 3.6 for ...
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Essilor has signed an agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision to...
Essilor has signed an agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision to settle the patent dispute that its subsidiary Signet Armorlite lost against Zeiss in a U.S. court recently over backside freeform progressive lenses. As part of the settlement, Zeiss has granted a license to Essilor and its subsidiaries, including Signet and ...
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Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit...
Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit colored contact lenses were seized in a raid near Shanghai last month. Police received an anonymous tip and discovered a workshop, warehouse and sales office, all operating without permits. It is believed that the men had been making millions of ...
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A German charity organization, Caritas, and the German federation of...
A German charity organization, Caritas, and the German federation of opticians, ZVA, are combining forces for a common charity project with the slogan ‘Good vision for everyone.' From Oct. 15 to Nov. 30, the project, sponsored by Essilor and Silhouette, will offer glasses free of charge to 3,000 people living ...
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Bausch + Lomb and the Lions Clubs International Foundation have...
Bausch + Lomb and the Lions Clubs International Foundation have awarded a $150,000 grant to the Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital in Siliguri, in the Indian region of West Bengal. The grant, which was made possible through the Pediatric Cataract Initiative, will support a comprehensive outreach and training program to ...
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The Jones Group has announced that it has entered into...
The Jones Group has announced that it has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Altair, a division of Marchon Eyewear, for the creation, production, marketing and global distribution of ophthalmic eyewear and sunglasses under the Anne Klein brand. The Anne Klein collections are currently produced and marketed under ...
