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The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in...
The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in Morocco (“Salon International d'Optique au Maroc”), will take place in Marrakech on Nov. 1-4, upon the initiative of the national opticians federation. For the new fair, which is open to international exhibitors and reserved for professionals, organizers expect about 100 ...
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Opti 2013, the trade show due to be held in...
Opti 2013, the trade show due to be held in Munich next Jan. 25-27, is giving newcomers the possibility to show at a very low price through a so-called turnkey Opti-Box. The organizers are also offering to all exhibitors a one-day seminar on Oct. 9 on how to make the ...
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Cari Zalloni, the creator of Cazal Eyewear, died at the...
Cari Zalloni, the creator of Cazal Eyewear, died at the age of 74 on July 3, following heart surgery. Cazal was born in 1975 and appealed then to inner-city youths, who liked the bold, gold-trimmed design. Its appeal expanded over the years and Cazal Eyewear has been seen on such ...
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Essilor has been selected as one of the companies to...
Essilor has been selected as one of the companies to be included in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index, the main index for stocks in the Eurozone. Essilor ranks No. 34 in the free-float market-capitalization-weighted index, which is made up of 50 blue-chip stocks. Essilor is a member of several other ...
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Rodenstock has announced that it is ending its lens surfacing...
Rodenstock has announced that it is ending its lens surfacing and coating operations in Kent, England, which will result in the loss of jobs for about 30 people. The company said that it could best meet predicted demand for advanced lenses by focusing its investments on the group's main European ...
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Karavan Production has bought the brand and the stock of...
Karavan Production has bought the brand and the stock of Eye'DC, including its trademarks IDC, Eye DJ and Eye'D Vision. Karavan will start selling the products through its own infrastructure next year. Karavan has also signed a licensing deal with Jacadi to manufacture and distribute that brand's frames, with those ...
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Coburn Technologies International, a subsidiary of Coburn Technologies, has bought...
Coburn Technologies International, a subsidiary of Coburn Technologies, has bought the patent and related intellectual property of UVMAX-QT, UVAR and related backside hard coating products and formulations. Three months ago Coburn licensed the distribution rights to the coatings from the owner, Solaris Optical Coatings, and calls the acquisition the natural ...
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Evonik Industries, the German creative industrial group, has announced that...
Evonik Industries, the German creative industrial group, has announced that it is raising its prices for all Plexiglas and Pleximid molding compounds. The increase will amount to €0.15 per kilogram. Evonik says that the continuing increase of raw material costs necessitated its price hike.
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Since June, the KGS curatorship in Berlin is the new...
Since June, the KGS curatorship in Berlin is the new owner of the online platform kontaktlinsenforum.de. The platform has existed for nine years and counts over 7,000 community members. The website is a popular contact point for questions concerning the adjustment, usage and care of contact lenses. Previously, KGS was ...
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Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from...
Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from their positions as members of the board of Safilo Group, effective Monday. Luisa Deplazes de Andrade Delgado has been named as their replacement for a three-year term. Groot is the executive director of Hal Holding, and Cole is the former ...
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William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive...
William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive of Highmark, the insurance giant that is the parent company of HVHC, operator of Davis Vision, Viva Internation Group and Visionworks. He was the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the U.S. Department of Defense from October 2001 ...
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Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care,...
Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, where he has worked for 23 years. He will step down as of Sept. 1. He joined the company in 1989 as executive vice president for sales, marketing, professional affairs and strategic planning. In 1993 he stepped into the position ...
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CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new...
CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new president and a new general manager for China. Ed Northup will take the reins as president for Asia-Pacific, and Weilin Jin is the new general manager of CooperVision China. In addition, Guy Whittaker, the president of marketing for Asia-Pacific, adds ...
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Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report...
Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report to Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA. The Italian company pointed out that its U.S. subsidiary registered record growth of 17.6 percent in 2011 and that it was ready to integrate the complexity and potential of Brazil into ...
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De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida,...
De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida, to strengthen its presence in the U.S. De Rigo Vision USA should be up and running by September. It will take care of sales of De Rigo eyewear and sunglasses through opticians throughout the U.S. The new subsidiary will be ...
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Oakley has a new sales manager at its Swedish subsidiary...
Oakley has a new sales manager at its Swedish subsidiary in charge of the Scandinavian countries. He is Jonas Sund, formerly in charge of sales in Scandinavia and Finland for Rip Curl, an Australian brand with which he has been connected for 12 years, first as an agent and then ...
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Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief...
Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief executive at Nigura Metzler Optics International since June 1. He has replaced Dominik Müser, who held the post for more than two years. Nigura says that Müser developed the company further and completed its reorientation successfully, optimizing the brand portfolio ...
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Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the...
Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the distributor of Uvex products in Sweden. The Gothenburg-based company currently has a number of similar brands in its portfolio including Spyder, Dainese and Ziener.
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Hans Anders has decided to start offering hearing aids at...
Hans Anders has decided to start offering hearing aids at its 90 stores in Belgium gradually, starting next September, but reportedly, it will not engage in a similar diversification for its 50-odd stores in France in the foreseeable future. The low-cost Dutch retailer has sold hearing aids in the Netherlands ...
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Specsavers has introduced a mobile app that allows users to...
Specsavers has introduced a mobile app that allows users to check their vision, raising awareness of eye health. Developed by a professor of optometry and visual science at City University London, the free Sight Check app provides a reading test, a visual acuity test and a fan test for astigmatism.
