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The EU has officially declared 2012 to be the Year...
The EU has officially declared 2012 to be the Year of Active Aging and Solidarity Between Generations. Its goal is to allow reflection on Europeans' longer, healthier lives and to realize the opportunities resulting from this. The European Council of Optometry and Optics sees the year as a good time ...
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Some major firms including Bausch & Lomb, Essilor, Indo, Hoya,...
Some major firms including Bausch & Lomb, Essilor, Indo, Hoya, Menicon, Visibilia and Vistamax will show at Expooptica, the Spanish trade show in Madrid, which will take place on Feb. 17-19 in a new format. The fair will coincide with Optom 2012, a national convention on optometry, conctactology and ophthalmic ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision presented its new line Dura Vision Platinum...
Carl Zeiss Vision presented its new line Dura Vision Platinum lenses at this year's Opti trade show in Munich. The lenses are three times harder than common organic lenses and are scratch-resistant for everyday use. They can be delivered to optical stores from March 2012. Zeiss also introduced a new ...
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Rodenstock has launched a new marketing campaign with the title...
Rodenstock has launched a new marketing campaign with the title “System of Better Vision.” The campaign includes a new website, a print campaign and a new brand image for the German brand. The website see-better-look-perfect.com will be launched by the company in March for trade customers and end consumers to ...
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Mykita has developed a new collection of sunglasses using the...
Mykita has developed a new collection of sunglasses using the panto-style of the 1930s. These round glasses were a symbol of intellectuals in the 1920s and '30s. They came back in the 1960s and '80s, and they have come back again today. Additionally, Mykita is presenting a new model developed ...
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iC! Berlin launched a new collection of glasses at this...
iC! Berlin launched a new collection of glasses at this year's Opti trade show. The collection is called Schubert's Winter Journey, named after the song cycle by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. The first part of the collection was launched at Opti '12; the second part will be launched during ...
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L.A. Eyeworks returned to the Opti trade show after a...
L.A. Eyeworks returned to the Opti trade show after a break of three years. Because the company is very successful in France, it has usually been sufficient to exhibit at the Silmo trade show in Paris. However, business in Germany is drifting off a little, so the company decided to ...
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The Japanese company Motion Portrait exhibited for the first time...
The Japanese company Motion Portrait exhibited for the first time at Opti this year. The company offers its clients the license of an ASP service that end consumers can use to virtually try on eyeglasses. The software is targeted at eyewear shops and e-commerce sites. Clients “try on” different glasses ...
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Vonzipper Optical exhibited for the first time at the Opti...
Vonzipper Optical exhibited for the first time at the Opti trade show. The American company, owned by Billabong International and specializing in sunglasses, goggles, softgoods and accessories, launched its first collection of optical frames about one and a half years ago. Today, the company works with about 80 optical stores ...
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The British eyewear brand TD Tom Davies celebrated its 10th...
The British eyewear brand TD Tom Davies celebrated its 10th anniversary at Opti '12 in Munich. For the occasion, the company designed a 10-piece special edition collection, which was presented for the first time during the show. Tom Davies selected 10 different designs, each marking a landmark in the brand's ...
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Licefa launched a new heritage collection at Opti '12. Called...
Licefa launched a new heritage collection at Opti '12. Called Licefa Since 1907, the line aims to revive the design of the 1950s and '60s. Licefa also presented a new collection under the brand name ProGear, for which the company holds the license for the German-speaking countries, the Netherlands and ...
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The Insight magazine reported the death last Nov. 6 of...
The Insight magazine reported the death last Nov. 6 of Michael McInerney at the age of 53, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He spent the last eight years with Younger Optics Australia and became its managing director last July.
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Menicon has bought W.I. System, operator of 68 retail stores...
Menicon has bought W.I. System, operator of 68 retail stores and one franchise in the Tokyo area under the banners of Ace Contact and Ekicon. Menicon, based in Nagoya, is taking on W.I. System as a wholly owned subsidiary; terms of the deal were not released. The acquisition will boost ...
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Bausch + Lomb has bought Laboratorio Pfortner Cornealent SACIF, the...
Bausch + Lomb has bought Laboratorio Pfortner Cornealent SACIF, the controlling entity of Waicon, the market leader in contact lenses and lens care products in Argentina. This acquisition will make B+L the leading eye health company in the country. The Pfortner chain of retail optical shops will remain independent and ...
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Marchon Eyewear completed its move into new headquarters in October,...
Marchon Eyewear completed its move into new headquarters in October, combining the operations of two other buildings and adding 12,000 square feet to their combined area for a total of 62,000. About 225 employees work at the headquarters on Old Country Road in Melville, New York, in executive management, human ...
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Marcolin has appointed Giovanni Zoppas as its new chief executive...
Marcolin has appointed Giovanni Zoppas as its new chief executive and general manager, effective on Feb. 1, 2012. He will replace Vito Varvaro, who has held the position on a temporary basis since the end of September after the resignation of Massimo Saracchi. Varvaro will retain his job as ...
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In an interview with the Italian daily Il Sole 24...
In an interview with the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore, Luxottica's chief executive, Andrea Guerra, admitted that he had been approached to become chief executive of Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo. He said he was flattered to have been considered for such an important job. But he informed Luxottica's ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò has appointed Francesco Iovine as marketing and...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò has appointed Francesco Iovine as marketing and purchasing manager, a position that didn't previously exist in the Italian retail chain. The 40-year-old business and economics graduate previously worked in sales and purchasing for two other major Italian retail groups, Rinascente and Pam, first as category manager and ...
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Marchon has appointed Tony Klijn, a Dutch executive coming from...
Marchon has appointed Tony Klijn, a Dutch executive coming from Luxottica, as managing director of Marchon Germany, responsible also for the Austrian market. The position had remained vacant for about four months following the move of Micha Siebenhandl to the U.S., where he was named vice president of global house ...
