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The 19th Hong Kong Optical Fair scheduled for Nov. 3-5,...
The 19th Hong Kong Optical Fair scheduled for Nov. 3-5, which is running alongside the 9th Hong Kong Optometric Conference, which will feature optometric and neuroscience experts from Canada, Hong Kong, Finland and Singapore discussing the conference's theme, “Vision for the Next Generation.” Subjects include research on DISC Lens for ...
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Orient International Exhibition Company, which organizes the China International Optics...
Orient International Exhibition Company, which organizes the China International Optics Fairs in Shanghai and Beijing, confirms that the 12th edition of the Shanghai show, scheduled for next Feb. 22-24, will be held at the larger and more modern venue of the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, closer to ...
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Derek McLaren, former managing director of Grafton Optical and Silhouette...
Derek McLaren, former managing director of Grafton Optical and Silhouette UK, passed away last month after a long illness. A well-known member of the British eyewear industry, he acted as a trustee of the Eyecare Trust and as chairman of the Optical Frame Importers Association within the U.K. Federation of ...
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Robert A. Amato, former president of Jobson Publishing/Jobson Medical Information,...
Robert A. Amato, former president of Jobson Publishing/Jobson Medical Information, died on Sept. 19 at the age of 80. His family said he had a stroke and lapsed into a coma, and never recovered. Amato started his publishing career with General Binding Corporation, then took a sales position at ...
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Werner Grau, CEO of the Uvex sports group, will be...
Werner Grau, CEO of the Uvex sports group, will be retiring after 33 years in the family business and leaving the company at the end of July next year. From January 2012, Katharina Le Thierry will assume the post. Born in 1964, she has had a long management experience in ...
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Gregor Dietachmayr, a former managing director of Fischer Sports, doesn't...
Gregor Dietachmayr, a former managing director of Fischer Sports, doesn't have to worry anymore whether there is going to be enough snow on the ground as the new international sales manager of Silhouette International. The 45-year-old Austrian manager has replaced Markus Wall after three years in the position. Dietachmayr worked ...
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Some new faces will be in top positions at CooperVision...
Some new faces will be in top positions at CooperVision as of Nov. 1. Dennis Murphy, president for the Americas, will be the executive vice president for global sales and marketing. Andrew Sedgwick, currently the president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will be taking up Murphy's old job, ...
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Schneider Optical Machines has chosen Kevin Cross to be its...
Schneider Optical Machines has chosen Kevin Cross to be its new director of sales for North America. Cross has a decade of experience in the optical industry, more recently as manager of U.S. ophthalmic sales and marketing for Leybold Optics. He has also worked with Carl Zeiss Vision and Northeast ...
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Douglas Perkins, 68, and his 67-year-old wife, Mary, founders of...
Douglas Perkins, 68, and his 67-year-old wife, Mary, founders of Specsavers, were recently listed among the new British billionaires in the 2011 Rich List of the Sunday Times of London. The combined wealth of the couple and their family rose in 2010 by 42 percent to £1,150 million (€1,298m-$1,882m). The ...
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Safilo has introduced the use of tablet computers among its...
Safilo has introduced the use of tablet computers among its sales force to present its collections. The software was developed with the Italian company H-umus, while the telecommunications infrastructure is managed by British Telecom. The devices are expected to speed up the interaction between the marketplace and the company as ...
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Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce...
Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce and distribute Borsalino eyewear, will have exclusivity for Italian sales of Zadig & Voltaire sun and prescription eyewear, under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brands O.I and Lunettes Grasset, the French company that holds the worldwide eyewear license ...
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Optician has reported that several chain optical stores suffered damages...
Optician has reported that several chain optical stores suffered damages in the recent unrest in London. Branches of Specsavers and Vision Express in Wood Green, Enfield and Brixton were all forced to close, and many others were on high alert at the advice of the police. Optician noted that independent ...
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Hoya and Nidek are joining together to offer their diagnostic...
Hoya and Nidek are joining together to offer their diagnostic and lens technologies to independent British practices. Hoya will make the capital payment for Nidek technology for a given period of time; at the end of the agreement, if the practice has sold a designated level of Hoya lenses, it ...
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Marchon3D has launched its first vending machines selling its EX3D...
Marchon3D has launched its first vending machines selling its EX3D glasses for 3D movies at theaters in San Diego and Huntington Beach, California. Moviegoers can select from a range of styles of the curved, Real D glasses, make their selection and pay by credit card. The glasses retail for $22 ...
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The stores owned by Optic 2000 or affiliated with this...
The stores owned by Optic 2000 or affiliated with this French retail group increased their sales on average by 6.41 percent in the first half of this year, with an excellent score of 11.11 percent in May. One of the group's chains, Lissac, saw its sales rise by 9.09 percent ...
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Johnson & Johnson's vision care operations showed sales increases in...
Johnson & Johnson's vision care operations showed sales increases in the second quarter of 5.6 percent in the U.S. to $245 million and of 13.3 percent elsewhere to $487 million, but in local currencies the growth outside the U.S. was limited to 2.1 percent. J&J's Vistakon disposable contact lenses were ...
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Allergan's sales of eye care pharmaceuticals rose in the second...
Allergan's sales of eye care pharmaceuticals rose in the second quarter by 13.8 percent to $657.6 million as compared to the same period one year ago, with a rise of 10.1 percent in local currencies. The company's total net product sales rose 13.7 percent to $1,400.4 million, up by 9.6 ...
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Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a...
Jobson Optical Research's Optical Business Barometer for July saw a slight uptick to 3.7, from 3.6 in June. The barometer, which measures the attitudes toward the industry of independent professionals in the U.S., runs on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is very negative and 5 is very ...
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Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corporation and X6D Limited have...
Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corporation and X6D Limited have announced their intention to collaborate in the development of a new technology standard for 3D active glasses. According to their announcement, their new Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative will involve the development and licensing of radio-frequency (RF) system protocols between ...
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Adlens, a company in Oxford, England, has developed Emergensee, a...
Adlens, a company in Oxford, England, has developed Emergensee, a pair of adjustable eyeglasses that can correct almost anybody's requirements for near or far vision in an emergency, such as when the wearer loses his or her own glasses. The spectacles employ adaptive lens technology developed by a Nobel ...
