Latest News Briefs – Page 260
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- The maximum throughput of Schneider's compact new DSC Prolab...
- The maximum throughput of Schneider's compact new DSC Prolab is 10 jobs per hour, not 10 lenses per hour.
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Bridgepoint Capital indicates that it has started a strategic review...
Bridgepoint Capital indicates that it has started a strategic review that may lead it to cash out of its majority stake of 57 percent in Alain Afflelou. The investment fund is studying several options including a sale of the shares or a return to the stock exchange for the French ...
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On June 16, Safilo will redeem €60 million worth of...
On June 16, Safilo will redeem €60 million worth of high-yield bonds in advance through its subsidiary Safilo Capital International. The buyback represents 30.8 percent of its outstanding bonds, reducing the amount of notes in circulation to €135 million from €195 million. The bonds, which are due to expire in ...
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Giovanni Marcolin Coffen no longer controls Inmar, the family holding...
Giovanni Marcolin Coffen no longer controls Inmar, the family holding company that owns 25.04 percent of Marcolin. The change follows a reshuffle of voting rights among shareholders conducted on April 28. It was reported by Consob, the watchdog of the Italian stock exchange.
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The German optical retailers' association, ZVA, has struck a strategic...
The German optical retailers' association, ZVA, has struck a strategic agreement with www.brillenanprobe.be, a German internet portal for virtual try-ons of spectacles. ZVA plans to make its services available to more than 6,000 retailers and up to 2 million customers this year, creating the biggest internet portal for German end ...
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Atol, a French opticians' cooperative, reports that a total of...
Atol, a French opticians' cooperative, reports that a total of six outlets have already been opened as part of its Archipel project, which helps young opticians to finance the start-up of relatively large stores that would otherwise be beyond their means. The cooperative, which expects to reach a total of ...
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Delker Optik, a German chain of optical retail stores, is...
Delker Optik, a German chain of optical retail stores, is investing €1 million to build a new head office and laboratory at Eisenberg. It should become operative next November. Delker has also hired new collaborators to expand the activities of its web shop, which went online at the end of ...
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Vision-Ease Lens is buying a cast resin factory in Bangkok...
Vision-Ease Lens is buying a cast resin factory in Bangkok as part of its effort to expand in Asia. The plant, which it is buying from Indelor Lens (Thailand) Company Ltd. (Indo) once governmental and other conditions are met, will help Vision-Ease expand its ability to make advanced technology and ...
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In response to growing demand for its luxury eyewear, TD...
In response to growing demand for its luxury eyewear, TD Tom Davis has increased the workforce by 22 percent at its workshop in Shenzen since last December. The British designer eyewear company, which won an award from Optician magazine at the recent Optrafair show in Birmingham, says it invited 12 ...
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Johnson & Johnson is spending $21.3 billion to acquire Synthes,...
Johnson & Johnson is spending $21.3 billion to acquire Synthes, a huge supplier of medical equipment and orthopedic protheses. The takeover, which is the biggest one it ever made, turns J&J into the leader in the global market for orthopedic surgery, which is growing rapidly and is estimated at $37 ...
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Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the...
Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the annual meeting that the time seems to have come for the company's current chief executive, Hubert Sagnières, take over his place and become chairman and CEO. The move will be discussed at the next meetings of the board of directors ...
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Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland,...
Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland, replacing Stefan Schicke, who has left the company after five years in the job. Schmidt, 45, acted as managing director of Hoya in Germany until 2004. Most recently, he was a top manager at Flemming Dental, a German company dealing ...
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Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor...
Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor International on a global basis, has left the company, VMail reports. He will be pursuing other interests. Fay joined the company last spring to take up the newly created position, overseeing FramesDirect and the MyOnlineOptical business of Essilor of America. ...
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Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24,...
Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24, a German e-commerce operation in the eyewear sector. He will work together with Matthias Hunecke, founder of the company in Oldenburg. Zimmermann was one of the founders of Brands4friends, the digital shopping club that was taken over by eBay at ...
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Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany...
Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany for eight years after setting up its South African subsidiary in the late 1990s, has joined the advisory board of Mister Spex, the fast-growing German online retailer of ophthalmic glasses and frames. He will be particularly involved in the planned ...
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Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren...
Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren Meyer, vice president for laboratory operations since 2009, is being promoted to senior vice president of the same division. Meyer is the founder of CustomEyes (1989) and Perfect Optics (2006), and also held a management position at Essilor Labs. He's ...
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Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for...
Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for shooting and other purposes that was recently acquired by Sportsquest, has picked Jim Spangler to be its new vice president for marketing and brand development. Formerly he was the president of World Axis Group, an advertising agency in the state ...
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Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice...
Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice president for product development, after two years of consulting for the company. She will be responsible for design and product development with an eye on new strategies and profitability.
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Mondottica Group has opened a sales subsidiary in Italy, Mondottica...
Mondottica Group has opened a sales subsidiary in Italy, Mondottica Italia srl, based near Padova. Egidio Schintu, a partner who holds a minority stake in the company, will manage the subsidiary. The Italian executive was one of the founders of Optiproject, the company that is now named Allison. The company ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor,...
Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor, Lunetterie Parisienne, for the sale in the country of the lines from its Nickelodeon collection bearing the names of three comics characters, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. These feature colorful prescription frames and sunglasses for children. ...
