Latest News Briefs – Page 262
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Silmo is organizing an exhibition of posters at the next...
Silmo is organizing an exhibition of posters at the next show that would convey information to visitors about scientific studies made on any subject related to vision care. The initiative will run in parallel with the Silmo Academy, a scientific convention being held for the second time during the fair, ...
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Prescription Eyewear, the parent company of Glasses Direct, has bought...
Prescription Eyewear, the parent company of Glasses Direct, has bought Sunglasses Shop, described as the largest online retailer of designer sunglasses in Europe. Glasses Direct and Sunglasses Shop will continue to operate separately; combined, they are expected to sell 250,000 pairs of sunglasses a year with more than 8 million ...
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To help keep pace with its growth, Safilens has opened...
To help keep pace with its growth, Safilens has opened a new logistics center in Venice with 1,800 meters of shelving to more easily manage increasing volumes of shipments – in five years, the company has gone from storing about 5,000 products to storing more than 28,000. The new center ...
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Emerging Vision has gone private, after merging with its majority...
Emerging Vision has gone private, after merging with its majority stockholder. The North American optical retail company is now a subsidiary of EMVI Holdings, the sole shareholder of EMVI Acquisition Corporation, which has a stake of just over 91 percent in Emerging Vision. The change saw Emerging Vision's major stockholders ...
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Walgreens, the huge American drugstore chain, is buying Drugstore.com, parent...
Walgreens, the huge American drugstore chain, is buying Drugstore.com, parent company of VisionDirect.com and other online health and beauty sites. The price was said to be about $409 million. VisionDirect.com sells replacement contact lenses to large chains such as LensCrafters and PearleVision. The deal should close by the end of ...
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Mitsui Chemicals has entered into a share purchase and transfer...
Mitsui Chemicals has entered into a share purchase and transfer agreement to acquire all shares of Acomon AG, a Swiss manufacturer and distributor of monomers for optical lenses. Through the deal, Acomon became a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Mitsui The share purchase and transfer was finalized on April 6. ...
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The Singapore subsidiary of Menicon has opened up a new...
The Singapore subsidiary of Menicon has opened up a new 6,000-square-meter facility for manufacturing daily disposable contact lens. The $97 million factory also has space for R&D. Seventy-nine people work at the plant, which has quality control systems and state-of-the-art production technology.
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Vision-Ease Lens has started up production again in Jakarta after...
Vision-Ease Lens has started up production again in Jakarta after a fire destroyed its plant there nearly a year and a half ago. Because of the fire, Vision-Ease suspended manufacturing of a number of products, but this has now resumed. The company has completely rebuilt the plant, using state-of-the-art manufacturing ...
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Luca Zangrandi, the key accounts manager for sport optics at...
Luca Zangrandi, the key accounts manager for sport optics at Bushnell Italia, has been promoted to country manager for Italy. The 32-year-old joined Bushnell last year.
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Fabio Patrizi, former head of marketing at Marcolin, has been...
Fabio Patrizi, former head of marketing at Marcolin, has been appointed general manager at Inottica, a position previously held by Giuseppe Losapio, the group's chairman. Patrizi took up his job on April 1. Inottica's head office is based near the Italian town of Brescia and the company specializes in eyewear ...
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Free Optik, an Italian buying group with over 200 member...
Free Optik, an Italian buying group with over 200 member opticians, has a new chairman. Sandro Kichelmacher, who founded the group 18 years ago, is retiring after 60 years in the optical business. On April 3, the group's annual general meeting approved the nomination of his 45-year-old son, Marco Kichelmacher.
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Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec...
Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec to join the management of Carl Zeiss Vision. The move would seem to confirm the possibility of stronger interaction between these two components of the Carl Zeiss group in the future. Thomas Simmerer has taken Krauss' place at Carl Zeiss ...
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James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics...
James Harrison, a 40-year-old manager who has worked for Asics and Nike before, has been named brand manager at Oakley Europe for apparel, footwear and accessories. He takes the place of Urs Egli, who becomes global category manager of Oakley for technical outerwear.
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Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has...
Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has appointed his son Kevin manager of new business development for the U.S. based company. Kevin, who graduated from a college in Boston last year, has the assignment to modernize the remeyewear.com website, to launch an aggressive internet marketing campaign, and ...
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Tifosi Optics, the U.S.-based maker of high-tech eyewear for athletes,...
Tifosi Optics, the U.S.-based maker of high-tech eyewear for athletes, has named Bob Bartlett to the new position of operations manager. His previous experience includes stints with Dunlop Maxfli, Srixon Sports USA, US Kids Golf and PowerBilt Golf. He will be in charge of inside sales and warehouse operations at ...
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Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco,...
Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco, also overseeing the company's business in the Asia-Pacific region from his base in Brisbane, Australia. Scrooby is an optometrist who set up the U.K. Classic Eyes chain, which has stores in the U.K. and South Africa. He was one of ...
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The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by...
The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by opening a new sales branch in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It will help the Japanese company to better respond to the needs of customers in the inland part of the country, where the economy is expanding. Chengdu itself ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in...
Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in Latin America, Australia, Europe and India through its presence at recent fairs such as Mido in Milan and Vision Expo East in New York. The new business concerns two of its lines in particular: Umbro Diamond Collection, consisting of sun and ...
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Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci...
Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci Eyewear in the U.S., with its holding company, Tek Optical, concluding a deal with Da Vinci Italy (La Fenice S.R.L.). Windsor Eyes, the former distributor, will no longer sell the Da Vinci brand in the U.S. Ennio De Martino, the ...
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Mister Spex, the German online optical retailer, is planning a...
Mister Spex, the German online optical retailer, is planning a partnership program with brick-and-mortar opticians. The start of the concept is planned for the coming weeks. In the medium term, Mister Spex plans to work with opticians in the main German cities. The company is still searching for opticians who ...
