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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice informing Marchon3D that it will soon issue a patent related to its curved M3D 3D lenses. The patent will also cover the method of manufacturing the patented lenses, which allow the wearer to see 3D technology in cinemas, on television ...
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The optical arm of the International Standards Organization continued to...
The optical arm of the International Standards Organization continued to work on the development of global standards at its meeting in Las Vegas in September. Over 120 participants in the meeting from 13 countries debated standards for the contents of electronic catalogs used in international trade, on allergic metals, mounted ...
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Ciba Vision recently held a European Eyelife Summit in Rome,...
Ciba Vision recently held a European Eyelife Summit in Rome, drawing more than 750 eye care professionals from 26 countries. The first day's main session addressed myopia and ways to possible prevent it. As reported in Optician, the leader of the seminar, Brien Holden, noted that 46 percent of people ...
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Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online mail-order business for top brand...
Mister Spex, Germany's biggest online mail-order business for top brand designer glasses, won the award of the Harvard Clubs of Germany in the start-up category at the German Entrepreneur Awards 2010 in Frankfurt. The selection committee praised the company's innovative and successful business model and the way in which its ...
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The Lashes ? Fly model by Okia won in the...
The Lashes ? Fly model by Okia won in the design category of the open group in the Hong Kong Eyewear Design Competition, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. It also took a Grand Award and the Greatest Creativity Award. Bobo Lai created the frame, which calls to ...
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Cazal has gotten the 2011 Eyewear of the Year award...
Cazal has gotten the 2011 Eyewear of the Year award in the sunglass category for its Cazal 8003 model at the 24th International Optical Fair in Tokyo. The style is said to be inspired by design details of legendary vintage models.
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Rupp+Hubrach has been voted best German supplier of eyeglass lenses...
Rupp+Hubrach has been voted best German supplier of eyeglass lenses in the overall evaluation of a research study conducted by Markt Intern. Eleven categories were evaluated by the respondents. In the categories of product quality, variety and service, Rupp+Hubach was deemed best. The company, a subsidiary of Essilor International based ...
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Luxottica and Safilo improved the rankings of their websites sites...
Luxottica and Safilo improved the rankings of their websites sites according to a Hallvarsson & Halvarsson (H&H) survey establishing the best corporate sites in Italy for the 100 companies with the largest market capitalization on the local stock exchange. In the ninth edition of H&H's Italian Webranking, Luxottica gained a ...
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Kenny Moscot, the president of Moscot Optical, died on Nov....
Kenny Moscot, the president of Moscot Optical, died on Nov. 5 at the age of 40. He had had cancer. His brother, Harvey Moscot, his partner in the New York-based eyewear/optical business, has taken over as president. Moscot Optical is a fourth-generation family-owned company started in 1915.
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Kirk Originals is opening a new flagship store on Conduit...
Kirk Originals is opening a new flagship store on Conduit Street in London. It had already closed its store in Covent Garden. The flagship is three times the size of its other 9-year-old shop, which was run lately as a franchise and is now called McClintock. The new store, which ...
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Eyefinity/OfficeMate, which belongs to the VSP group that owns Marchon,...
Eyefinity/OfficeMate, which belongs to the VSP group that owns Marchon, has bought AcuityLogic, a company that provides software solutions for practice management and point-of-sale solution for eye care practices. AcuityLogic's former owners, Sam Nasser and Digesh Sahu, are still senior managers with their old company, reporting to Ed Buffington, chief ...
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Bert Smelik, former sales director of Friedrichs BV, is starting...
Bert Smelik, former sales director of Friedrichs BV, is starting up his own business, BeSmart Consulting. The new firm will help companies solve problems big and small. Smelik has 25 years in the optical industry; Friedrichs is described as the largest independent optical wholesale company in the Netherlands.
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Ann Whelpton, a founding director of Humberside Optical Services, has...
Ann Whelpton, a founding director of Humberside Optical Services, has bought the British firm out from bankruptcy. The optical lens manufacturing company was put into administration at the end of August after a long period of difficult trading and falling orders. It finally lost the business of a major customer. ...
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Marchon Eyewear is moving its headquarters to a larger space...
Marchon Eyewear is moving its headquarters to a larger space in its hometown of Melville, New York, on Long Island. It is also expanding its New York City studio and showroom, adding another floor. Marchon will keep the site of its old headquarters to be used as an operational facility ...
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Schneider Optical Machines has moved its U.S. headquarters to The...
Schneider Optical Machines has moved its U.S. headquarters to The Colony, Texas, from Carrollton in the same state. The 1,100-square-meter foot facility is 50 percent larger than Schneider's previous location and includes expanded warehouse and inventory space, a training facility and spare room for expansion.
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Ocuco is entering the Canadian market through a new $2...
Ocuco is entering the Canadian market through a new $2 million deal with FYi Doctors. Ocuco will provide the 75-store chain with Acuitas Enterprise, its main optical retail management software. Ocuco is prepared for FYi Doctors to expand, signing the deal for 100 locations. Ocuco, based in Dublin, says that ...
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Dave Cole has been promoted chief operating officer of Transitions...
Dave Cole has been promoted chief operating officer of Transitions Optical, reporting directly to the company's chief executive, Rick Elias. Cole has been with the company since it got started in 1990. He has been serving lately as general manager for North America, Australia and New Zealand, and ...
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Marc Tersigni is taking up the newly created position of...
Marc Tersigni is taking up the newly created position of managing director for the Essilor Group in the U.K. and Ireland. He has been with Essilor since 1996. In addition, Mike Kirkley, a 25-year veteran of the company, is the new managing director of Essilor. He most recently was executive ...
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Emerging Vision has named Sam Herskowitz to be the president...
Emerging Vision has named Sam Herskowitz to be the president of the American company's buying group division. He has been president of the company's franchise division since July 2007, and before that was chief marketing officer. As buying group president, he reports to Glenn Spina, Emerging Vision's president and chief ...
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Matt Cevasco has been named president and general manager of...
Matt Cevasco has been named president and general manager of Briot USA, replacing Tom Pfledging, who has left the company to pursue other interests. He reports to Marc Abitbol, the chief executive of Luneau Technology. The French supplier of ophthalmic diagnostic systems acquired Briot USA's parent company, Briot International, in ...
