Latest News Briefs – Page 294
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The organizers of World Sight Day, an international event held...
The organizers of World Sight Day, an international event held every year Vision 2020: The Right to Sight, focused it on gender inequality in eye care last October. Women and girls make up nearly two-thirds of the world's blind and vision-impaired people, they noted. In some places, men have twice ...
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Because it sees Canada as an important target market for...
Because it sees Canada as an important target market for exports, Anfao, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers' Association, had a presence at Vision Canada in Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 13-15. Ten Italian eyewear companies attended. It is the sixth trip that Anfao has handled in an attempt to expand its export ...
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The Vision Council and the Optical Laboratories Association are looking...
The Vision Council and the Optical Laboratories Association are looking to work together and find synergies to benefit their respective members. One idea is the have OLA's annual meeting in Las Vegas sharing the exhibit hall at International Vision Expo West. Members' feedback is welcome.
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The Vision Council's annual executive summit, to be held Jan....
The Vision Council's annual executive summit, to be held Jan. 27-29 in Aventura, Florida, will differ slightly from past ones, with more opportunities for participant interaction, small group discussions and peer networking. The goal of the summit is to share ideas and get a good idea of the industry and ...
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The Optics Salon Ukraine that was scheduled for Nov. 11-13...
The Optics Salon Ukraine that was scheduled for Nov. 11-13 has been pushed back to Feb. 17-19, 2010, at the demand of exhibitors in the wake of widespread flue this season. Discussions at the show will address plans for future cooperation among Ukrainian and foreign business as well as new ...
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The official numbers are in for International Vision Expo West,...
The official numbers are in for International Vision Expo West, held Oct. 1-3 in Las Vegas, and show a 6 percent decrease from last year's figures. Total attendance amounted to 11,960 visitors, consisting of 3,900 conferees and 7,998 exhibits-only attendees. Nearly 1,500 of those visiting were from outside the U.S. ...
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International Vision Expo East placed 84th out of the top...
International Vision Expo East placed 84th out of the top 100 trade fairs in the U.S. at the recent Gold 100 Awards and Summit, held by Trade Show Executive magazine. The publication ranks the country's trade shows according to total square feet, technological innovation, green initiatives, global participation and brand ...
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Despite the sluggish economy, Specsavers is continuing its expansion in...
Despite the sluggish economy, Specsavers is continuing its expansion in the U.K., opening new stores and planning for 30-40 new ones per year. Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder of the company together with her husband, Doug, told Optician magazine that Specsavers is going into smaller markets now, so that people outside ...
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Topcon has opened a 230-square-meter office in Dublin. It includes...
Topcon has opened a 230-square-meter office in Dublin. It includes a showroom where customers can see demonstrations of its optometric and ophthalmic products, as well as a repair and service facility.
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Bausch & Lomb has bought the commercial assets of Tubilux...
Bausch & Lomb has bought the commercial assets of Tubilux Pharma, a private ophthalmic pharmaceuticals company based in Italy. The terms of the deal were not released, but B&L has bought Tubilux' ophthalmic pharmaceuticals portfolio in addition to its commercial and sales operations. Tubilux will keep its manufacturing operation, making ...
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When Novartis bought a 25 percent stake in Alcon from...
When Novartis bought a 25 percent stake in Alcon from its parent company, Nestlé, it reserved the right to buy the remaining shares for a fixed price between Jan. 1, 2010, and July 31, 2011. However, Novartis' chief financial officer, Meryl Zausner, has told the Financial Times that the company ...
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The British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is welcoming comments...
The British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is welcoming comments on the proposed takeover of Horizon Optical, a prescription lab in Dunstable, by Essilor International. Essilor filed for the acquisition of the company in September. Horizon has a staff of about 50, and is run by Ian Wooster, the managing ...
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The North American wholesale division of Luxottica Group is making...
The North American wholesale division of Luxottica Group is making some changes and investments to improve its operations as part of the global roll-out of a new SAP platform. It will close down its warehouse in Port Washington, New York, by 2010 and consolidate distribution in Atlanta, Georgia, and Ontario, ...
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Centrale des Opticiens (CDO), the French buying group controlled by...
Centrale des Opticiens (CDO), the French buying group controlled by Optic 2000, expanded its network to 1,794 points of sale by September 2009, which was 161 more than in September 2008. This record growth is partly due to 40 percent of the new opticians' becoming independent after the optical group ...
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Optic 2000 is intent on further developing the Lissac store...
Optic 2000 is intent on further developing the Lissac store network, which it bought in 2006, and is going to recruit a new managing director following the recent departure of Alain Brugerolle. Lissac counts 120 retail points in France, of which 91 are franchises. To support Lissac's expansion, Optic 2000 ...
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Michael Hoffmann is going to be the new chief executive...
Michael Hoffmann is going to be the new chief executive of Carl Zeiss Vision, starting on Dec. 1. The 48-year-old executive has worked for more than 20 years with Hewlett-Packard in various senior positions, most recently as senior vice president and general manager of its worldwide graphics solutions business. Prior ...
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Revolution Eyewear has named Steve Gintis to be its new...
Revolution Eyewear has named Steve Gintis to be its new worldwide director of operations. He most recently has been a consultant to some Chinese eyewear factories on design, sales and manufacturing. He also held positions with Safilo, Diplomat Ambassador and B. Robinson.
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Giuseppe La Boria has been appointed by Allison to be...
Giuseppe La Boria has been appointed by Allison to be senior vice president of worldwide sales and a member of its board of directors. The 51-year-old executive has been responsible lately for sales in Luxottica's wholesale division. He has served as Italian sales manager at Safilo, where he also handled ...
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Lindsay Brown has been named the new general manager of...
Lindsay Brown has been named the new general manager of Transitions Optical for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He ran his own chain of optical stores in South Africa and acted as managing director of another chain before joining Transitions in 2005, working as a business director in the ...
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Thomas Truckenbrod has been elected the new president of ZVA,...
Thomas Truckenbrod has been elected the new president of ZVA, the powerful German association of opticians, replacing Thomas Nosch, who is leaving for personal reasons after 10 years at its helm. Truckenbrod was ZVA's vice president, and his place is being taken by Christian Müller.
