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Dietmar Rathbauer is the new managing director of Rodenstock U.K.,...
Dietmar Rathbauer is the new managing director of Rodenstock U.K., replacing Barry Dibble, who has left the company. Rathbauer has been with the company for more than 10 years, and was previously managing director of Rodenstock Japan.
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Dave Brown has been named president of the Americas division...
Dave Brown has been named president of the Americas division of Vistakon, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. He will be in charge of Vistakon's U.S. and Canadian operations. He replaces Naomi Kelman, who moved to a different segment of J&J. Brown has been with J&J Vision Care ...
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The U.K. Federation of Manufacturing Opticians has added Andy Hepworth,...
The U.K. Federation of Manufacturing Opticians has added Andy Hepworth, professional relations manager for Essilor UK, to its roster of specialist advisers. He will consult on European matters, especially new legislation related to medical devices.
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Allergan had a drop in sales to $1,118.7 million for...
Allergan had a drop in sales to $1,118.7 million for the second quarter of 2009, but this was a 2.2 percent increase in constant currencies. Net earnings rose by 22.9 percent to $176.8 million. For the first half, sales fell by 4.7 percent to $2,113.3 million, with net income dropping ...
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Alcon's revenues fell by 3.4 percent to $1,677 million in...
Alcon's revenues fell by 3.4 percent to $1,677 million in the second quarter of 2009, but this was a 3.3 percent increase at constant currencies. Net earnings were up by 2.6 percent to $582 in the period. For the first half, revenues sank by 3.1 percent to $3,170 million, but ...
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In another exclusive partnership with a major brand, Salmoiraghi &...
In another exclusive partnership with a major brand, Salmoiraghi & Vigano is to distribute a special edition of Oakley eyewear consisting of five sunglass models with various combinations of colors and lenses, through 120 of its 300 stores in Italy. The models feature Tungsten Iridium ®, Black Iridium Polarized ® ...
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Allison has launched its new licensed Rock & Republic line...
Allison has launched its new licensed Rock & Republic line in the U.K., giving exclusivity for five styles of sunglasses to Harrods for three months until the end of August. The sunglass line will subsequently be carried in selected stores of the British Sunglass Hut and David Clulow chains. Luxury ...
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Optigen is accusing Joint Vision Manufacturer, a Chinese company it...
Optigen is accusing Joint Vision Manufacturer, a Chinese company it says is linked to Wenzhou Deheng Optical Company, of copying its internationally patented titanium memory metal frames and of exhibiting the counterfeit models at the Wenzhou optical industries booth during the 2009 edition of Mido in Milan. Optigen states that ...
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Vittorio Tabacchi, chairman of Safilo, has been re-elected to his...
Vittorio Tabacchi, chairman of Safilo, has been re-elected to his positions as president of Mido and Anfao, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers' Association. He has held the presidencies since 2007. Dan Emanuel Levi was also re-elected vice president of Mido.
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CECOP, a Spanish-based buying group with 1,600 affiliated outlets including...
CECOP, a Spanish-based buying group with 1,600 affiliated outlets including 300 in Italy, has announced its decision to join Assogruppi, an Italian association of optical retail groups. According to the Assogruppi chairman, Andrea Gragnani, the association will now account for some 30 percent of eyewear sales in Italy, with more ...
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Anfao, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers' Association, is taking action...
Anfao, the Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers' Association, is taking action to support its member companies in the difficult economy. With the sponsorship of Mido, Anfao's new program will allow its companies to take part collectively in important industry fairs between September and the end of the year. The first one ...
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More than 110 representatives of the vision care industry met...
More than 110 representatives of the vision care industry met in Chicago last month in the Eye Health Summit, in which they were to come to agreement on a unified message about eye health in the country. The participants say that there are many, sometimes conflicting, messages available to consumers ...
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The China International Optics Fair will be taking up 40,000...
The China International Optics Fair will be taking up 40,000 square meters at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing on Sept. 16-18. Visitors have already booked from countries as varied as Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, the U.S., Vietnam, Peru, Russia, the Ivory Coast and Egypt, among many others. The large ...
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More than 3,000 eye care professionals have pre-registered to attend...
More than 3,000 eye care professionals have pre-registered to attend the Vision Expo West show to be held in Las Vegas on Oct. 1-3. This is about apace with last year's numbers. More than 350 exhibitors are expected, including 50 new ones. Luxottica will be absent his year, though, as ...
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The organizers of Vision Expo East, held in New York...
The organizers of Vision Expo East, held in New York in March or April for 25 years, said they will not change its dates just because Mido moved its own. Vision Expo East is committed to the same time frame through 2015. The Eastern European MSOO show in Moscow, however, ...
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The organizers of Opti '10, the trade show in Munich...
The organizers of Opti '10, the trade show in Munich next January, have redesigned the show, adding a new main entrance. They note that all the major players that exhibited there in 2009 have already signed up to come back next year, and are offering a training course in October ...
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Lunettes de France and Ubifrance are organizing a pavilion for...
Lunettes de France and Ubifrance are organizing a pavilion for 16 French brands to exhibit at the 22nd International Optical Fair Tokyo in October. This will be the first French pavilion at this show. Italy will have its own showcase as well.
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Sixty-six new styles of sunglasses were unveiled at the Milano...
Sixty-six new styles of sunglasses were unveiled at the Milano Moda International Fashion Show, presented by the Italian singer Jo Squilo at the Piazza della Scala during Milan's men's wear week. Brands included Byblos, Montblanc, Zanotti-Fragonara and Kador. Organizers said around 10,000 journalists and buyers attended the event, which was ...
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De Rigo Vision has announced that it is sponsoring, with...
De Rigo Vision has announced that it is sponsoring, with Police Eyewear, the seventh edition of the Film Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio Salento Finibus Terrae; it is a short film festival taking place in southern Italian region of Apulia. De Rigo says its ongoing sponsorship of the festival falls in ...
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Acton Capital Partners, a German investor in electronic-based consumer-oriented businesses,...
Acton Capital Partners, a German investor in electronic-based consumer-oriented businesses, has pumped £10 million (€11.8m-$16.4m) into Glasses Direct, which the online retailer said would be used as working capital to expand the business, especially into the U.S. Acton Capital Partners joins Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners, which invested in ...
