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The Commissione Difesa Vista (Sight Defense Commission) of ANFAO, the...
The Commissione Difesa Vista (Sight Defense Commission) of ANFAO, the Italian optical industry association, has come to the conclusion that Italy is lacking in any serious preventive eye care. A survey commissioned by CRA (Customized Research & Analysis) has shown that high percentages of the population in all age groups ...
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The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and the Istituto David...
The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and the Istituto David Chiossone in Genoa are joining together to conduct tests on ?intelligent glasses? for people with low vision. The glasses, resulting from the work of IIT and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, turn visual information into tactile information ...
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A study commissioned by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, a British...
A study commissioned by the Thomas Pocklington Trust, a British charity, has found that almost half of the Londoners over 65 surveyed had vision problems, and one-third of them could be corrected with new glasses. Researchers said this was evidence that seniors need to be encouraged to seek out eye ...
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The 2008 Plimsoll Analysis of England's optical goods industry has...
The 2008 Plimsoll Analysis of England's optical goods industry has some sobering news: In the next year, more than 1,000 jobs could be lost as faltering companies consolidate in the troubled economy. Analysts looked at 468 of the top U.K. companies and classified them as being in danger, needing tweaks ...
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In an interview with Optician magazine, Martin O'Brien, the president...
In an interview with Optician magazine, Martin O'Brien, the president of the Association of Optometrists Ireland, complained that Irish optometrists were paying 18 to 20 percent more for their supplies than their counterparts in the U.K. He said that most U.K. suppliers set their prices last September, and maintain their ...
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Luxottica Group has combined its three charitable programs into one...
Luxottica Group has combined its three charitable programs into one that will be dedicated to improving vision through outreach, research and education. OneSight will replace Give the Gift of Sight, the Pearle Vision Foundation and Community I-Care, placing them all under one umbrella. It is divided into four areas: global ...
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Three majors ? Allison, De Rigo and Marchon ? will...
Three majors ? Allison, De Rigo and Marchon ? will come back to the Opti-München show next month. Other newcomers are Ed Hardy, Kilsgaard, Jai Kudo, Marcus Marienfeld, Mormaii and Theo.
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Silhouette is running a marketing campaign around the concept of...
Silhouette is running a marketing campaign around the concept of wellness, ecology and good health. It provides recommendations on sight health with relation to UV radiation, blue light and excessive stress on the eyes. In this framework, Silhouette's Italian subsidiary has presented its 2009 sunwear collection in the Aveda Lifestyle ...
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Adidas Eyewear is the technical sponsor of the Arctic expedition...
Adidas Eyewear is the technical sponsor of the Arctic expedition ?Oltre ? Beyond the Edge,? which left Milan on Nov. 30. This subsidiary of Silhouette is providing its Elevation ClimaCool glasses and ID2 goggles. From Milan, the 45 trekkers were headed to North Cape, Norway, from which they would set ...
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Vision Express has shut down six of the 75 Batemans...
Vision Express has shut down six of the 75 Batemans stores that it bought last May, according to Optician, as they compete with existing Vision Express joint ventures.
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The 240 independent hearing aid centers of Entendre are set...
The 240 independent hearing aid centers of Entendre are set to quit the French Guildinvest group because of conflicting views, according to Acuité.
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Jürgen Schofeld is the new general manager of Bach Optic,...
Jürgen Schofeld is the new general manager of Bach Optic, replacing Arnoud Walkate who is retiring.
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Friedhelm Koppert, who was replaced a few weeks ago by...
Friedhelm Koppert, who was replaced a few weeks ago by Thomas Akiyama as general manager of Aoyama in Germany, is now leaving the company completely.
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The U.S. subsidiary of Eschenbach Optik in Connecticut is the...
The U.S. subsidiary of Eschenbach Optik in Connecticut is the new exclusive distributor in North America for Ash Technologies, an Irish producer of pocket and portable video magnifiers for the visually impaired.
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Reichert has named Edward Newill, formerly the vice president for...
Reichert has named Edward Newill, formerly the vice president for U.S. sales at Heidelberg Engineering, to be its vice president for sales and marketing.
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Sunglass Hut, in partnership with the New Delhi real estate...
Sunglass Hut, in partnership with the New Delhi real estate developer DLF Group, will open the first of more than 100 stores in India this month. Luxottica Group, the parent company of Sunglass Hut, said that the new stores will be located in high-end malls and premium retail locations. The ...
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Boucheron, the high-end jeweler owned by Gucci Group, has signed...
Boucheron, the high-end jeweler owned by Gucci Group, has signed an agreement with Gold & Wood for a line of sunglasses and optical frames that were previously made for it by Safilo. Gold a Wood, the fine specialist based in Luxembourg, will make its first Boucheron pieces available for next ...
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Tom Davis has been appointed to the new position of...
Tom Davis has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Davis Vision (no relation), a subsidiary of HVHC, which is in turn a Highmark company. He will be in charge of all sales and marketing activities. He comes from Spectera/United Health Care ...
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Essilor UK has promoted Mike Kirkley to business development director...
Essilor UK has promoted Mike Kirkley to business development director for the Northern European regional team; he had been the sales director for the company for 10 years. Satnam Bhuller will take over the job as he moves over from Pfizer, where he was the regional business director for Scotland ...
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Optim Group signed new agreements at SILMO for the distribution...
Optim Group signed new agreements at SILMO for the distribution of its products in Morocco, Tunisia, India and New Zealand. The Spanish company has appointed two export agents who work for other brands to help it to grow its export business: reporting to Maria Fernandez, the company's export manager, an ...
