Latest News Briefs – Page 314
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After evaluating staffing needs in the wake of the move...
After evaluating staffing needs in the wake of the move of some production to the group's large factory in Thailand, Hoya Lens UK will eliminate 27 jobs at its Wrexham, England, production site. The employees, who make up less than 5 percent of the workforce, will mostly be cut by ...
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Ocuco Group, which makes software to assist with managing optical...
Ocuco Group, which makes software to assist with managing optical practices, has bought Luna IT Services, whose product, Klaeidos, is used in optical chains in Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece and Cyprus. Ocuco now has software support and development centers in the U.K., Ireland, the USA, France and Italy. Separately, it ...
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Buchmann Optical Holding and INDO have begun to develop the...
Buchmann Optical Holding and INDO have begun to develop the first synergies following their agreement to pool their ophthalmic equipment operations (EWI #9-10 of July 29). Schöne Optikmaschinen, an independent distributor that was already marketing INDO's equipment in Germany, will take over the distribution of Buchmann's high-end BRIOT line from ...
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At the next SILMO, Aoyama Optical is going to present...
At the next SILMO, Aoyama Optical is going to present a new eyewear line licensed by S.T. Dupont, a French company known for its pens, wallets, fragrances, sportwear and other products for men. The line will be introduced first in Asia and then from next March in Europe.
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Strellson has changed licensees for its eyewear. The Swiss fashion...
Strellson has changed licensees for its eyewear. The Swiss fashion brand has appointed Luxess Brandpower to take care of the line, starting with the Spring/Summer 2008 season, after working through an Austrian company, Estede, which used Alpina to market the line in Germany.
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Nouveau Eyewear and Phoebe Company have signed a licensing deal...
Nouveau Eyewear and Phoebe Company have signed a licensing deal for Nouveau to make frames, sunglasses and readers with the labels Kay Unger New York and Phoebe Couture for distribution in Europe, the USA, Canada and Mexico. The Kay Unger line will feature statement couture pieces as well as classic ...
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Signature Eyewear will start making and distributing Michael Stars eyewear,...
Signature Eyewear will start making and distributing Michael Stars eyewear, a new addition to this brand of lifestyle T-shirts based in Los Angeles. Its clothes sell at stores such as Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's and specialty boutiques as well as Michael Stars' brick-and-mortar and online stores. The licensing deal is for distribution ...
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Sales in Europe and the USA helped Shamir Optical Industry,...
Sales in Europe and the USA helped Shamir Optical Industry, the Israeli lens manufacturer, to post a 25.4 percent increase in sales to $37.1 million for the second quarter ended June 30. The gross profit was up by 28.9 percent to $20.1 million. Net income grew by 29.8 percent to ...
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Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optics and LEM,...
Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optics and LEM, saw a 16.7 percent increase in sales to $14.0 million for the second quarter. The company attributed the growth to higher prices and better product mix and availability. Orange 21 still reported a net loss of $0.3 million, but this ...
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Maui Jim has introduced the MauiPassport, a back-surface lens design...
Maui Jim has introduced the MauiPassport, a back-surface lens design that works for single-vision or progressive prescriptions, even in the latest wrap-style glasses. Maui Jim worked with Shamir Optical Industry on the design of the lenses, which are said to provide enhanced color, acuity and glare protection, and edge-to-edge clarity.
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Italy's largest optical chain, has finished up...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò, Italy's largest optical chain, has finished up its campaign to support initiatives to collect and re-use second-hand eyewear, in partnership with the Italian division of CBM International, an NGO that works for the prevention and treatment of blindness and other handicaps in developing countries. Through Sept. 30, ...
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The Vision Council, the American group that represents manufacturers and...
The Vision Council, the American group that represents manufacturers and suppliers in the optical industry, has won an award for a consumer health information program. The council's Eye Safety Kit, which was intended to inform physical education teachers, coaches and parents about the importance of eye safety in sports for ...
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Transitions Optical has launched a new version of its website...
Transitions Optical has launched a new version of its website www.eyeglassguide.ca, where customers answer a series of questions to come up with the glasses best-suited for them. The questions ask about use of the glasses as well as lifestyle and physical characteristics, and the end result can be printed out ...
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An Australian study has found that 12-year-old children who spend...
An Australian study has found that 12-year-old children who spend more time indoors watching television, reading or playing video games are more likely to have myopia. On the other hand, children who spend more time outside, with sports or leisure activities, have more hyperopic refractions and less myopia. The association ...
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The European Union has ordered France to lift its ban...
The European Union has ordered France to lift its ban on the sale of optical goods online, with the possibility of legal action if the ban isn't lifted within two months. Under French law, not even optical professionals can sell eye-care-related goods online.
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Some schools in the U.K. prohibit sunglasses anywhere on their...
Some schools in the U.K. prohibit sunglasses anywhere on their grounds, and the president of the European Sunglass Association wants the government to come up with a national policy allowing them. Rod Lane has asked the Department for Children, Schools and Families to allow sunglasses for students, noting that by ...
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Vision Direct has to pay £60,896 (CONVERSION) after pleading guilty...
Vision Direct has to pay £60,896 (CONVERSION) after pleading guilty to selling contact lenses illegally. Britain's General Optical Council prosecuted Vision Direct for selling contact lenses without a prescription and without the supervision of a doctor or optician. The judge in the case ordered Vision Direct to pay £600 per ...
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Some 150 new exhibitors are going to show at the...
Some 150 new exhibitors are going to show at the SILMO fair starting in Paris next Oct. 30. The total number of exhibitors will remain more or less the same as before at around 1,000 as some companies decided to leave, mainly because of its relatively late dates, which will ...
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Laurence Lafont, artistic director of the French eyewear company that...
Laurence Lafont, artistic director of the French eyewear company that bears her family's name, has passed away at the age of 62. Closely linked to her husband Philippe Lafont, who has been running the company, she began to design the first frames in 1972 for sale at the family's first ...
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Eye Care Centers of America's revenues rose by 12.1 percent...
Eye Care Centers of America's revenues rose by 12.1 percent to $128.1 million in the second quarter ended June 28, with same-store sales up by 7.9 percent and with a 23.2 percent increase in managed vision revenues. This chain, whose store count increased by 8 doors to 417 units during ...
