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Davis Vision,the managed vision unit of Highmark, has named Steve...
Davis Vision,the managed vision unit of Highmark, has named Steve Holden, a veteran of managed vision care, as its new president effective immediately. He has been a consultant since Cole Vision was sold to Luxottica Group in 2004; before that, he was president of Cole Managed Vision. Holden replaces Joe ...
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Jürgen Bischoff has become joint managing director of Seiko Optical...
Jürgen Bischoff has become joint managing director of Seiko Optical Europe, sitting next to Akira Nakashima who has been running the operation for many years. A former executive of Siemens and RWE, Bischoff ran the former consumer optics division of Carl Zeiss between 2000 and 2005, before the acquisition of ...
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Marc-Oliver Schneider, previously with Bosch Siemens, has been reportedly named...
Marc-Oliver Schneider, previously with Bosch Siemens, has been reportedly named as the new sales manager of Rodenstock. Furthermore Barry Dibble, who originally joined Rodenstock in 1989, is returning to the fold as managing director according to another report. He last worked for the company in the capital equipment division, but ...
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David Nygren, a U.K.-based executive who has been responsible lately...
David Nygren, a U.K.-based executive who has been responsible lately for global marketing strategies at CooperVision, has given notice that he plans to leave the company at the end of October to explore new opportunities in the U.K. or elsewhere in Europe. Nygren was transferred six years ago from CVI ...
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Jeff Saddington, the president and chief executive of VisionWeb, is...
Jeff Saddington, the president and chief executive of VisionWeb, is retiring effective Sept. 1 to pursue a Master's of Divinity degree. He will be succeeded by Ken Englehart, the chief operating officer of this American joint venture of Essilor since March, when he joined the company. Saddington has been with ...
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Transitions Optical has named Grady Lenski to the new position...
Transitions Optical has named Grady Lenski to the new position of director of Transitions sunwear, a segment the company entered in 2006. He will handle global business strategies to expand the category. Lenski joined Transitions from PPG Industries, co-owner of Transitions with Essilor International, in 1994, and most recently was ...
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Gerber Scientific is cutting about 6 percent of its global...
Gerber Scientific is cutting about 6 percent of its global workforce, or about 135 people, after seeing soft demand in some Gerber Coburn equipment and Gerber's apparel and flexible materials equipment in the first quarter, ended July 31. The move will cost the company about $1.0 million in severance pay, ...
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For the second quarter ended June 30, Novartis' $10.73 billion...
For the second quarter ended June 30, Novartis' $10.73 billion in sales was spurred in part by an 11.9 percent jump in sales in its Consumer Health operation, which climbed to $1.53 billion. The division's performance was led by CIBA Vision, which saw improvements over the same period last year ...
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Orange 21, the parent of Spy Optic, saw improved, if...
Orange 21, the parent of Spy Optic, saw improved, if still negative, results for the quarter ended June 30. The $273,000 loss it reported for the period compares with a loss of $1.6 million in the same quarter last year, and sales were up by 16.7 percent to $14.0 million. ...
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Electric Eyewear, which was bought in January by Volcom, had...
Electric Eyewear, which was bought in January by Volcom, had sales of $6.4 million for the second quarter ended June 30, about $600,000 worse than expected. The company blamed the performance on the poor economic climate in North America and Europe. Electric had an operating loss of $90,000 for the ...
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Membership in the Association of British Dispensing Opticians increased from...
Membership in the Association of British Dispensing Opticians increased from 8,507 to 8,548 between 2006 and 2007, according to its annual report, which ABDO says proves that demand for dispensing opticians in the U.K. continues to grow. For 2007, the group's turnover increased by 7.9 percent to £2.2 million (€2.8m-$4.1m), ...
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The Optical Laboratories Association (OLA) of the USA has resigned...
The Optical Laboratories Association (OLA) of the USA has resigned after more than 25 years as the secretariat of the Committee for Standards in Ophthalmic Optics of the American National Standards Institute. The Vision Council has been named to replace it on the committee, also called Accredited Standards Committee Z80. ...
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The second quarter went better than the first one for...
The second quarter went better than the first one for Fielmann, which has reported consolidated sales of €449 million for the six months ended June 30, up from €416.8 million in the same period of the prior year. The German people are spending more on average for sophisticated lenses, company ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the major Italian optical retail chain, has...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò, the major Italian optical retail chain, has expanded its store network to 480 doors as of the month of July from the 436 units it had at the end of the first half of its fiscal year in March. The group is still aiming for a total ...
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Oakley has opened a new store in Denver, Colorado, that...
Oakley has opened a new store in Denver, Colorado, that targets active customers who want sunwear for sports. Called N3L Optics, for Newton's three laws of motion, it offers about 900 frames from brands that are owned by Oakley's parent, Luxottica Group, such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Prada, as well ...
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The Marcolin Group has signed a 5-year licensing agreement for...
The Marcolin Group has signed a 5-year licensing agreement for the production and distribution worldwide of a line of men's and women's sunglasses and prescription frames under the brand John Galliano. Signed with Les Jardins d'Avron, the company that produces and distributes the designer's products, the deal will take effect ...
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Laurent Schmitt has become president of BBGR, the big and...
Laurent Schmitt has become president of BBGR, the big and growing French lens company owned by Essilor International. He replaces Alain Pierre, who is retiring after eight years in the position. Schmitt, who is 49 years old, worked for Essilor in Italy and Portugal for 14 years before running the ...
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Eric Léonard, recently appointed as general manager of Essilor France,...
Eric Léonard, recently appointed as general manager of Essilor France, has become the new chairman of GIFO, the French ophthalmic industry association. He worked for Peugeot-Citroën and then for the Boston Consulting Group before joining Essilor in 2002 as purchasing manager. At GIFO, he takes the place of another more ...
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Two managers have left Allison to run two smaller and...
Two managers have left Allison to run two smaller and younger Italian eyewear companies. One is Corrado Moro, who has become general manager of Area, the Italian company that markets Coco Song and other eyewear lines (more on this company later). The other one is Andrea Casiglieri, named as general ...
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FGX International has named a new director of its Quantum...
FGX International has named a new director of its Quantum Lifestyle/Sun Brands division. Scott Sorensen will be in charge of the Anarchy, Angel and Gargoyles sports lines, along with several licenses. He previously was the director of marketing and branding for Dragon Optical for 13 years.
