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Ed de Rojas has resigned as managing director from Schneider...
Ed de Rojas has resigned as managing director from Schneider Optikmaschinen's North American subsidiary in Texas to pursue other business interests. The privately owned company, which is headquartered in Germany, has started looking for a new managing director for its subsidiary. In the meantime Clemens Heimlich is serving as interim ...
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The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has granted a further...
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has granted a further delay until March 1 for Bausch & Lomb to file its final financial results for 2005. One last extension may be given until Apr. 2, but then, if the company misses this deadline, the SEC will have to start the ...
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Orange 21 has settled a pending class-action lawsuit by U.S....
Orange 21 has settled a pending class-action lawsuit by U.S. district court in California against the company's former and current officers. The settlement resolves litigation against the parent company of Spy Optic that has been pending since March 2005.
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A final version of the bill for the ?Vision Care...
A final version of the bill for the ?Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007,? which seeks to provide American children who have vision problems with sufficient follow-up exams, was introduced Jan. 17 to the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. The bill is backed by legislators from both political parties ...
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The organizers of this year's Vision-X Dubai optical show, taking...
The organizers of this year's Vision-X Dubai optical show, taking place on March 6-8, expect the turnout to be 30 percent higher than at the year-ago event. The show's growth is attributed to an increasing awareness of a high potential for optical products in the Middle East market. The event ...
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A not-for-profit group, called the Sports Vision Group, has been...
A not-for-profit group, called the Sports Vision Group, has been created in Leicestershire in the UK to promote interest in, and research into, sports vision. Its chairman is an optometrist, Gavin Rebello. The independent group is supported with financial sponsorship from Sportvision Ltd. and will focus on providing bursaries and ...
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In one of the most astonishing sponsorship deals, Silhouette, the...
In one of the most astonishing sponsorship deals, Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, is sponsoring the Philharmonic Orchestra of Vienna. The orchestra is considered to be one of the finest worldwide. Under the sponsorship deal, the 70 bespectacled musicians who represent 80 percent of the orchestra will receive free Silhouette ...
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Lions Clubs International's Foundation (LICF) is making a donation of...
Lions Clubs International's Foundation (LICF) is making a donation of $3.2 million for the establishment of an ophthalmic hospital being erected by Germany's very active Christoffel-Blindenmission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will operate at the edge of one of Kinshasa's slums where some three million people live, including ...
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Gruppo Randazzo has extended its flagship store in Palermo to...
Gruppo Randazzo has extended its flagship store in Palermo to nearly 1,400 square meters, turning it into the largest space of the kind for the sale of eyewear and photo products in Italy. Located next to its head office in the Sicilian capital, the Randazzo flagship has been renovated ...
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Marchon is targeting sales of $500 million for next year,...
Marchon is targeting sales of $500 million for next year, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the American company. That would compare with sales of around $400 million in 2005 and $450 million in 2006. Strong growth is taking place in European markets. In the UK, where Marchon's Fendi collection ...
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Carl Zeiss Vision raised its turnover to €845 million for...
Carl Zeiss Vision raised its turnover to €845 million for the financial year ended last Sept. 30, as compared to €789 million the year before. The group, which stemmed from the merger of Carl Zeiss' ophthalmic lens operations with SOLA International, employed by then a total of 10,626 persons in ...
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Ferdinand Menrad has agreed to continue its cooperation with Carl...
Ferdinand Menrad has agreed to continue its cooperation with Carl Zeiss for the manufacure and distribution of prescription frames and sunglasses under the Zeiss brand name. The German company plans to add innovative styles in terms of shapes, colors and technical details, in addition to its classic, sun and children's ...
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L'Amy America has extended it worldwide licensing agreement with Columbia...
L'Amy America has extended it worldwide licensing agreement with Columbia Sportswear through 2010, reflecting the success of the current partnership. L&L Design, another one of the subsidiaries of L'Amy Group, has extended its global eyewear license with Nina Ricci for 5 years.
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Morel and Cottet are merging into a single new company...
Morel and Cottet are merging into a single new company called Morel France, but nothing will change in terms of operations. Both companies are owned by the Morel family, with its fourth generation now at their helm, and they share already the same head office at Morez, in the Jura ...
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The founders of Nouveau Eyewear, Evan and Pat Aptaker, have...
The founders of Nouveau Eyewear, Evan and Pat Aptaker, have sold the U.S. company to a newly formed firm headed by its current co-presidents, Dominick Sblendorio and Marj McGraw, with the support of SunTx Capital Partners. Financial terms have not been disclosed. The Aptakers started Nouveau Eyewear in 1985 in ...
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Altair Eyewear has signed a 6-year licensing agreement with Revlon,...
Altair Eyewear has signed a 6-year licensing agreement with Revlon, the international cosmetics brand, to produce, distribute and market frames under the Revlon name. Altair previously only distributed Revlon frames, which were being designed and manufactured by Metzler International in the USA. That company went bankrupt last April. Altair's new ...
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The Kenmark Group plans to have its new Latino-influenced República...
The Kenmark Group plans to have its new Latino-influenced República Eyewear collection in retail locations throughout the globe starting in January 2007. The collection is aimed at the young, trend-setting multi-ethnic male consumer aged 16-35. Each design, named after major global cities and countries, will be available with polarized or ...
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INDO has promoted one of its executives, 30-year-old Sergi Sanjuan,...
INDO has promoted one of its executives, 30-year-old Sergi Sanjuan, as international markets manager of its eyewear business unit. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he started off in 2002 as area manager for Latin American and Eastern Europe in INDO's instruments division. The Spanish company has ...
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Steve Ellis, managing director of Hoya Lens UK, will leave...
Steve Ellis, managing director of Hoya Lens UK, will leave the company in January to pursue on a new business opportunity. He will be replaced by Stephan Ramsay, the company's finance director, until a permanent replacement is found. Ellis joined Hoya in 2001, steering a number of initiatives including the ...
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John Judge, chief financial officer of Safilo USA, will take...
John Judge, chief financial officer of Safilo USA, will take on additional responsibilities as chief financial officer of Safilo Americas, and Dick Russo has been promoted to executive vice president. Both Russo and Judge will oversee day-to-day operations at Safilo USA. Deborah Kelly, vice president of marketing, has left the ...
