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Ken Frederick, a veteran of the American sunglass industry, has...
Ken Frederick, a veteran of the American sunglass industry, has become general manager for North America of Gruppo Polinelli Occhiali, an Italian producer of sunglasses, reading glasses, goggles and sports eyewear with sales of close to €20 million in 2004. While Roberto Polinelli is honorary chairman of the European Sunglass ...
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John Liebenguth has been promoted by PPG Industries as director...
John Liebenguth has been promoted by PPG Industries as director of sales and marketing operations for its optical monomers business. The executive, who has served for PPG for 25 years in the USA, Spain, Mexico and the Asia-Pacific, replaces Paul Peiffer who has moved to Transitions Optical, a joint venture ...
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Christine Chantrain is the new general manager of CIBA Vision...
Christine Chantrain is the new general manager of CIBA Vision Benelux. She comes from the parent company, Novartis, where she was business unit manager for over-the counter pharmaceuticals in the Netherlands. Chantrain replaces Eric Bauman who moved to CIBA Vision's head office in Atlanta late last year in his new ...
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Signature Eyewear reduced its pre-tax losses to $371,000 for the...
Signature Eyewear reduced its pre-tax losses to $371,000 for the year ended last Oct. 31 from $625,000 in the previous year. Sales dropped by 6.1 percent to $23.6 million. While its business with independent US retailers increased, it declined with the major national chains and in foreign markets. ...
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Gerber Scientific, parent company of Gerber Coburn, has reported a...
Gerber Scientific, parent company of Gerber Coburn, has reported a net loss of $381,000 for the 3rd quarter ended Jan. 31, down from a loss of $1.1 million in the same period a year ago. Total revenues increased to $124.8 million from $120.9 million. A modest operating profit was recorded ...
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Aspex has won a new court case, this time against...
Aspex has won a new court case, this time against Revolution, with a court ruling that has invalidated one of Revolution's patents. A judgment passed on March 7 in a Californian court found Revolution's 913 patent invalid, since Manhattan Design Studios, which is a member of the Aspex Group, had ...
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The Beaurepaire family has taken full control of E Vision...
The Beaurepaire family has taken full control of E Vision Group, which distributes several lines of De Rigo, Marcolin and Visibilia in Australia. As a result, the Australian firm, which is led by William Beaurepaire, will change its name to BeauVision.
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Optixx, the Swiss progressive lens company run by Rudolf Suter,...
Optixx, the Swiss progressive lens company run by Rudolf Suter, will present a semi-finished lens at MIDO with its new ?axxess plus? progressive design, featuring a wide far vision zone, a flexible intermediate reading zone and smooth gradients for unwanted astigmatism. The degree of asphericity is different in the far ...
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The number of professional visitors attending Expooptica, the Spanish trade...
The number of professional visitors attending Expooptica, the Spanish trade fair that closed its doors in Madrid last March 6, increased by 11 percent to more than 7,000 people, as compared to a year ago. There were 127 exhibitors, 30 of them from abroad. One major attraction was a new ...
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More than 1,200 companies are going to exhibit in the...
More than 1,200 companies are going to exhibit in the MIDO show in Milan next May 7-9, occupying more than 130,000 square meters of gross floor space. In addition to the MIDO Trend and MIDO Sport areas, the organizers will offer a special focus on children's eyewear this year ...
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Earlier this month, SIPAO, the association of eyewear manufacturers from...
Earlier this month, SIPAO, the association of eyewear manufacturers from the Belluno region of Italy, had a stand at the GDS fair in Düsseldorf, which is the largest shoe show in the world, displaying innovative eyewear models by 15 member companies. It was the first concrete result of a cooperation ...
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CLARIFICATION: As a single brand, Rodenstock took the #1 spot...
CLARIFICATION: As a single brand, Rodenstock took the #1 spot in Germany last year in the area of spectacles, according to GfK, but Eschenbach came out as the largest supplier with all its various brands, in terms of volume and value. Silhouette was #2 as a group, followed by Rodenstock. ...
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Optical Discount, a French chain of 24 low-priced shops, has...
Optical Discount, a French chain of 24 low-priced shops, has taken over one store, the equipment, the fixtures and the clients' list of Tati Optic as part of its liquidation proceedings.
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Michael Likierman, co-founder and former shareholder of France's GrandVision, is...
Michael Likierman, co-founder and former shareholder of France's GrandVision, is reportedly considering a tender offer for Photo Europe, a previous holding of GrandVision in which CinVen had acquired a controlling interest in 2001.
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Hoya has bought another prescription laboratory in the USA, called...
Hoya has bought another prescription laboratory in the USA, called Metro Optics and located in Metairie, Louisiana.
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Charmant has opened a third Chinese office in Beijing, joining...
Charmant has opened a third Chinese office in Beijing, joining those it already has in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
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A US company, Unilens Corp., has acquired the Auaflex and...
A US company, Unilens Corp., has acquired the Auaflex and Softcon EW soft contact lens product lines of CIBA Vision, and it will market them in the USA through its own Lombart lens division.
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Zyloware, which already licenses the Stetson brand, has signed a...
Zyloware, which already licenses the Stetson brand, has signed a licensing deal in the USA for John Deere branded eyewear.
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Safilo has signed a licensing agreement in the USA for...
Safilo has signed a licensing agreement in the USA for a line of prescription eyewear and sunglasses under the trendy new Juicy Couture label, due for a launch next November.
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Donald Trump, New York's wealthy real estate mogul, is lending...
Donald Trump, New York's wealthy real estate mogul, is lending his name for an exclusively licensed line of eyewear frames and sunglasses developed by Eyewear Designs.
