Latest News Briefs – Page 356
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Andrew Actman will launch his newest brand, Reiss Eyewear, at...
Andrew Actman will launch his newest brand, Reiss Eyewear, at the Optrafair 2005 show in Birmingham next month.
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Cabré Casals will distribute the equipment and materials of Optic...
Cabré Casals will distribute the equipment and materials of Optic Europe from Holland in Spain.
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Oakley has authorized the repurchase of up to $20 million...
Oakley has authorized the repurchase of up to $20 million of its equity on the stock market and it has promoted two company veterans ? Kent Lane as senior vice president of manufacturing, and Jon Krause as senior VP of operations.
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Jean-Félix Biosse Duplan, a veteran of the Essilor group, has...
Jean-Félix Biosse Duplan, a veteran of the Essilor group, has become international marketing manager of BBGR.
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Pierre Fay, who has run the US subsidiaries of Silhouette...
Pierre Fay, who has run the US subsidiaries of Silhouette and L'Amy, and subsequently, Eyeweb, has been appointed by Luxottica as vice president of AvantGarde Optics, its North American wholesale subsidiary, replacing Giuseppe Servidor.
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Emmanuel Jury, 34, has become commercial director of Atol Opticiens...
Emmanuel Jury, 34, has become commercial director of Atol Opticiens after six years with the French buying group.
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A Spanish optometrist, Jacinto Santodomingo, is moving to Menicon's headquarters...
A Spanish optometrist, Jacinto Santodomingo, is moving to Menicon's headquarters in Nagoya, Japan to act as global professional relations manager.
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ClearLab has hired another senior regional sales manager to support...
ClearLab has hired another senior regional sales manager to support its European business, Rima Chatila, who has worked with GrandVision's Grand Optical chain.
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Peter Reeves is promoted as commercial director of Stepper (UK)....
Peter Reeves is promoted as commercial director of Stepper (UK).
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John Cooper retires as joint managing director of Birmingham Optical...
John Cooper retires as joint managing director of Birmingham Optical after 27 years with the British company.
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A survey conducted in behalf of Manager, a German business...
A survey conducted in behalf of Manager, a German business magazine, shows Günther Fielmann as the #2 executive in Germany after Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO of Porsche.
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The world's largest conference on low vision, called Vision 2005,...
The world's largest conference on low vision, called Vision 2005, will be held in London on Apr. 4-7, featuring more than 600 presentations, workshops and poster sessions (see www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005).
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Jean-François Premy, the 53-year-old CEO of ADCL, who founded the...
Jean-François Premy, the 53-year-old CEO of ADCL, who founded the French eyewear company in 1994 after working for L'Amy, has died in an automotive rallye in Mauritania.
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The German eyewear industry is expecting sales increases this year...
The German eyewear industry is expecting sales increases this year of about 5 percent at home and 10 percent abroad, according Randolf Rodenstock, who runs its main trade association. A preliminary estimate indicates that their total sales fell by more than 7 percent to €3.07 billion in 2004, in spite ...
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New York Eye has signed an exclusive 3-year licensing agreement...
New York Eye has signed an exclusive 3-year licensing agreement with PepsiCo for a line of Pepsi-Cola branded ophthalmic frames, targeting mainly the youth market, to be sold in North America. The line will be shown at Vision Expo East in New York next month. New York Eye is also ...
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Fedon, which is now investing heavily in China, reports a...
Fedon, which is now investing heavily in China, reports a 1 percent sales decline to €57.2 million for 2004. They were more or less stable in terms of local currencies. Eyeglass cases, which are the company's core product category, recorded a 3.1 percent drop to €44.958 million. This was partly ...
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Allergan made net sales of just over $2 billion in...
Allergan made net sales of just over $2 billion in 2004, as compared to $1.75 billion the previous year. Net earnings for the year reached $112.5 million, as compared to a net loss of $52.5 million in 2003. In the 4th quarter, the Californian company posted net sales of $556.2 ...
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Advanced Medical Optics posted a 23.4 percent increase (or up...
Advanced Medical Optics posted a 23.4 percent increase (or up 17.2 percent at constant currency rates) in net revenues last year to $742.1 million, but posted a net loss of $129.4 million, down from $10.4 million. Sales of ophthalmic surgical products rose 34.9 percent ? up 28.6 percent at constant ...
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Henri-Dominique Petit, general manager of Bacou-Dalloz, adds the title of...
Henri-Dominique Petit, general manager of Bacou-Dalloz, adds the title of chairman of the board. The 51-year-old manager, who comes from Eastman Kodak, replaces Philippe Alfroid on the board. Alfroid, who is also vice president of Essilor International in charge of finance, remains in charge of appointments and wages on Bacou-Dalloz' ...
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Claudia Hollergschwandtner, 29, has left Metzler's Nigura subsidiary to join...
Claudia Hollergschwandtner, 29, has left Metzler's Nigura subsidiary to join Fossil Europe as product manager for its eyewear. Fossil Europe has also hired a new visual merchandising manager, Oliver Besta, who has worked for Esprit and Joop, and a new person responsible for logistics, Dirk Decking.
