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Bob Hughes will replace Ian Hunter as the new CEO...
Bob Hughes will replace Ian Hunter as the new CEO of the Association of Optometrists (AOP) in the UK next spring. Hughes, 53, is now the executive director of the national Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO), where he has been active since 1997. He has been a former ...
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Pre-registrations for the next Opti-München fair, which will be held...
Pre-registrations for the next Opti-München fair, which will be held on Jan. 28-30 in Munich, are running 35 percent ahead of a year ago. Especially visitors from the northern and eastern parts of Germany and from other European countries are booking tickets in greater quantities than in the past, and ...
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While the Shanghai show is growing in importance, the recent...
While the Shanghai show is growing in importance, the recent Hong Kong Optical Fair grew by 23 percent to 527 exhibitors this year, its highest number ever. In an attempt to bring the Hong Kong show in line with big ones like SILMO and MIDO, organizers this year arranged a ...
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The French eyewear market grew by 4 percent to an...
The French eyewear market grew by 4 percent to an estimated €3.46 billion at retail in the first half of this year. Sales of lenses, which represented 58 percent of the total turnover, grew by 3.5 percent in volume and by 3.9 percent in value, with progressive lenses taking up ...
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Rodenstock is launching a unique 3D television commercial in November...
Rodenstock is launching a unique 3D television commercial in November to promote its ?3rd dimension of spectacles? in near vision, distance vision and television. Claiming to be the first company in the consumer industry to use a 3D commercial on German TV, Rodenstock decided to create the advertising campaign in ...
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Allers Opticians, the British 15-store chain owned by Rodenstock since...
Allers Opticians, the British 15-store chain owned by Rodenstock since 2001, has appointed Nick Browning, who has over 15 years' experience in the optical industry, as its new general manager and managing director designate. Browning worked for 10 years for GrandVision, the French parent group of Vision Express, as international ...
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Compass Group International has acquired SDC Technologies Inc, a global...
Compass Group International has acquired SDC Technologies Inc, a global supplier of functional surface technologies, coatings and materials, for an undisclosed sum. No changes to SDC's senior management team are planned as part of the acquisition. The Compass Group, a private investment firm based like SDC in California, was attracted ...
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Oakley has improved its Taperlock technology with the launch of...
Oakley has improved its Taperlock technology with the launch of Oakley Spike/Soft Spiken, Why 4 and Split Thread frames. The system involves making holes in two stages by milling the lens together with the patented holding screw, spreading pressure evenly. It is also designed to reduce warranty claims. Equally, the ...
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Carl Zeiss is launching its new ?Carl Zeiss Relaxed Vision...
Carl Zeiss is launching its new ?Carl Zeiss Relaxed Vision Terminal? at SILMO. Designed to provide an innovative measurement method and digital centration to guarantee maximum accuracy for vision comfort, the technology is supposed to ensure pioneering optical performance, quality and patient satisfaction. According to the company, customers will benefit ...
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Andrew Actman has designed a new range of men's eyewear,...
Andrew Actman has designed a new range of men's eyewear, called Lotus Eyewear, in collaboration with the Lotus sports car company, based in Norwich, UK. Comprising 30 ophthalmic and nine sunglass styles, each available in a choice of colors, the collection is described as refined and of superior quality, but ...
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Oliver Peoples is launching a new active lifestyle brand of...
Oliver Peoples is launching a new active lifestyle brand of sunglasses called Mosely Tribes, which will be available in the stores from the beginning of March 2005. Designed by Larry Leight like the rest of the company's range, these sunglasses are described as reinterpreted classics combining utility, style and function, ...
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Gerber Coburn is forming a direct sales force in the...
Gerber Coburn is forming a direct sales force in the USA as part of a new strategy to boost sales and widen its reach into the American wholesale laboratory market, while it pools customer service and other functions with those of other divisions of Gerber Scientific, also in Europe and ...
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Johnson & Johnson reports a 10.5 percent increase in sales...
Johnson & Johnson reports a 10.5 percent increase in sales to $11.6 billion for the 3rd quarter, partly thanks to the strong sales of Vistakon contact lenses. The company's net earnings reached $2.3 billion in the quarter, up by 13 percent. Its Worldwide Medical Devices and Diagnostics division, which includes ...
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Signature Eyewear made a net income of $132,700 for its...
Signature Eyewear made a net income of $132,700 for its fiscal 3rd quarter ended July 31, as compared to a net loss of $394,100 in the same period in 2003. Net sales decreased by 5.1 percent to just under $6 million. Signature reported a $303,800 net loss for the first ...
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Daniel Popesco, the Paris-based industry consultant who co-founded the European...
Daniel Popesco, the Paris-based industry consultant who co-founded the European Sunglass Association 10 years ago and ran it until the end of last year, has been appointed as European marketing director of Somo Optical, the large Korean lens manufacturer. Specializing in high-index progressive CR39 lenses, Somo is becoming a significant ...
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In the first half of 2004 China exported $5.36 billion...
In the first half of 2004 China exported $5.36 billion worth of eyewear, up 28.05 percent year on year. Its eyewear imports grew by 98.27 percent, to $3.25 billion. These interesting figures, which indicate a strong development for that big potential market, were made public at the China International Optics ...
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SILMO, the fair opening in Paris tomorrow, will see the...
SILMO, the fair opening in Paris tomorrow, will see the return of Alain Mikli to the show and the presence of some of the major French buying and franchising groups with their own stands for the first time. It will feature a new exhibition and information space called ?Sunshine Attitude,? ...
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Opti-München is offering special rates now on national as well...
Opti-München is offering special rates now on national as well as international flights for visitors to its successful exhibition, which will take place again next Jan. 28-30 in the large new Munich fair center. It will occupy this time 4 halls in the C section of the fairgrounds, which will ...
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Expoóptica, the Spanish optical and optometry trade show, will hold...
Expoóptica, the Spanish optical and optometry trade show, will hold a catwalk show presenting the latest Spanish and international trends in glasses at its 24th edition next Spring. To be held on March 4-6 in Madrid, the trade show comes under the umbrella of ?Madrid Vive La Moda.? Its decision ...
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Stefano Pintucci, an Italian ophthalmologist, claims to have carried out...
Stefano Pintucci, an Italian ophthalmologist, claims to have carried out successful laser surgery on 28 presbyopic patients. Pintucci, who coordinates an international study group, says that the operation lasts 45 minutes, after which the patient can return home without bandages. The laser technology he uses enables the crystalline lens to ...
