Latest News Briefs – Page 369
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BMC Industries has decided to phase out its Buckbee-Mears mask...
BMC Industries has decided to phase out its Buckbee-Mears mask business in the USA to concentrate its resources on its Vision-Ease optical lens operations.
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Sauflon has appointed a panel of 4 optometrists in the...
Sauflon has appointed a panel of 4 optometrists in the USA to help better understand eye care professionals' patient retention techniques.
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Opticast says it has now a monomer that is intrinsically...
Opticast says it has now a monomer that is intrinsically scratch-resistan.
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Vista Optics launches HiRi, a gas permeable material that claims...
Vista Optics launches HiRi, a gas permeable material that claims the highest refractive index for contact lenses.
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Satis Vacuum has introduced a new hydrophobic anti-static AR coating...
Satis Vacuum has introduced a new hydrophobic anti-static AR coating system, called Satris Ioncote Kappa.
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The European Union will not go ahead with the threatened...
The European Union will not go ahead with the threatened imposition next Dec. 15 of punitive supplemental tariffs of up to 30 percent on sunglasses, goggles, eyewear frames and components imported from the USA. It was going to apply the extra tariffs on these products and many others worth a ...
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Alexander Georgevic, known to all as Sasha, chairman of Britain's...
Alexander Georgevic, known to all as Sasha, chairman of Britain's Scrivens Group, died a few weeks ago at the age of 69, after a battle with cancer. Born in Yugoslavia, he came with his family to England in the early 1950s. After getting a degree in law, he married Dodo ...
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While confirming the company's interest in the possible acquisition of...
While confirming the company's interest in the possible acquisition of a retail chain in the USA, officials of De Rigo indicate that they hope to conclude within the next few months a deal in the wholesale segment of the important US market, which for the moment makes up only 5 ...
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IMMI Optica has 50 optical stores in the city of...
IMMI Optica has 50 optical stores in the city of Kiev in Ukraine and is the country's exclusive distributor for De Rigo's eyewear. Last April the company inaugurated its first retail outlet in the city under the Eye Q banner, which has been clocking up sales of €100,000 a month ...
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Sover is reaping the rewards of its investments in 4...
Sover is reaping the rewards of its investments in 4 East European countries, with sales up by 50 percent in Russia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine, and by 90 percent in Romania. It distributes major brands produced by Safilo, Marcolin, Allison and Airess to the retail end of the market, ...
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IT Holding and Fin.part have finally signed a licensing agreement...
IT Holding and Fin.part have finally signed a licensing agreement whereby Allison will produce and distribute Cerruti 1881 eyewear. The agreement is valid for a 5-year period, renewable for another 5. The new models are already under development, and 50 of them should be ready for presentation at the MIDO ...
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Pierre Monteil, former European sales and marketing manager of Ocular...
Pierre Monteil, former European sales and marketing manager of Ocular Sciences, has joined Menicon Europe as European business development manager. Run by Pierre Vilcot, the 25-year-old subsidiary of the eponymous Japanese firm had sales of nearly €10 million in 2002. It's responsible for sales in France, where it claims to ...
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Markus Büning, 42, has been appointed as Rodenstock's key account...
Markus Büning, 42, has been appointed as Rodenstock's key account manager after a year spent running its Australian operations. A former executive of the large Wella group, where he was responsible for international marketing in Eastern Europe, Büning joined Rodenstock in 1997, working first as international sales director of a ...
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BMC Industries, the parent company of Vision Ease, has obtained...
BMC Industries, the parent company of Vision Ease, has obtained a new 60-day waiver from its bankers, extending until next Jan. 13 the time limit required to repay certain credits and fees. Interest charges will be deferred. The company had indicated that it may have been forced otherwise to file ...
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SOLA International has announced the price of $17.50 a share...
SOLA International has announced the price of $17.50 a share for its planned secondary offering of 6,000,000 shares. The demand for the stock is high, considering that its quotation on Wall Street has gone well over $19 a share in recent trading. The net proceeds of $98.3 million will be ...
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While starting up a new fuzziday.com website for children as...
While starting up a new fuzziday.com website for children as part of its ?Check Yearly. See Clearly? campaign, the always very active Vision Council of America (VCA) has launched a new ?Eyecessorize? program in the USA, involving among other things desk-side briefings with editors of various US fashion publications including ...
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Bausch & Lomb, a company founded in 1853 by two...
Bausch & Lomb, a company founded in 1853 by two German immigrants, John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, celebrated its 150th anniversary last Nov. 3 with a ceremony where Ron Zarrella, the company's chairman and CEO, rang the closing bells of the New York Stock Exchange. B&L is also donating ...
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CIBA Vision has received the Unisys & Management Today Service...
CIBA Vision has received the Unisys & Management Today Service Excellence Award, to top prize in the UK for customer care, followed by DHL and Ceridian Centrefile in a contest among more than 900 firms. The sponsor, Unisys, cited in particular CIBA Vision's so-called ?Customer Journey,? a 2-year-old initiative involving ...
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Alain Afflelou has appointed a new assistant general manager, Didier...
Alain Afflelou has appointed a new assistant general manager, Didier Pascual, replacing Pascal Derrey who is going to concentrate on the French retailer's new international operations. Pascual, who is 40 years old, held most recently a similar post at GIFI, a big French retailer of low-priced nonfood products. Afflelou has ...
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CIBA Vision continued to improve its profitability in the 3rd...
CIBA Vision continued to improve its profitability in the 3rd quarter, raising the operating margin to 14.4 percent from the 12.5 percent level of the same period a year ago. Sales increased by 12 percent to $333 million in the quarter. In constant currencies, they were up by 6 percent, ...
