Latest News Briefs – Page 370
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Three apparel brands - Moiselle of Hong Kong, Eve Fashion...
Three apparel brands - Moiselle of Hong Kong, Eve Fashion of Mainland China and GSUS of the Netherlands - made presentations at the Hong Kong Optical Fair last month hoping to find manufacturers that would make and distribute eyewear under their brand names. Moiselle, which already released a line of ...
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Essilor International is now the largest shareholder in Bacou-Dalloz, the...
Essilor International is now the largest shareholder in Bacou-Dalloz, the large personal safety equipment group, with a stake of 15.13 percent. In a preliminary statement, Bacou-Dalloz reports an 8.7 percent sales decline to €196 million for the 3rd quarter, leading to a 10.5 percent drop to €601 million for the ...
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Allison, Aspex, De Rigo, Safilo and Vidivici are among the...
Allison, Aspex, De Rigo, Safilo and Vidivici are among the companies that have ordered Intercast Europe's new NXT lenses, for which the company has exclusive rights in the optical sector. They use a new shock-resistant optical polymer. They carry a lifetime guarantee against accidental breakage and they can be fitted ...
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Gold & Wood, the exclusive manufacturer of high-end frames based...
Gold & Wood, the exclusive manufacturer of high-end frames based in Luxembourg, has appointed a new executive, Robert Dessard, to act as its general manager. Dessard, who has run in the past 6 years another company called Elcometer. Maurice Léonard, major shareholder and chairman of the company, will thus be ...
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A solid 13.5 percent increase in the number of foreign...
A solid 13.5 percent increase in the number of foreign visitors to nearly 20,000 led last month's SILMO fair in Paris to record an overall 7.3 percent increase in attendance to 40,488 professionals, as compared to one year ago. The general ambiance was positive. Over 2,000 guests crowded the Carrousel ...
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MIDO will shorten its duration from 4 to 3 days...
MIDO will shorten its duration from 4 to 3 days next May. The world's largest eyewear fair will last from Friday to Sunday on May 7-9, but opening times will continue to run from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm. Two new areas, Mido Education for seminars and the Mido Sport ...
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In a widely expected move, the large Boots plc group...
In a widely expected move, the large Boots plc group has decided to integrate into the management of its well-known chain of pharmacies, Boots the Chemists, the management of its Boots Opticians chain and of Boots Services, another division that handles its LASIK clinics, dentistry practices, health care services and ...
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Essilor continues to make investments in the sunglass lens sector....
Essilor continues to make investments in the sunglass lens sector. The giant French lens manufacturer has now acquired BNL Eurolens, another French company that makes premium tinted and polarized non-prescription sunglass lenses in polycarbonate at its own factory in Bellegarde, close to the Italian border. With a staff of 60 ...
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Stéphane Berger, the former country manager of Essilor in Belgium,...
Stéphane Berger, the former country manager of Essilor in Belgium, has been appointed a global product manager for photochromic lenses, a new position within the group. Berger has been replaced by a 46-year-old Belgian executive, Dick Hendricks, who reports to Ron De Bruign, head of Essilor Benelux. Essilor has also ...
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Dieter Wolff, a 46-year-old executive who was lately in charge...
Dieter Wolff, a 46-year-old executive who was lately in charge of marketing and European sales for the eyewear division of Carl Zeiss, died tragically along with all the 6 other persons on board of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed against a rock in the Grand Canyon, while visiting it just ...
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Ocular Sciences has set up a new international division. Run...
Ocular Sciences has set up a new international division. Run by Jim Welsh, the company's former vice president of sales and marketing, it coordinates OC's sales activities around the world, which is divided into 4 zones: the USA, Europe, Japan and the rest of the world. The European region has ...
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CIBA Vision has created two new positions at its world...
CIBA Vision has created two new positions at its world headquarters in Atlanta to develop and implement innovative marketing programs directed at eye care professionals. Warren Modin, a former optometrist who worked for the company's Canadian and North American operations, has been appointed as global manager of professional marketing. A ...
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Bausch & Lomb has won a round in its patent...
Bausch & Lomb has won a round in its patent infringement fight against CIBA Vision over its own PureVision line of extended wear contact lenses. The European Patent Office in Munich has revoked a patent held by Novartis, parent company of CIBA Vision, claiming that it lacked novelty. CIBA Vision, ...
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The European Union will stop on Nov. 1 a series...
The European Union will stop on Nov. 1 a series of concessions made for imports of certain Chinese products, including eyewear, for which the import duty will increase gradually from 1 percent to 2.9 percent by May of 2004. On the other hand, the Italian government, which holds the chairmanship ...
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The 16th session of the China International Optical Fair in...
The 16th session of the China International Optical Fair in Beijing closed its doors on Sept. 26 with 84 percent of exhibitors already signed up for the next edition. A total of 589 companies from 18 countries and regions showed their products at the Beijing fair, which was attended by ...
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Korea's International Optical Show will take place in Daegu on...
Korea's International Optical Show will take place in Daegu on Nov. 1-3. The eyewear business in this country generates $450 million. The Korean eyewear sector, which is positioning itself as an alternative to large-scale Chinese manufacturers, counts 600 producers, 7,000 retailers and 20,000 optometrists. The organizers are expecting around 15,000 ...
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Indo began on Sept. 30 the construction of a new...
Indo began on Sept. 30 the construction of a new plant in Thailand, located in the industrial zone of Bangkok. The Spanish producer is invested a total of €7 million in the new facilities, which will produce its Superfin organic lenses, and will benefit from considerable tax incentives. Production is ...
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Attendance at the International Vision Expo West show in Las...
Attendance at the International Vision Expo West show in Las Vegas rose by 1 percent last month to 9,163 visitors, as compared to the same event one year ago. Attendance at the conferences held during the show was down 12 percent to 3,942 persons.
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Luxottica has obtained 82.57 percent of the equity of OPSM...
Luxottica has obtained 82.57 percent of the equity of OPSM Group through its Australian subsidiary, Luxottica South Pacific, at the close of the bidding process last Sept. 2. Lazard Asset Management and other institutional investors reportedly decided to hold on to the remaining shares, considering that the price offered by ...
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Luxottica was admitted on Sept. 22 to the Mib 30...
Luxottica was admitted on Sept. 22 to the Mib 30 index of the Italian Bourse, which lists the 30 largest companies quoted on the Italian stock exchange based on capitalization and floating capital. Edison, the electrical company, has joined Luxottica in the ranking, ousting Pirelli and Autogrill. After falling sales ...
