Latest News Briefs – Page 378
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Over the past 3 years, 300 Italian eyewear firms have...
Over the past 3 years, 300 Italian eyewear firms have shut down, and many of the remaining small producers have now adopted a ?united we stand? stance. A total of 30 small Italian eyewear producers will be showcasing their products at the Silmo fair in Paris this week under a ...
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Safilo is investing on a prestigious new national headquarters and...
Safilo is investing on a prestigious new national headquarters and showroom in London. Similar to those recently opened by the company in New York and Paris, it's located in a recently restored landmark building in High Holborn, near Oxford Street. Meanwhile, the group's chairman and CEO, Vittorio Tabacchi, confirmed ...
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Marcolin is making a big investment on fashion by acquiring...
Marcolin is making a big investment on fashion by acquiring an 18th century Venetian villa, surrounded by a large park, that will house the creative team that designs all the eyewear ranges of the group. Maurizio Marcolin, who runs the in-house design team, is looking to recruit 4 new designers ...
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Silhouette has taken the distribution of its Adidas Eyewear line...
Silhouette has taken the distribution of its Adidas Eyewear line in Sweden away from a local distributor, Sunsec, and to market the line through the local sales subsidiary of the Austrian group, which has a well-structured logistical, marketing and sales apparatus. Silhouette continues to work with good specialized independent distributors ...
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Machinery belonging to Valberra, the Italian eyewear manufacturer owned by...
Machinery belonging to Valberra, the Italian eyewear manufacturer owned by Vittorio Berra, is currently being auctioned off following the company's liquidation just over 12 months ago. The employees have all found new jobs, and should receive the outstanding wages.
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Cooper Companies has reached a settlement in its long-standing international...
Cooper Companies has reached a settlement in its long-standing international patent dispute with CIBA Vision and its subsidiary, Wesley Jessen, over their respective colored cosmetic contact lenses. The two companies had been involved in expensive lawsuits in the USA, the UK, Italy, France and Germany. Cooper's CooperVision subsidiary will be ...
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Bacou-Dalloz, the leading supplier of work boots and other protective...
Bacou-Dalloz, the leading supplier of work boots and other protective equipment, enjoyed a sales turnaround in the 3rd quarter ended Sept. 30, where it enjoyed a 6.1 percent increase in local currencies and on a comparable basis. In euros, the growth was marginal, with total revenues up to e215 million. ...
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ECOO, the European opticians' federation run by Richard Carswell, is...
ECOO, the European opticians' federation run by Richard Carswell, is criticizing the project of a European directive on the recognition of all kinds of professional organizations, which may be adopted in 2004 at the earliest. Among other things, the proposal that optometrists and other professionals should be free to exercise ...
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The UK Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) has...
The UK Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) has set up an office in Scotland, considering that the Scottish government plans to bring specific changes to the National Health System's regulations and related fees. Based in Glasgow's the local FODO committee is chaired by Hal Rollason of Black & ...
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Boots has signed a 10-year contract with IBM, worth about...
Boots has signed a 10-year contract with IBM, worth about £710 million (e1,110m-$1,100m), that is expected to save the group more than £130 million (e205m-$200m) by outsourcing its data processing operations and accelerating the development of innovative information technology solutions. More than 400 Boots employees will move to IBM in ...
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L'Amy has taken over the distribution of its products in...
L'Amy has taken over the distribution of its products in the Benelux countries from Hoya. The Japanese firm had acquired the eyewear distribution operation at the beginning of 2000 from the Buchmann group along with the latter's lens activities. Louis Swolfs will continue to act as brand manager of L'Amy, ...
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Following Oakley's latest reported profit warning, its controlling shareholder, founder,...
Following Oakley's latest reported profit warning, its controlling shareholder, founder, chairman and CEO, Jim Jannard, has purchased a further 250,000 shares, taking his holding in Oakley up to a reported 42.7 million shares. Last August, Oakley completed a stock repurchase program, buying back about 272,000 shares. As of Aug. 9, ...
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Air Line Optik, a small Italian company that has been...
Air Line Optik, a small Italian company that has been producing metal eyewear frames for 15 years, was bought early in 2000 by an Italian entrepreneur from the building industry, but the latter's attempts to save the firm from liquidation ended in failure. By the summer of this year, some ...
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Last month's Vision Expo West fair in Las Vegas counted...
Last month's Vision Expo West fair in Las Vegas counted a total of 13,023 visitors, according to preliminary figures, up from 12,078 two years ago. Last year's exhibition was cancelled in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A new US eyewear show and convention for the Midwestern states ...
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Delta Optik, a discount-oriented chain of optical stores in Switzerland,...
Delta Optik, a discount-oriented chain of optical stores in Switzerland, is in liquidation proceedings. First established in 1982 by Fred Waldenmeyer, who is no longer with the company, the chain closed most of its 17 stores in the last few months. Only 5 of them are still running under the ...
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Kerry Bradley, former chief operating officer of Sunglass Hut, has...
Kerry Bradley, former chief operating officer of Sunglass Hut, has been appointed as chief operating officer of Luxottica's whole retail division. He will share with Jack Dennis, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of the division, the responsibilities previously held by Cliff Bartow, who is retiring. Last January, Bartow ...
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Marcolin has appointed Antonio Bortuzzo to the new position of...
Marcolin has appointed Antonio Bortuzzo to the new position of general manager of the company, reporting directly to the group's two CEOs, Cirillo and Maurizio Marcolin. Bortuzzo, who is 42 years old, has been for a long time senior partner of Ernst & Young, where he has been responsible of ...
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Franz Koll has been appointed by Silhouette as the new...
Franz Koll has been appointed by Silhouette as the new managing director of its Adidas Sports Eyewear division in Linz, replacing Kurt Sengstschmid who has left the company. Koll, who is 35 years old, was previously brand manager for F2 and Arrows/North Sails in the Swiss/Austrian Boards & More group. ...
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Numerous companies have donated money and services to help the...
Numerous companies have donated money and services to help the victims of the floods in Dresden and other parts of Germany last month. According to Focus magazine, the Optic Society buying cooperative has donated optical instruments and a complete store refit to an optician in Oppenheim. Essilor has offered special ...
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CooperVision's Frequency Colors and Expressions contact lenses infringe on a...
CooperVision's Frequency Colors and Expressions contact lenses infringe on a patent held by CIBA Vision's Wesley Jessen unit, according to a California court, but CooperVision will argue in the trial next month that CIBA's patent is invalid. In another case covering the same patent in the UK, CIBA has agreed ...
