Latest News Briefs – Page 382
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Ocular Sciences has completed the planned acquisition of certain assets...
Ocular Sciences has completed the planned acquisition of certain assets of its previous Japanese distributor, Seiko Contact Lens.
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Lindberg, the Danish titanium frame specialist, is now offering a...
Lindberg, the Danish titanium frame specialist, is now offering a line of hypoallergenic children's frames, called Lindberg Kids, featuring ultrathin titanium rims and temples.
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Oliver Peoples' eyewear is featured in a new advertising campaign,...
Oliver Peoples' eyewear is featured in a new advertising campaign, featured in Condé Nast's fashion publications, that accompanies the launch of a new version of Ford's famous Thunderbird two-seater automobile.
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Essilor is using a French golf professional, Olivier Edmond, in...
Essilor is using a French golf professional, Olivier Edmond, in one of its newest ads.
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Essilor and Tag Heuer are supplying the glasses worn by...
Essilor and Tag Heuer are supplying the glasses worn by Thierry Lhermite, the French cycling champion.
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The US Contact Lens Institute and other organizations are co-sponsoring...
The US Contact Lens Institute and other organizations are co-sponsoring the first annual Contact Lens and Eyecare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, next Jan. 22-26.
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Rodenstock, which previously supported strongly the Optica fair in Cologne,...
Rodenstock, which previously supported strongly the Optica fair in Cologne, has decided to show next year only at Opti-München in January.
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In a preliminary announcement, Cole National says it scored increases...
In a preliminary announcement, Cole National says it scored increases on a comparable store basis in every division during the 4th quarter ended Feb. 2, with gains of 5.6% at Sears Optical, 19.7% at Target Optical, 6.4% at BJ's Optical and 3.8% at company-owned Pearle Vision stores.
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OPSM Group has agreed to purchase Kays Optical Group, an...
OPSM Group has agreed to purchase Kays Optical Group, an Australian chain of 39 retail optical dispensing stores, which will continue to be run as a separate business, reinforcing OPSM's position as the leading optical retailer in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Grosfilley has obtained the right to manufacture and sell worldwide...
Grosfilley has obtained the right to manufacture and sell worldwide a new line of children's and junior frames and sunglasses under Zannier's IKKS brand name.
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International Design Création (IDC), the French eyewear firm, has set...
International Design Création (IDC), the French eyewear firm, has set up a sales subsidiary in California, called Eyefunk, for the US and Canadian markets.
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Essilor will lay off 61 of its 480 employees at...
Essilor will lay off 61 of its 480 employees at its French factory at Liigny-en-Barois because of a decline in the mineral lens market.
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BBGR has changed one of its grey teints to get...
BBGR has changed one of its grey teints to get as close as possible to that of Ray-Ban's sunglasses.
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Breitfeld & Schliekert has introduced a special Rimless Adjusting Plier...
Breitfeld & Schliekert has introduced a special Rimless Adjusting Plier with molded plastic jaws, designed to reduce the stress placed on drill mounts.
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Carmel Monti, a former president of Vision Council of America...
Carmel Monti, a former president of Vision Council of America who ran Pentax Vision and Hilco, is now president and CEO of Opticast, the American lens casting company, which will be among the exhibitors at Vision Expo East.
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Olivier Duval has replaced Jean-Claude Busquet as commercial director of...
Olivier Duval has replaced Jean-Claude Busquet as commercial director of Bourgeois, in charge of the French company's lenses and frames.
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Charmant's Chinese manufacturing subsidiary has opened two new sales offices...
Charmant's Chinese manufacturing subsidiary has opened two new sales offices in Guangzough and Shanghai to supply the Chinese market, starting initially with 52 optical styles and 26 sunglass styles from its various brands, and the following with 42 more optical models and 12 sunglasses at the Guangzhou Optical Fair next ...
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Adriatica has taken over the distribution in Italy of L.A....
Adriatica has taken over the distribution in Italy of L.A. Eyeworks.
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Sol Caganoff, the retiring managing director of Luxottica Australia, has...
Sol Caganoff, the retiring managing director of Luxottica Australia, has sold his 24.5% share in the company to the majority shareholder, the Italian Luxottica group, and will be replaced by Giovanni Pesce, the group's area manager for the Southern Hemisphere.
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Vizéum, a new museum for glasses and optical products, will...
Vizéum, a new museum for glasses and optical products, will open in the summer in Morez, France, hosting an optical store and prototypes created by young designers.
