Latest News Briefs – Page 390
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Alain Compiegne, a former executive of Darty and Salomon, has...
Alain Compiegne, a former executive of Darty and Salomon, has been appointed as general manager of La Generale d'Optique, one of the optical store chains of GrandVision in France. He replaces Alain Bruguerolle, who has been named general manager of GrandVision's products and services division. Meanwhile, GrandVision has acquired and ...
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Pro-Laser has agreed in principle to acquire the EyeSys corneal...
Pro-Laser has agreed in principle to acquire the EyeSys corneal topography division of Premier Laser Systems, which has been under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since last March, and the transaction should be completed by Dec. 8. The Israeli firm has also signed separately a letter of intent to merge Premier ...
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The Cambridge Optical Group of England has expanded its Harrods...
The Cambridge Optical Group of England has expanded its Harrods Luxury Eyewear collection, which was first launched this past Spring at Mido, by adding 10 ?fashion forward? sunglass models that will be presented at Silmo in Paris this week. The line is already available in 15 countries including Canada, the ...
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Edgar Lange, 36, has joined the executive board of Rodenstock...
Edgar Lange, 36, has joined the executive board of Rodenstock to handle finance, controlling and the capital goods division. Lange, who worked previously with McKinsey & Co., started up at Rodenstock in mid-1998 as head of corporate development and controlling. He replaces Hans Joachim Öhmen, who left the group a ...
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Marco Tappainer, former technical manager of Galileo's lens production plant...
Marco Tappainer, former technical manager of Galileo's lens production plant in Marghera in charge of research and development, has been charged with supervising and coordinating all scientific, technical and research operations for Certottica, the Italian optical certification institute.
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Alain Afflelou, France's largest chain of optical stores, had indicated...
Alain Afflelou, France's largest chain of optical stores, had indicated last June a possible merger with Les Frères Lissac, which should have been completed in July. Sources indicate that certain tax considerations, related to the inheritance of the late Georges Lissac and of his son Jean-Luc, who died one year ...
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Carl Zeiss' optical division has formed a strategic partnership with...
Carl Zeiss' optical division has formed a strategic partnership with a Swiss company, set up last October, which has developed a new, faster and more economical system for producing plastic lenses. Called Concepcion Holding, the Swiss firm is based in Sarnen and is run by Rudolf Suter. It's developing now ...
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Les Lunetiers du Jura, the association of eyewear manufacturers in...
Les Lunetiers du Jura, the association of eyewear manufacturers in the French Jura region, has obtained a subsidy of 3.8 million euros to help finance various activities over the next 3 years, including a study of the US market, the development of trendbooks and the organization of a design contest. ...
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Todd Lee has been appointed as principal general manager of...
Todd Lee has been appointed as principal general manager of Electric Europe, assisted by Olivier Dedieu for day-to-day operations. The new company is being set up at Hossegor, the European surf capital in France, to market the new Elecric Visual Evolution line already launched in the USA and Australia by ...
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CNC, a French eyewear firm, is licensing the Lafuma brand...
CNC, a French eyewear firm, is licensing the Lafuma brand name of outdoor clothing, backpacks and other accessories for a line of prescription and sun eyeglasses that will be launched at Silmo next October. The first line of 30 models, including some items specifically designed for cycling, will be available ...
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CooperVision has launched in Europe a new line of disposable...
CooperVision has launched in Europe a new line of disposable colored contact lenses, called Frequency Colors, prior to a launch in North America later this year. CooperVision's worldwide sales of contact lenses grew by 16 percent in the 2nd quarter ended Apr. 30, not including the low-margin OEM business. ...
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O.K.Messen, the Salzburg-based organizer of the successful Opti Munich fair...
O.K.Messen, the Salzburg-based organizer of the successful Opti Munich fair in Germany, is launching a similar event in Switzerland with the support of SLVA, the Swiss Association of Optics and Eyewear Suppliers which was organizing the previous Swissoptic fair. Called Opti Zurich, the new trade show will first take place ...
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The 2002 dates of the Vision Expo West fair in...
The 2002 dates of the Vision Expo West fair in Las Vegas have been postponed to Sept. 19-22. Meanwhile, Beth Blake has been promoted as show manager of Vision Expo West, Vision Expo East in New York and EyeQuest in Chicago. All three events are co-organized by Vision Council of ...
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Emerging Vision, formerly called Sterling Vision, has finally decided to...
Emerging Vision, formerly called Sterling Vision, has finally decided to sell its Sterling Optical chain of optical stores to concentrate on business-to-business internet operations.
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DDP, a French brand of junior clothes and accessories, has...
DDP, a French brand of junior clothes and accessories, has licensed Grasset Associés for a line of prescription and sun eyewear that should become available as of next September.
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Mary Pace, who has handled export sales of the Cartier,...
Mary Pace, who has handled export sales of the Cartier, Montblanc and Alfred Dunhill luxury brands, has been appointed as international development director of Cambridge Optical for its new Harrods luxury line of eyewear.
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Richard Broughton has become president of the UK College of...
Richard Broughton has become president of the UK College of Optometrists.
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Nancy Easton has been promoted as vice president of Briot...
Nancy Easton has been promoted as vice president of Briot USA, still responsible for marketing and internal sales, but also for operations, technical support services.
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Biocompatibles, the UK firm that has acquired Hydron, has been...
Biocompatibles, the UK firm that has acquired Hydron, has been renamed as Biocompatibles Hydron.
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American Optical UK has been awarded ISO 9002 certification....
American Optical UK has been awarded ISO 9002 certification.
