Latest News Briefs – Page 391
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Willie Davenport, the former Olympic gold medallist, is acting as...
Willie Davenport, the former Olympic gold medallist, is acting as a testimonial in Essilor's Varilux consumer awareness campaign.
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Antoine Bourgeois, replaced by his son Charles at the head...
Antoine Bourgeois, replaced by his son Charles at the head of the French eyewear frame manufacturing firm bearing his family name, died on July 2 at the age of 85.
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Peter Grossmann, who is now 61 years old, will retire...
Peter Grossmann, who is now 61 years old, will retire as CEO of Carl Zeiss at the end of this year, one year ahead of plan, after conducting a major reorganization of the company since 1995 in order to eliminate its losses. Meanwhile, Heinz Dürr, commissioner of the Zeiss Foundation, ...
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Joe Hudson has resigned as president of Transitions Optical, the...
Joe Hudson has resigned as president of Transitions Optical, the joint venture between PPG Industries and Essilor International, after less than two years in the job. He is being replaced on an interim basis by Rick Elias, vice president of PPG for optical products and a former president of Transitions. ...
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Narcisio Giraldo has been appointed as chief executive officer of...
Narcisio Giraldo has been appointed as chief executive officer of Visibilia, the eyewear branch of a major Italian group owned by the Mevorach family from the Veneto region. Giraldo replaces Federico Vitaletti who ran the firm as it grew in the space of a few years from 4 to 70 ...
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Pro-Laser reports a net loss of $262,000 for the 1st...
Pro-Laser reports a net loss of $262,000 for the 1st quarter ended March 31, as compared to $14,000 in the year-ago period, but margins improved. The operating income rose to $446,000 from $48,000. Sales revenues surged to $13,579,000 from $709,000, largely due to the acquisition of Weco and Rodenstock Instrumente. ...
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Bollé is teaming up with Wesley Jessen to put on...
Bollé is teaming up with Wesley Jessen to put on the market a special colored contact lens for tennis players that allows them to track down yellow tennis balls more easily. Wesley Jessen has recommended to its shareholders not to accept Bausch & Lomb's latest improved tender offer at $35.55 ...
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Intercast Europe, the Italian company that claims to be the...
Intercast Europe, the Italian company that claims to be the world's largest manufacturer of hard resin cast sun lenses, has signed a longterm strategic licensing agreement to utilize Simula's high-impact resistant and transparent polyurethane materials in sun and sports lenses. To implement the deal, Intercast will add an initial annual ...
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France's L'Amy has set up its own sales subsidiary in...
France's L'Amy has set up its own sales subsidiary in the Netherlands by taking over Futex International, the Dutch sales subsidiary of Futis International of Taiwan, and its staff. Jenny Smits, who was worked for 7 years for Futex, is the new marketing and sales manager of L'Amy Nederland. The ...
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Jason Kirk, who bought back the rights to the London...
Jason Kirk, who bought back the rights to the London International Optics fair earlier this year from Miller Freeman, has finally decided to hold the fair again next year on Feb. 3-4, alternating with this year's Eyefashion Show. The venue will be Excel, a new exhibition center overlooking the Thames ...
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The organizers of Vision Expo, Reed Exhibitions and the Vision...
The organizers of Vision Expo, Reed Exhibitions and the Vision Council of America, have decided to hold its September session for the Western par of the US mrket in Las Vegas through the year 2003. For this year's event on Sept. 14-17, Vision Expo has put out a redesigned website, ...
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Luxottica seems to be determined to make a stronger statement...
Luxottica seems to be determined to make a stronger statement in the sports eyewear sector. It has reportedly acquired the 40 percent stake it didn't own in Briko, the Italian sports eyewear brand, from its founder, Alberto Brignone, for about e11 million. Luxottica plans to further develop the Arnette brand, ...
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Anglo-American Optical has undergone the ?buy-back' route, following in the...
Anglo-American Optical has undergone the ?buy-back' route, following in the footsteps of the much larger French L'Amy Group. Lawrence Jenkin, who is no longer with Anglo-American, had sold the British family-owned company to undisclosed interests in the early 1990's. Tony Jenkin, his younger brother and one of the founders, completed ...
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Jürgen Bischoff, a 49-year-old executive who worked previously for the...
Jürgen Bischoff, a 49-year-old executive who worked previously for the RWE power company, is taking over this month the management of Carl Zeiss' consumer optics division. His predecessor, 44-year-old Klaus Weissenberger, has decided to leave the company next Aug. 31 after 3 years in the job. A major reorganization program ...
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New York. The collection, which comprises 8 styles in 3...
New York. The collection, which comprises 8 styles in 3 colors and 3 sizes, will be available in the USA as well as in the UK, Australia and several Latin American markets where the CoverGirl brand is well-known. In the USA, about half of teenage girls wear Procter & Gamble's ...
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The National Eyecare Group, which claims to be the largest...
The National Eyecare Group, which claims to be the largest purchasing group for independent opticians in the UK, has launched its own internet website, initially designed to provide information about the group's services to its members. However, the site could develop in the longer term as a platform to support ...
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Johnson & Johnson has chosen to introduce its new Acuvue...
Johnson & Johnson has chosen to introduce its new Acuvue Toric line of contact lenses for astigmatic patients in Europe before doing it in other countries, although they are made at Jacksonville, Florida. Featuring a unique Constant Stabilization Design, with dual thin zones to control lens placement at the top ...
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Alain Pierre, 51, has been appointed as chairman and CEO...
Alain Pierre, 51, has been appointed as chairman and CEO of BBGR. He takes over the responsibilities of another former Essilor executive, Jacky Fremont, who is believed to have died in a deep-sea diving expedition last November. An electronic engineer, Pierre joined Essilor in 1982 to run the R&D operations ...
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Oakley says it expects to report net earnings of at...
Oakley says it expects to report net earnings of at least $3.5 million on global sales of between $55 million and $60 million for the 1st quarter ending March 31. That would compare with earnings of $1.4 million on sales of $48.7 million in the same 1999 period. The company's ...
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The global contact lens and lens care business grew from...
The global contact lens and lens care business grew from $4.6 billion in 1998 to $4.9 billion in 1999, and the growth is going to continue, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan (see www.frost.com), which goes into details about soft lenses and other products, presenting forecasts for each ...
