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Eyecessorize has hit 50,000 “likes” on Facebook. This program is...
Eyecessorize has hit 50,000 “likes” on Facebook. This program is The Vision Council's campaign to increase awareness of the fashion and lifestyle aspects of eyewear in the U.S. The Facebook page, which has been growing steadily since its launch in October 2008, offers its fans an inside look at each ...
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Optic 2000 will contribute to the French edition of the...
Optic 2000 will contribute to the French edition of the Téléthon fund-raising event on Dec. 7, with the support of 150 volunteers from its headquarters in Clamart, near Paris. The company's initiatives will revolve in particular around rare diseases and ocular gene therapy and will complement the planned collection of ...
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Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis...
Since the launch last April of the campaign “Mon permis à portée de vue” (Tr.: “My driver's license within eyesight”) by the retail partners of Optic 2000 and Optissimo, nearly 1,000 people have had a chance to test their sight for free in the French northeastern region of Alsace, in ...
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Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in...
Italy's Commissione della Vista (CDV), which promotes vision correction in the country, recently performed over 1,000 eye tests on the occasion of the G! Come Giocare toy fair in Milan, held on Nov. 16-18, and the results are rather alarming. More than 20 percent of the adults who took an ...
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The Vision Council in the U.S. is launching a new...
The Vision Council in the U.S. is launching a new web series on in-office processing. Eight eye care providers (ECPs) from different backgrounds talk unscripted in the web series about their use of in-office processing equipment and discuss how such equipment can capture new customers, reduce errors and speed up ...
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Members of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) have...
Members of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) have voted against a proposal to give it a more modern name, the British Association of Opticians
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TD Tom Davis suffered the theft of a gold version...
TD Tom Davis suffered the theft of a gold version of its Rockstar sunglass at the Silmo fair in Paris earlier this month, according to Optician magazine. Originally created for Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer of Muse, it was said to be worth more than €1,000 at retail. Compensating for ...
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Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit...
Three men were arrested and more than 1.8 million counterfeit colored contact lenses were seized in a raid near Shanghai last month. Police received an anonymous tip and discovered a workshop, warehouse and sales office, all operating without permits. It is believed that the men had been making millions of ...
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Essilor has signed an agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision to...
Essilor has signed an agreement with Carl Zeiss Vision to settle the patent dispute that its subsidiary Signet Armorlite lost against Zeiss in a U.S. court recently over backside freeform progressive lenses. As part of the settlement, Zeiss has granted a license to Essilor and its subsidiaries, including Signet and ...
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Bausch + Lomb and the Lions Clubs International Foundation have...
Bausch + Lomb and the Lions Clubs International Foundation have awarded a $150,000 grant to the Siliguri Greater Lions Eye Hospital in Siliguri, in the Indian region of West Bengal. The grant, which was made possible through the Pediatric Cataract Initiative, will support a comprehensive outreach and training program to ...
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A German charity organization, Caritas, and the German federation of...
A German charity organization, Caritas, and the German federation of opticians, ZVA, are combining forces for a common charity project with the slogan ‘Good vision for everyone.' From Oct. 15 to Nov. 30, the project, sponsored by Essilor and Silhouette, will offer glasses free of charge to 3,000 people living ...
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The International 3D Society and the 3D@Home Consortium have merged...
The International 3D Society and the 3D@Home Consortium have merged to form the International 3D Society & 3D@Home. The merger is intended to better serve the theatrical, TV, video game and mobile 3D marketplace and professional community, to push the expansion of the 3D entertainment industry in all channels. More ...
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Safilo announced that it has signed a solidarity agreement with...
Safilo announced that it has signed a solidarity agreement with the unions to settle the issue of staff redundancies following the non-renewal of the Armani license in May. The agreement, which fully reproduces the contents of the preliminary agreement signed in mid-June, provides more details on the organization of work ...
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Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food...
Bausch + Lomb obtained the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Biotrue ONEday, allowing its introduction in the U.S. market The brand is a daily disposable lens made from HyperGel, an innovative material featuring characteristics of both conventional hydrogels and silicone hydrogels. Biotrue ONEday was launched in ...
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Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new...
Sony has filed for a U.S. patent for a new smart eyeglass system that lets users capture and share information with other people who are wearing the same glasses. The patent application says that wearers can look at each other and transmit the information to the other's display panels, like ...
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Transitions Optical was one of the 27 companies to win...
Transitions Optical was one of the 27 companies to win a Gallup Great Workplace Award in 2012. A panel of workplace experts evaluates companies based on how they engage their employees.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CooperVision's Avaira...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CooperVision's Avaira Toric two-week silicone hydrogel contact lenses for astigmatism; they should be available for distribution in May
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Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food...
Hoya Surgical Optics has gotten approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell two models of clear foldable hydrophobic acrylic-optic aspheric intraocular lenses commercially in the U.S. They are the iSymm intraocular lens and the preloaded iSert intraocular lens.
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The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London,...
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians, based in London, has set up its own operations specifically for Ireland after members there clamored for expanded service. FODO Ireland will help the corporate sector there expand and adapt to future changes. It will lobby for members, offer support solutions and promote ...
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The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as...
The Greek government has liberalized the optical retail trade, as well as other forms of retailing. It will no longer be necessary for the owner of optical retail store to be a certified optometrist, and he or she will be able to manage more than one store.
