All Optiswiss articles
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Sponsored articleOptiswiss seeks distribution and franchise partners as consolidation reshapes lens manufacturing
As lens production keeps gathering under a few global owners, Basel’s Optiswiss is going the other way: the independent Swiss manufacturer is looking for experienced distributors and franchise laboratories to carry its lenses into new markets, starting at Silmo 2026.
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ArticleOptiswiss accelerates its international development
Lens manufacturer Optiswiss announced earlier this month the signature of an exclusive franchise partnership agreement with Aynai Optical for the Saudi Arabian market. The company will manufacture and sell Optiswiss lenses, using the Swiss brand’s lens designs in the factory it launched in 2024 and equipped with machines from Schneider ...
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ArticleIXI ramps up autofocus glasses supply chain
IXI, the Finnish-based start-up developing autofocus glasses, has announced two major initiatives meant to accelerate its development and prepare for the commercial launch of its product. As previously reported, the company raised $36 million from private equity firms and Amazon Alexa Fund among others earlier this year. ...
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Optiswiss and IOT formalize and strengthen their partnership
Optiswiss and Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT) have announced that they signed last summer a strategic development partnership “to drive innovation in lens technology”, thus formalizing their collaboration. Both companies stressed that the new partnership would allow them to fully leverage synergies and optimally pool their shared resources. These most notably ...
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ArticleA look at tele-medicine services, new lenses and measurement tools presented at Silmo 2024
The increasing footprint of tele-medicine in our sector was reflected in the growing number of suppliers showcasing their equipment and services at the Silmo Paris show, whose 2024 edition took place at the end of September. We report in this article on the main players present, mostly French companies: - ...
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Optiswiss appoints new manager to grow internationally
Optiswiss has announced the appointment of Frederik Zimmermann as head of global expansion for the company. Zimmermann has been working in the eyewear industry since 2009. After a couple of years at Mykita, he joined the Rodenstock group in 2011 where he held several management positions until last March. In ...
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Optiswiss enters myopia management category
Optiswiss has announced the launch of SMYLE, its first myopia management lens, which was developed in partnership with Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT), following guidelines and using patents from the Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) that licensed the technology. According to the Swiss-based lens maker presentation, SMYLE lenses combine a central ...
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ArticleOptiswiss maintains focus on ECPs, innovation and premium products
In an interview with Eyewear Intelligence, Samuel Frei, CEO of Optiswiss, sheds light on how the Swiss-based independent lens maker navigates an increasingly consolidated optical market with a strategy based on a focus on premium products, distribution through independent eyecare professionals (ECPs), state-of-the-art production facilities, investment in new technologies and ...
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ArticleTransatlantic retail alliance inks deals with Hoya and Rodenstock
KRYS GROUP, the French optical retail leader, has joined forces with Canadian-based Newlook Vision Group and General Optica, the Iberian retail subsidiary of De Rigo, to create a new purchasing alliance. Called Global Optical Alliance (GOAL), the organization has just announced the signature of partnerships with Hoya Vision Care and ...
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Optiswiss appoints new global marketing manager
Optiswiss appointed last month Johannes Schubart as its new head of global marketing, product, management and tools. A seasoned eyewear industry professional with other twenty years of experience in the sector, Schubart worked for the last nine years at Rodenstock’s lens division, most recently as director of produt management and ...
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Luxexcel partners with Optiswiss on smart eyewear prescription lenses
Luxexcel, the supplier of 3D-printed solutions for prescription lenses, has announced a new partnership with Optiswiss in the area of 3D-printed smart eyewear. As part of the new deal, Luxexcel will provide the Swiss lens manufacturer with its technology and equipment, and Optiswiss will then 3D-print prescription lenses for Augmented ...
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Optiswiss to upgrade its production site in Switzerland
Optiswiss, the large Swiss-based independent lens laboratory, has set up a fully automated production line for its remote form edging. Orders are currently increasing and its roughly 200 employees have restarted working normally. The company had introduced remote working and shortened working time due to the coronavirus crisis, it said. ...
