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Costco switches from polycarbonate to Mitsui’s MR for prescription lenses
Mitsui Chemicals, the Tokyo-based supplier of raw material for lenses, announced earlier this week that Costco Wholesale would start using its MR series of high refractive index lens monomers as a standard option for its eyeglasses sold in the U.S. The membership-based U.S. retailer had been offering mainly polycarbonate ophtalmic ...
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ArticleLuxexcel and WaveOptics partner for smart eyewear to look like normal eyewear
Luxexcel, the Dutch pioneer in 3D-printing solutions for prescription lenses, unveiled last week some details about its partnership with WaveOptics, a designer of waveguides and light engines, during the online SPIE. AR, VR, MR conference. Earlier last month, both companies had already announced their collaboration in the ...
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Barton Perreira extends 007 partnership
Barton Perreira, the Californian brand of luxury eyewear, announced last week the signature of a 3-year license agreement with EON Productions, the company behing the James Bond franchise. Both partners will develop “The Legacy Collection”, a range of sunglasses inspired by the vintage Bond films. This new partnership follows the ...
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Eyesafe wants to become the reference brand for blue light protection
The average time spent in front of screens increased to an estimated 13 hours and 38 minutes per day last year, a 30 percent increase from a year before, according to an announcement by Eyesafe last week. In the same communication, the company also stressed that eye strain has become ...
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Mondottica extends portfolio with Vivienne Westwood license
Mondottica International and the fashion brand Vivienne Westwood announced this week the signature of a 5-year license agreement for the design, production and the global distribution of Vivienne Westwood branded eyeglasses and sunglasses for men and women. The Korean and Asian collections will be launched this summer while the international ...
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Marcolin & Max Mara launch their first eyewear collection
Marcolin and the Italian fashion brand Max Mara jointly announced this week the official launch of their first eyewear collection, following the signature last year of a 5-year global license partnership for sunglasses and optical frames. The brand was previously part of Safilo’s portfolio. A preview of the new collections ...
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ArticleRazer partners with online optical retailer for smartglasses
Razer, an international brand of IT and lifestyle products for gamers and e-sports fans with 100 million users worldwide, is launching its first smart glasses this month. Called Razer Anzu, the new product combines Bluetooth functionalities with 35 percent blue light filtering lenses that can be easily ...
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Allergan wants to market presbyopia-treating eye drops
Allergan, a division of the American biopharmaceutical company Abbvie, announced at the end of February that it has filed a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for eye drops aimed at treating presbyopia. The ophthalmic solution has already been tested successfully with 750 patients, resulting ...
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De Rigo and FILA renew their partnership
De Rigo and Fila Luxembourg, holder of the FILA brand rights, have agreed to renew the license agreement for the design, production and distribution of FILA eyeglasses and sunglasses in EMEA, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. The Italian eyewear maker and the sports and lifestyle brand have been partners ...
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Fedon releases antimicrobial spray
Fedon Group and a technology company called Colors have produced an antimicrobial spray called Safe&Go. The spray makes use of Polygiene’s ViralOff treatment, purported to eliminate 99 percent of virus and bacteria on contact. The spray is being marketed for smartphones and other screen devices as well as eyeglass lenses ...
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News briefsBritish Olympic champion launches rear-vision cycling glasses
Callum Skinner, the British former track cyclist and Olympic medalist, is launching special sunglasses that allow cyclists to see also behind them. The glasses were invented by a physicist, Alexander Macdonald, developed with Skinner and designed by Bob Henderson, an award-winning optical engineer, after raising more than £100,000 (€115,35-$139,25) via ...
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Novacel plans to sell 200,000 pieces of its new progressive lens in 2021
Les Échos, the French business newspaper, reports that Novacel expects to sell 200,000 pieces of its new progressive lens in 2021. Launched in January and called Eden Zeta, the new lens is said to minimize visual aberrations and reduce visual fatigue. It incorporates Opalis Graphene, a new antireflection treatment by ...
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Essilor R&D acquires another 3D printer
Prodways Group, a French-based supplier of industrial 3D printing solutions including machines, software and materials, announced earlier this week the delivery of a second 3D printer to the research and development division of Essilor. The two companies started collaborating in 2018 with the aim of applying Prodways’ patented MOVINGLight technology ...
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Chiara Ferragni to release Luxottica-made sunglasses
On March 8, the fashion blogger and designer Chiara Ferragni will be releasing her first eyewear capsule, two sunglass models produced by Luxottica, through Sunglass Hut and, in Italy, Salmoiraghi & Viganò. Both of these chains are controlled by Luxottica. Ferragni has advised Sunglass Hut on style in the past. ...
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Safilens’ new contacts medicate the eye
Safilens’ new contact lenses, called Delivery Tyro, dose the eye with synthesized versions of substances found in plants and microbes to effect a “normalization” of the eye’s development, especially in children and young adults. The company is calling these substances lachryceuticals: literally, tear drugs. In particular, Delivery Tyro lenses release ...
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Dragon Eyewear is out fishing
Dragon Eyewear is introducing a collection of sunglasses designed for the anglers out there. The XP Fishing Collection – itself part of the XP Cross-Performance line – comprises four models and a seven lens tints for deep-sea, in-shore, sunrise or sunset fishing. The frames are made of an injection-molded thermoplastic ...
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Inspecs releases a green line
Inspecs has launched a line of eyewear called Botaniq, with 48 SKUs in 16 styles. The name derives from the frames’ biodegradable materials, adopted in response to consumer demand. These include cork, bamboo, recycled stainless steel and a bio-based acetate called Natura, which abides by ISO14855 and has been certified ...
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ArticleThélios, Mazzucchelli, Eastman to work on sustainable innovation
Thélios, the Italian eyewear manufacturer resulting from a joint venture between LVMH and Marcolin, the Italian acetate-sheet manufacturer Mazzucchelli 1849 and the American specialty chemical group Eastman have joined forces to develop sustainable innovation in the eyewear industry. “Sustainability has become a business imperative. We have chosen to team up ...
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Giorgio Armani to include sustainable eyewear
The Italian fashion company Giorgio Armani will include ecologically sustainable eyewear models for its brands Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A|X Armani Exchange. During 2021, about 20 new sunglasses and prescription frames, for men and women, will be introduced using recycled and recyclable materials. The lenses will be partially made ...
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ArticleItochu and Aquafil join forces to sell recycled nylon
The Japanese trading company Itochu and the Italian chemical firm Aquafil have entered a partnership to promote and expand the businesses of circular nylon production. In 2011, Aquafil created the Econyl Regeneration System that turns recovered nylon waste such as fishing nets, carpets and post-industrial waste back to caprolactam (CPL), ...
