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Higher raw material costs are leading Evonik Industries to raise...
Higher raw material costs are leading Evonik Industries to raise the sales price of products from its Acrylic Monomers business line by €95 per metric tons in Europe by Oct. 1, unless otherwise specific contractually
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Vunetic, a new type of front-connection magnetic eyewear, will make...
Vunetic, a new type of front-connection magnetic eyewear, will make its world debut at the Silmo 2013 trade show in Paris. Designed in the U.S. by Ron Lando, Vunetic is described as a patented luxury product, completely manufactured in Italy from fine frame materials and the highest standards in quality ...
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Hoet is launching a style of frames in titanium with...
Hoet is launching a style of frames in titanium with 3D laser printing
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Safilo Group and Fossil Group have renewed their licensing agreement...
Safilo Group and Fossil Group have renewed their licensing agreement for Fossil branded prescription frames through December 2018. The scope of the agreement has also been extended to include Fossil sunglasses and to give Safilo the right to distribute Fossil eyewear worldwide. The deal was previously limited to the U.S. ...
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Okia Optical has announced that patents for its revolutionary HDA...
Okia Optical has announced that patents for its revolutionary HDA (High Definition Acetate) technology have been granted in Japan and allowed in Australia, in addition to its existing patents in Hong Kong, China and Italy. HDA is a technology that allows the transformation of textures and colors into crisp high-definition ...
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Marchon and Italia Independent, which has just made a much-publicized...
Marchon and Italia Independent, which has just made a much-publicized initial public offering on the Italian Bourse, have announced a two-year collaboration agreement for a co-branded capsule collection of Karl Lagerfeld eyewear. Italia Independent will distribute the line exclusively in its domestic market. Marchon, which has been Lagerfeld's eyewear licensee ...
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Google Glass entered the operating room on June 20 when...
Google Glass entered the operating room on June 20 when Dr. Rafael Grossman, surgeon at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, in the U.S., performed a gastrostomy, namely the placement of a feeding tube into a patient's stomach, with his Google Glass in tow. The surgeon wore a Google Glass ...
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CooperVision used the venue of the annual convention of the...
CooperVision used the venue of the annual convention of the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) in Manchester last month for the global launch of its silicone hydrogel daily disposal contact lens, called MyDay
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Schneider has presented its first machine for the anti-reflective coating...
Schneider has presented its first machine for the anti-reflective coating of lenses, complementing its compact and cost-effective DSC Prolab System for digital surfacing. The German company has also introduced a more integrated surfacing solution, LSM Modulo, featuring self-organizing cognitive machine modules, special interfaces and special monitoring options.
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Silvian Heach (spelled like this), an Italian fashion brand based...
Silvian Heach (spelled like this), an Italian fashion brand based in Naples, is launching its first eyewear collection. Arav Fashion, the company that manages the brand, will present 18 models of prescription eyewear and seven sunglass models for spring/summer 2014, with four color options for each model. The new products ...
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Nau! has introduced the “Cicala” sunglass line, inspired by the...
Nau! has introduced the “Cicala” sunglass line, inspired by the great divas of the past. The new eyewear collection by the Italian franchising chain is made of recycled plastic embellished with 44 Swarovski crystals. The stones are hand-set on the frame to form a floral pattern. Cicala is part of ...
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Visioptis has enriched its portfolio by signing a new licensing...
Visioptis has enriched its portfolio by signing a new licensing agreement with Daniel Crémieux, the French prêt-à-porter brand, for the design, manufacturing and distribution of optical and sun glasses. The Crémieux label is known for its tailored sportswear designs combining the style of the American colleges in the 1960s with ...
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Rudy Project, the Italian sports eyewear specialist, is launching a...
Rudy Project, the Italian sports eyewear specialist, is launching a new line of vintage sunglasses for leisure with a distinctive Italian design, called Ultimatum. The line offers a wide range of lenses including Multilaser, whose special production process gives the lens surface a fine mirroring effect that improves strength and ...
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Pregiata Eyewear, a new Italian company based in Padua, the city...
Pregiata Eyewear, a new Italian company based in Padua, the city of Safilo, and Tom Rebl, an emerging underground fashion brand, have announced an international license deal, which expires at the end 2020, for the production and distribution worldwide of a line of sunglasses and optical frames. The first collection will be seen at ...
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Gem Lunetterie, a French company that has been specializing in...
Gem Lunetterie, a French company that has been specializing in children's eyewear, has announced signing a licensing contract for adult glasses with Torrente, a 45-year-old Parisian fashion house. The first collection will be presented at the next Silmo show in Paris.
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Okia reports on a further step in the development of...
Okia reports on a further step in the development of its patented HAD technology, which allows the creation of lifelike patterns in any colors on acetate frames. Its high-definition technology can now be applied to both sides of the temple. Okia's bold, new collection based on this technique is called ...
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Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a...
Glasses.com, the American online eyewear retailer, plans to launch a 3D virtual try-on app that is supposed to generate an interactive photo-realistic image. For the past year it has been controlled by the same investors who own the 1-800 Contact e-commerce platform. Developed by 1-800 Contacts' founder and chief executive, ...
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Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on...
Baidu, China's largest internet search engine, is reportedly working on its own smart eyeglass technology, similar to the Google Glass project. The “Baidu Eyes” project would consist of a small LCD screen attached to a slim headset. The new glasses are expected to be able to do searches on the ...
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Okia has launched an original collection of eyewear that uses its...
Okia has launched an original collection of eyewear that uses its patented HDA Technology in combination with a special “BMT” technique. High Definition Acetate (HDA) is a patented technology allowing the transformation of textures and colors into crisper and more realistic colors, including 3D effects and textures, on acetate sheets. Thanks ...
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Britain's Brulimar Optical Group has announced the extension until 2016...
Britain's Brulimar Optical Group has announced the extension until 2016 of its highly successful license with the Pineapple Dance Studios for Pineapple Eyewear for women and girls
