All Rodenstock articles
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ArticleRodenstock upgrades portfolio, fine-tunes group strategy and synergies
After its participation at the opti show in Munich in January, Rodenstock presented its latest innovations at its booth during the Mido show in Milan, from Feb. 3 to 5. The German-based lens maker introduced this year its new LayR coating, which it describes as an extension of its biometric ...
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ArticleDe Rigo wholesale and retail up double digits in 2023
De Rigo Group has announced solid revenue growth for both its wholesale and its retail operations in 2023, as the company’s consolidated sales reached €506 million, up by 11.8 percent year-on-year on a reported basis. This is the first time that the topline has exceeded €500 million since 2008, when ...
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ANFAO unveils restricted substances list, elects new president of lens group
Italian eyewear association ANFAO and its majority-owned certification subsidiary Certottica on Oct. 13 unveiled their first Product Restricted Substances List (PRLS) for eyewear. According to ANFAO, the list will be constantly updated and is meant to be a “clear and effective” handbook covering product conformity parameters in the main international ...
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New general manager at Indo
The Rodenstock Group has promoted Luis Elzaurdia to the general manager position for Spain, overseeing the business of both the Indo and Rodenstock brands in the Spanish market. Indo Optical was acquired by the German lens manufacturer in 2022 and, earlier this year, the company launched Rodenstock’s range of biometric ...
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News briefsIndo is back in Chile
Indo Optical of Barcelona has reentered Chile, a market it left about a decade ago, according to Look Vision. The announcement came at an event in Chile, in the presence of global product manager Jose de la Rubia and Chile sales directors Walton Ojeda and Francisca Gurtubay. This is the ...
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ArticleRodenstock sales up 4 % last year on B.I.G. Vision lenses momentum
Rodenstock Group has reported €505 million in pro-forma sales for fiscal 2022, an increase of 4 percent on a like-for-like basis compared with the previous year. The lens company stressed that it could deliver robust results despite challenging macroeconomic conditions that led to a slowdown in growth pace in the ...
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ArticleTop management changes at Rodenstock Group
The Rodenstock Group successively announced in the last two days the appointment of a new CEO for the group and of a new general manager for its optoVision subsidiary. Following the decision of current CEO Anders Hedegaard to step down, Rodenstock has appointed Marcus Desimoni to replace him, effective Feb. ...
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ArticleDe Rigo to acquire Rodenstock eyewear division
De Rigo Vision has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire the full ownership of Rodenstock’s eyewear division, a transaction that is scheduled to be completed at the end of second quarter of 2023. The amount of the acquisition was not disclosed. The family-owned Italian group said the investment ...
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ArticleMaterialise sees its eyewear volumes triple within 5 years
Created in 2014, the eyewear division of Materialise, the Belgian-based 3D printing specialist, has introduced several innovations for 3D-printed glasses and has established itself as the market leader in the field. Ahead of the Silmo trade show, we sat down with Alireza Parandian, the unit’s manager, to reflect on the ...
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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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News briefsRodenstock adds two members to new executive team
Rodenstock has appointed Martin Lange as executive vice president of sales & marketing and promoted Dr. Dietmar Uttenweiler to executive vice president of R&D and product management. Both are joining the German lens manufacturer’s new Executive Management Team, whose other members are CEO Anders Hedegaard, CFO Marcus Desimoni and COO ...
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ArticleRodenstock adds M&A to technology in growth mix
“We are targeting to outgrow the optical market by two to three times with organic growth, but we are also looking at possible acquisitions to enter new markets,” Anders Hedegaard, CEO of the Rodenstock Group, told us as we were concluding our interview a few days ago, right after the ...
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ArticleRodenstock acquires Indo
The Rodenstock Group has announced that it was acquiring the Spanish lens manufacturer Indo Optical to further accelerate its regional expansion and gain market share. The acquisition is conditioned to the usual regulatory approvals but is expected to go through and be completed in Q3 2022. The Munich-based company, which ...
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ArticleBiometric lenses boost Rodenstock sales and profits
The Rodenstock Group has announced that its revenues reached €494 million in 2021, exceeding forecasts and growing by 23 percent compared to the previous year. After a difficult year in 2020 because of the COVID-19 impact on optical market, the German group’s sales rebounded about 10 percent over the €450 ...
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ArticleChristopher Cloos swaps shares for ads with U.S. media group
Christopher Cloos, a Danish-based brand of sunglasses and prescription eyewear, has signed an unusual share deal with a360 Media, a U.S. publisher of magazines and websites focusing on celebrities’ news and health and fitness. The eyewear company has agreed to sell 9 percent of its shares to the media house ...
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Former GrandVision CEO joins Rodenstock board
Rodenstock has appointed Theo Kiesselbach and Guillaume Daniellot to its advisory board, MAFO reports. Kiesselbach spent 15 years at GrandVision in several top executive positions, including CEO of the group from 2011 to 2018. Daniellot is currently CEO of Strautman Group, a leading supplier of dental implants. Rodenstock’s newly created ...
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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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New Canadian distributor for Rodenstock
Rodenstock has announced the signature of a new agreement for the distribution of its lenses in Canada by Centennial Optical , starting May 1, 2021. Founded in 1967 and based in Toronto, Centennial Optical is a national distributor of lenses, eyewear and optical supplies to Canadian eye care professionnals ...
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New owner for Rodenstock
Apax Partners , a private equity firm based in the U.K., has agreed to acquire Rodenstock from Compass Partners , another investment fund and the majority shareholder of the German brand of high-end lenses and frames since February 2016. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. It ...
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News briefsNew COO and CFO at Rodenstock
Rodenstock , the high-end German lens and frame company, announced the appointment of Roland Dimbath as its new chief operations officer as of Jan.1. Dimbach joined the company in 2006 as director of logistics and purchasing, a position he held until 2017 when he was appointed head of sales ...
