All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 7 – Page 4

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    Two people were killed in a March 31 fire at...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Two people were killed in a March 31 fire at Evonik's cyclododecatriene (CDT) plant at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany. CDT is a base material used in plastics manufacturing – it makes laurolactam, which is used as a monomer in polyamide 12. This material is used in Evonik's Vestamid, ...

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    Transitions Optical was one of the 27 companies to win...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    Essilor grew by 23.6% in first quarter

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Many factors contributed to the fantastic jump of 23.6 percent to €1,269.9 million reported last week by Essilor in its sales for the first quarter, compared with the year-ago period. Acquisitions contributed 12.5 percentage points to the growth, including 3.3 percentage points from Shamir Optical and Stylemark. An additional 2.6 ...

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    The Vision Council is moving its 2013 Executive Summit back...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Vision Council is moving its 2013 Executive Summit back a week, now scheduled for Jan. 16-18 in Key Biscayne, Florida

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    Lissac has opened its 200th store. The French optical retail...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Lissac has opened its 200th store. The French optical retail chain, which consists mainly of franchised stores, doubled in size in the last two years and wants to double again by 2015. One of its unique services is the opportunity for the customer to test a pair of progressive lenses ...

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    Immagine Eyewear down 20% on the domestic market

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Immagine Eyewear has suffered badly from the recession on the Italian market, with sales down by 20 percent. Domestic sales represent 40 percent of the Italian company's total turnover, which reached €3.5 million thanks to better performance from exports. The company has had to take measures such as cutting down ...

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    Shannon Johnson, an 18-year veteran of New York Eye, has...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Shannon Johnson, an 18-year veteran of New York Eye, has been promoted to senior vice president for operations. She moves up from her former slot as vice president for product support, a division she will still oversee in her new job.

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    PixelOptics has raised $7.03 million from 10 investors, coming almost...

    2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

    PixelOptics has raised $7.03 million from 10 investors, coming almost 10 percent short of its target. The U.S. company, which markets emPower electronic focusing eyewear, had offered $7.7 million worth equity in the form of mixed securities in its latest round of financing.