All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 4 – Page 2
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Ital-Lenti has launched a line of customizable progressive lenses, called...
Ital-Lenti has launched a line of customizable progressive lenses, called Premium
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Schneider continued to grow briskly last year, with sales up...
Schneider continued to grow briskly last year, with sales up by about 19 percent to an undisclosed level. Sales grew the most in Asia, Latin America and the U.S. A few weeks ago, the German manufacturer of free-form lens processing equipment and other types of tools for precision optics inaugurated ...
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Brazilian retailers change ownership
After growing at an annual compound rate of about 15 percent over the past few years, the Brazilian optical retail market continues to change its contours, as documented in previous issues of Eyewear Intelligence. After the acquisition of Tecnol by Luxottica at the end of 2011, it's now the turn ...
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Poc Sweden, a Swedish brand of ski helmets, protective gear...
Poc Sweden, a Swedish brand of ski helmets, protective gear and ski goggles that was recently bought by Black Diamond Inc., an American group in the outdoor and ski sector, is getting its Poc Eyes collection manufactured for the first time by a production partner in Italy. The first generation ...
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Safilo prepares for the repayment of a high-yield bond
Safilo's board has authorized the management to arrange a €100 million financing package in view of the reimbursement of its high-yield bond maturing in May 2013 and the funding of business developments. The group has set up a new revolving facility of €60 million with a group of banks. The ...
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Bill Munch, former general sales manager of Viva International's retail...
Bill Munch, former general sales manager of Viva International's retail sun division, has joined Allure Eyewear to occupy the newly created position of vice president of sales for its sunglass division, reporting directly to Steve Clarke, president of the New York-based company. Tom O'Neill remains the company's vice president for ...
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Safilo, the big Italian manufacturer of eyewear and marketer of its...
Safilo, the big Italian manufacturer of eyewear and marketer of its own Carrera and Smith sports brands, has appointed Philipp Greilberger commercial director for optics and sports at its Austrian subsidiary. The 34-year-old served on the executive board of Nike's subsidiary in charge of Austria and Switzerland.
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Mark Mischik, who has been with Viva International Group since...
Mark Mischik, who has been with Viva International Group since 2010, has been promoted to director of sales in the retail sun division. He joined the company as business manager for licensed brand stores. In his new position he will report to Jan Cory, Viva's senior vice president for sales ...
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With the new backing from The Vision Council, the European...
With the new backing from The Vision Council, the European Sunglass Association is resuming its traditional annual convention. It will also be open to non-members and there will be no registration charges. This time it will take place next May 23-24 at the Marriott Praia D'el Rey in Portugal. ...
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McGee Group won the Vision Choice Awards for its new...
McGee Group won the Vision Choice Awards for its new Badgley Mischka collection at the International Vision Expo East show in New York last month. The U.S. company won the awards through a contest in which visitors to the fair voted for the best products among the 20 items displayed ...
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Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that Uvex Austria...
Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that Uvex Austria has appointed Alexander “Sandy” Grau to be the new sales and marketing director. The 40-year-old is the son of Werner Grau, the longtime chief executive of the eyewear and helmet manufacturer. He already served the company in the field of sports ...
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Antonio Bortuzzo is now running Viva
After playing important roles in the Italian and French eyewear industry, Antonio Bortuzzo will officially join Viva International at its head office in New Jersey as chief executive on May 6. The 53-year-old Italian industry veteran is happy to move this time to the U.S. as he has been married ...
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Optrafair will become an annual event
Optrafair, the traditional British eyewear show, has been held for over 40 years in Birmingham every other year in the spring, and its next session will take place as scheduled on April 13-15. The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO), which sponsors the trade show, has insisted on the location, arguing ...
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Cecop, the international buying group based in Spain, has announced...
Cecop, the international buying group based in Spain, has announced the appointment of a new U.K. country manager, Dominique Gastaldi, replacing Bernhard van Ommen, who will return to his former role of international development director. Under him, the number of affiliated practices in the U.K. rose from 120 to 470 ...
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PPG Industries announced the launch of its new Tribrid lenses...
PPG Industries announced the launch of its new Tribrid lenses on the North American market, in partnership with Thai Optical and X-Cel Optical Company, a major American distributor in which Essilor recently acquired a controlling stake. The 76-year-old lab has already been working with another PPG monomze, Trivex, for the ...
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Karavan Production has signed an agreement to buy the Buffard...
Karavan Production has signed an agreement to buy the Buffard group, which includes the Folomi, Axebo and Lun'Art companies. The two French entities represent a combined turnover of about €10 million, with an offer of more than 2,000 designer frames and an overall staff of 80 people. The structure of ...
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OBE Italia has signed an exclusive agreement with Deco Guss...
OBE Italia has signed an exclusive agreement with Deco Guss for the commercialization of precision casting components in Italy. Deco Guss, with headquarters in Siegsdorf, Germany, has been a specialist in this technology since 1981. OBE Italia is a subsidiary of OBE, a German manufacturer of components for spectacles with ...
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Mitsui Chemicals Group, based in Tokyo, has agreed to buy...
Mitsui Chemicals Group, based in Tokyo, has agreed to buy 5 percent of the shares of KOC Solution, a maker and distributor of optical lenses monomers based in Korea. After the acquisition, whose terms were not released, KOC will be a subsidiary of Mitsui. Mitsui expects to boost its portfolio ...
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Marcolin has entrusted the Luz photo agency with the production...
Marcolin has entrusted the Luz photo agency with the production of 15 images taken by 15 different photographers in the world to show different realities of arts and crafts of excellence, associating them with its own penchant for craftsmanship. The photos are on display at the Sguardi d'Atelier exhibition at ...
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Alain Afflelou is investing heavily in the hearing aid sector,...
Alain Afflelou is investing heavily in the hearing aid sector, feeling that it is at a similar stage of development as optical retailing 30 years ago, with challenges in terms of recruitment and consumer awareness. In an interview with Bien Vu, the French entrepreneur said he plans to add about ...
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