All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 3-4 – Page 2
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Ocuco buys EMRlogic
Ocuco has acquired EMRlogic, the Vancouver-based supplier of the ODPro Practice Management System (PMS) and the activEHR certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) software system. Ocuco, with headquarters near Dublin, is the global software company behind the Acuitas PMS and the Innovations Lab Management System (LMS).Troubled by financial problems, EMRlogic had ...
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Essilor will buy Coastal
Essilor International says it is becoming the world's largest internet retailer in the ophthalmic optics sector with the acquisition of Coastal Contacts. The French company announced yesterday that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the Vancouver-based digital retailer of eyeglasses ...
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U.S. optical business rating increases
The overall rating of the U.S. optical business environment was 3.70 in January, up from 3.65 in December, according to the Optical Business Barometer (OBB) compiled by Jobson Optical Research. The rating has however declined as compared to January 2013, when it was 3.84, or to January 2012, when the ...
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Eye health statistics for Britain have identified a slight increase...
Eye health statistics for Britain have identified a slight increase in the number of eye examinations subsidized by the National Health Service (NHS). According to the recent Eye Health Data Summary report, launched by the UK Vision Strategy Partnership, there were 12.3 million NHS sight tests in 2012/13, representing a ...
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Götti, the Swiss eyewear brand that owns the Swiss lens...
Götti, the Swiss eyewear brand that owns the Swiss lens manufacturer Eyetech, has won the 2014 German Design Award 2014 in the lifestyle category for a new style of sunglasses, Xanadu, from its Spin & Stow collection. The patented Spin & Stow functionality allows the sunglasses to be folded flat ...
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Optiker Bode, the German chain of optical shops, reports that...
Optiker Bode, the German chain of optical shops, reports that its sales increased by 10 percent to €46.5 million in 2013, as compared to the previous year. It was the most successful year in the history of the family business, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Optiker Bode is one ...
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Wooden frames that bend
WooDone, a young Italian brand of handmade eyewear carved from single pieces of wood, is introducing the first wooden prescription frames that can be adjusted to the wearer's head without breaking. The innovation will be shown at the company's stand in Hall 24 at the Mido fair starting tomorrow.After months ...
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Samsung is believed to be preparing its own “smart glasses”...
Samsung is believed to be preparing its own “smart glasses” to rival Google's. The South Korean firm is expected to launch the gadget at the IFA trade show in Berlin on Sept. 5-10, according to reports. Google has so far refused to reveal when it will put Glass on general ...
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Uvex gets a special prize, the Axia Award for Bavaria,...
Uvex gets a special prize, the Axia Award for Bavaria, because of its sustainable strategy as a family company that places its 2,100 employees in the foreground
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Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as...
Essilor Germany has assigned Stefan Rüdiger to the position as chief executive, after Mathias Schmidt left the company at his own request at the beginning of October. Bernhard Nüsser, senior vice president for Central and Northern Europe, who will assume the post as chief executive of the German subsidiary on ...
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Silhouette International is mourning the loss of its co-founder, Arnold...
Silhouette International is mourning the loss of its co-founder, Arnold Schmied, Sr., who passed away on Jan. 31 following a long illness. He was 89. Schmied and his wife, Anneliese, founded the company in 1964 with the objective of turning what were once considered medical, visual aids into fashion accessories. ...
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The French Parliament has cast a final vote of approval...
The French Parliament has cast a final vote of approval on the so-called Hamon Bill, a piece of legislation for consumer protection that facilitates the sale of prescription eyeglasses over the internet. It does so through a clause that forces eye doctors to include the patient's interpupillary distance on their ...
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Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager,...
Spy Optic has appointed Nicolas Saumur as European brand manager, based in Lyon, France. Reporting to Tom Helleberg, vice president of international sales for the U.S. company, he will provide sales and marketing support to the company's European network of distributors, covering both the optical sports retail circuits. I may ...
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Carl Zeiss has launched a new application for consumers to...
Carl Zeiss has launched a new application for consumers to test whether their eyes suffer from digital vision stress. The app, which is available free of charge, calculates how long the eyes need to focus when looking alternately at an object in the distance and a digital device. According to ...
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Menicon has announced that its new multipurpose contact lens manufacturingfacility...
Menicon has announced that its new multipurpose contact lens manufacturingfacility in Emmen, Netherlands is now fully operational. At this new 4,675-square-meter plant, the company will produce made-to-order rigid gas permeable and soft lenses. Research and development teams will be working at the site on new lens designs and new support ...
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Lissac has announced that it will soon be offering its...
Lissac has announced that it will soon be offering its customers the 3D printings of their glass prototypes. The monochrome prototype, in blue, will be made by a stereo-lithographic printer using a UV-photoresist resin. Stereolithography, also known as 3D layering or 3D printing, is a process allowing the creation of ...
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Visionix has announced the release of a new automatic lensmeter....
Visionix has announced the release of a new automatic lensmeter. The VX35, built with patented Visionix Power Map technology, is a wavefront-based lensmeter featuring a 130-point simultaneous measurement, for rapid and accurate measurements. This new instrument saves time by using the same method for measuring both prescription and UV transmission. ...
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Rudy Project has announced a long-term partnership with World Triathlon...
Rudy Project has announced a long-term partnership with World Triathlon Corporation and an expanded presence at Ironman events around the globe. The agreement, designating the Italian company as the official helmet supplier to Ironman for North America, originated at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and has ...
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Ital-Lenti has announced that this year's theme for its participation...
Ital-Lenti has announced that this year's theme for its participation at Mido will be “Colors&Co – Conversazioni tra i sensi.” The concept embodies the idea of the dominance of vision over the other senses, combined with an emphasis on the key role of the color, which enables us to create ...
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Silhouette has announced collaboration with the Felder sisters. Annette and...
Silhouette has announced collaboration with the Felder sisters. Annette and Daniela Felder, the German twins behind the Felder Felder fashion label, have collaborated with the Austrian eyewear brand on a selection of glasses they created especially for their autumn/winter fashion show in London. The glasses were revealed last February during ...
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