All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 13-14
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A $14 billion investment could eliminate poor vision globally by 2050
A new report by Essilor International – entitled “Eliminating Poor Vision in a Generation: What will it take to eliminate uncorrected refractive errors by 2050?” – suggests that the global issue of uncorrected refractive errors (poor vision) can be eliminated through a total investment of $14 billion over the next ...
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Siview, a speedy refraction system
Besides hosting a live music concert and offering beer to everybody at the end of each day of work at the show, Novacel's huge stand at Silmo this time hosted an interesting new automatic refraction system, called Siview, that can calculate or adjust the prescription for a pair of lenses ...
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News briefs
In a preliminary release, the organizers of the Silmo Paris...
In a preliminary release, the organizers of the Silmo Paris trade show report a 2.5 percent increase in attendance to a total of 35,888 visitors, 56 percent of whom came from outside France. The show hosted 970 exhibitors this time, or five more than last year. The next edition of ...
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New management for Optiswiss
Optiswiss, the large Swiss-based independent lens laboratory, appointed Samuel Frei as its new general manager on Aug. 1. Frei taking the place of Denis-André Zaugg, who had been running the company for 22 years. Zaugg plans to continue to be involved for the next five to seven years as chairman ...
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While preparing itself for an initial public offering (IPO) by...
While preparing itself for an initial public offering (IPO) by its parent company, the Inspecs Group, Killine has bought more land to expand its manufacturing operations in Vietnam, which already cover 15,000 square meters. The investment has provided for an extension 5,000 m², which will grow to 10,000 m² in ...
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Good quarter for GrandVision
Boosted by a growth of 4.6 percentage points from acquisitions, GrandVision's revenues for the third quarter jumped by 10.1 percent to €1,045 million, or by 9.7 percent in constant currencies. Comparable sales advanced by 4.0 percent from the year-ago quarter, while organic growth reached 5.1 percent. However, the Ebitda margin ...
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A good quarter overall for Hoya
Sales of eyeglass lenses grew by 4 percent on a comparable basis at Hoya Corporation in the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30, driven by markets in Europe and Asia, but they were down slightly in terms of yen due to foreign currency translations. On the ...
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Short stops
At the IOFT show in Tokyo last month, Glasses Partner,...
At the IOFT show in Tokyo last month, Glasses Partner, Tonysame Japan, Taniguchi Optical, Lindberg and Miyamoto Optical won a Japan Eyewear Award 2020 Grand Prix, respectively in the men's eyewear, ladies' eyewear, kids' eyewear, sunglasses and technology categories
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Jimmy Fairly, a fast-growing French eyewear retailer with a presence...
Jimmy Fairly, a fast-growing French eyewear retailer with a presence also in the U.K. and Germany, plans to enter the Belgian, Swiss and South Korean markets, after which it is aiming to expand in Italy and Spain. The company was created in 2011 by Antonin Chartier and Sacha Bostoni as ...
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Working with Silmo, the IOA wants to expand its presence
The International Opticians Association (IOA) is “aiming high,” says Fiona Anderson, the current president of this organization, whose membership represents opticians in 30 different countries. Anderson, who was previously the president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), was re-elected to a new two-year term in her current position ...
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Silhouette launches Evil Eye
Evil Eye is the brand name that Silhouette International has chosen for its new highly functional line of sports eyewear, which it has just started to introduce in selected European markets, simultaneously with the end of its long-standing licensing deal with Adidas, which has moved to the Marcolin Group.The new ...
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Leica Eyecare hopes Silmo d’Or will put it on the map
Novacel, a French company that operates one of the largest lens laboratories in Europe, hopes that the Silmo d'Or it won in September for Leica Eyecare's Variovid Volterra progressive lens will help bolster its international sales for the licensed line, which shared one of the largest stands at the recent ...
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News briefs
In its first move outside of its domestic market, Tanaka...
In its first move outside of its domestic market, Tanaka Optical, a Japanese-based retail chain with about 115 stores, has acquired a chain of 10 optical shops in Singapore, trading under the Frames & Lenses, Emperor Optics, Ocular and other banners, which will be kept by Tanaka. Salena Watanabe, marketing ...
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Leonardo Del Vecchio is the richest man in Italy and...
Leonardo Del Vecchio is the richest man in Italy and the 38th in the world, with a net worth of $24.6 billion, according to the latest real-time ranking of Forbes' list of billionaires. In Italy, he has overtaken Giovanni Ferrero, owner of the eponymous confectionery group Ferrero, which produces the ...
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Luxottica, the Italian unit of EssilorLuxottica, has decided to quit...
Luxottica, the Italian unit of EssilorLuxottica, has decided to quit Anfao, the Italian eyewear industry association, without giving a reason. The departure is said to be the natural consequence of Luxottica's decision last year to leave Confindustria, the Italian employers' association, in the context of its merger with Essilor in ...
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Kering Eyewear extends Gucci deal with Safilo
Safilo's share price made a big jump at the beginning of October, after a report indicating that Kering Eyewear was interested in taking over the company to give it the capacity to manufacture glasses under the Gucci brand and others in its portfolio. Denying the report, Kering Eyewear subsequently announced ...
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News briefs
Copenhagen Specs, the Danish designer eyewear show, is going to...
Copenhagen Specs, the Danish designer eyewear show, is going to stage a new session in Barcelona next year, again with support of Silmo. The new Copenhagen Specs Barcelona fair will be held in the Italian pavilion of the Montjuc fairgrounds on May 9-10. With Silmo's support and that of other ...
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Menicon, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NKL Contactlenzen, and Visioneering Technologies...
Menicon, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NKL Contactlenzen, and Visioneering Technologies have announced a sales and distribution agreement for Europe. Visioneering, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a medical-device company and the producer of NaturalVue Multifocal 1 Day contact lenses (NaturalVue MF). Under the terms of the new agreement, Visioneering will supply ...
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Essilor Sun Solution has signed a new collaboration with EKOI,...
Essilor Sun Solution has signed a new collaboration with EKOI, a French brand of clothing and equipment for road cycling and triathlon, on a range of ten EKOI Persoevo sunglasses. The extra-light and highly ventilated glasses are offered with a choice of four Essilor Sun Solution lenses and different shades, ...
