All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 23 No. 15+16 – Page 3

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    Kubota Glass starts distribution in Taiwan

    2022-07-12T07:13:00Z

    Kubota Vision has announced the signature of a distribution partnership with EverLight Instruments Company for the commercialization of its Kubota Glass myopia-management device in Taiwan, where the product has been approved by health regulation authorities. Separately, the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese-based Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings group said that Ryo ...

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    Bertrand Roy has passed away

    2022-07-12T07:12:00Z

    Bertrand Roy, a key figure of the Essilor group and the French optical sector for several decades, passed away just a few days ago at the age of 67, Acuité and other French websites report. After an initial 10-year stint at Renault, Roy joined the Essilor Group in 1987 where ...

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    French industry survey shows double-digit inflation for raw materials

    2022-07-12T05:42:00Z

    The prices of raw materials and consumables for the production of frames and lenses by French companies have increased in the double-digit range in recent years and are expected to keep rising quickly next year, according to a recent announcement by GIFO, the national eyewear industry association. The organization surveyed ...

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    KRYS GROUP to start using eye-tracking AR tool in optical shops

    2022-07-12T05:42:00Z

    French retailer KRYS GROUP is partnering with Eyesoft, a start-up tech company specialized in eyecare, for the utilization of the company’s eye-tracking tools in its optical stores. Founded in 2018 by two orthoptists, Eyesoft has developed a software that, in connection with an AR headset, enables the tracking of the ...

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    Spain’s optical sector all but recovers in 2021

    2022-07-11T08:40:00Z

    Last year Spain’s optical sector managed to claw back most of the business that had slipped away during the pandemic. Revenues for the whole of 2021 increased by 20.36 percent, to €1.836 billion, but remained 1.8 percent shy of 2019’s figure. Revenues for the pandemic year of 2020 dropped by ...