All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 26 No. 15+16 – Page 2
-
ArticleItalian eyewear industry warns companies risk survival with hefty US tariffs
Should US President Donald Trump follow through with a threat to impose hefty import tariffs on European Union goods, many Italian eyewear companies could see their survival threatened, warned Lorraine Berton, President of the Italian eyewear association ANFAO. The Trump administration on July 11 announced it would raise the so-called ...
-
News briefsIberian parcel carrier leans into optical sector
Correos Express, a parcel carrier operating in Spain and Portugal, has signed a contract with the Spanish Federation of Optical Sector Associations (FEDAO), Spain’s General Council of Colleges of Opticians-Optometrists (CGCOO) and the Spanish optical-health publisher Grupo ICM. This formalizes a relationship that began in 2002 and, says the company, ...
-
News briefs
Johnson & Johnson sees 5% contact lens sales growth in Q2
Johnson & Johnson’s contact lens sales totaled $965 million in the second quarter of 2025, up by 5.1 percent compared to the year earlier and 2.9 percent higher at constant currency rates. Growth continued to be driven by price actions and a strong performance by the Acuvue-Oasys 1-Day family of ...
-
News briefs
Sergio Cereda eyewear design award for emerging student designers expands internationally
The MIDO exhibition in Milan and the Ross Viva Family Foundation announced the launch of the second edition of the Sergio Cereda Design Award, which honors the renowned Italian eyewear creator and has been expanded this year to include emerging designers from around the world. Participation in the award contest ...
-
News briefsThélios inaugurates new Italian production site for metalworking
Thélios, the eyewear division of LVMH, has inaugurated a 20,000 square meter production site dedicated to metal processing for eyewear on the site of the former Safilo factory in Longarone, Italy, that it acquired in 2023. Veneto Region’s Councillor, Valeria Mantovan, and the President of LVMH Italy, Toni Belloni were ...
-
News briefs
Two changes at Essilux’s North American wholesale
EssilorLuxottica has shifted Ernesto Diaz to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for its wholesale operations (Professional Solutions) in North America and Laurie McDonald to Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for North America’s sport, premium sun and e-commerce channels, according to Vision Monday. Diaz has been with ...
-
News briefsArkema adding transparent-polyamide capacity in Singapore
At the factory in Singapore it inaugurated in 2022 – reputedly the world’s largest for bio-circular materials – Arkema is building a unit for the manufacture of its Rilsan Clear transparent polyamide, used for consumer electronics, appliance and medical equipment as well as eyewear. Representing an investment of about $20 ...
-
ArticleLarge-scale and 'real-life' French study confirms Miyosmart and Stellest efficiency
A large-scale research project by KRYS Group and the Poitiers university hospital involving a total of over 7,500 children aged 4 to 15 in France concluded that Essilor’s and Hoya’s myopia management lenses efficiently slowed down myopia progression, confirming prior clinical trial results announced by both lens makers. The detailed ...
-
News briefsZeiss honors two physicists
Zeiss has bestowed its Research Award on Dr. Jelena Vučković, professor of electrical engineering and head of the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics (NQP) Lab at Stanford University, and Dr. Yuri Kivshar, founder and head of the Nonlinear Physics Centre at the Australian National University (ANU). Vučković has been working to ...
-
News briefsJins nine-month revenue up 18%
Jins Holdings has reported a rise of 18.0 percent in net sales to 69.8 billion Japanese yen (€407m) for the nine months ended on May 31. Domestic sales climbed 20.2 percent to ¥54.3 billion (€316m) and overseas sales climbed 10.9 percent to ¥15.5 billion (€90.6m). As in H1, domestic business ...
-
Article10% CAGR forecast to bring Fielmann’s topline up to €4bn by 2030
Fielmann Group’s consolidated sales for the first six months of 2025 were up 12 percent year on year to €1.2 billion, in line with the growth pace reported for Q1. The company also stressed that its adjusted Ebitda increased disproportionally to €290 million (+26 percent), resulting in a 2.2 percentage ...
-
News briefsXpanceo raises a quarter billion
Xpanceo – a company we spoke with in June, and which has been exploring ways to put the tech of smart glasses into contact lenses – has raised $250 million in Series A funds, at a valuation of $1.35 billion. Leading the funding round was Opportunity Venture (Asia), with offices ...
-
News briefs
Certottica posts revenues of €5.3 million, names new board
Certottica Group, the Italian eyewear and optical product certification body majority-owned by the Italian eyewear association ANFAO, said it posted revenues of about €5.3 million in 2024, while its Ebitda came in at 12 percent of the top line. The group’s net assets grew to €4.8 million from about €3.3 ...
-
ArticleMeta takes 3% share in Essilux – with more to come?
What seemed like an only-a-matter-of-time thing since July last year is now a done deal, according to Bloomberg. Meta has acquired a minority stake in EssilorLuxottica, its smart glasses partner. “People familiar with the matter” told the US financial news outlet that the US tech giant had invested around €3 ...
-
News briefs
Safilens initial research shows 85% myopia progression reduction for Delivery Tyro
Safilens has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article in the Opthalmology and Therapy international scientific journal about the results of a research study on its Delivery Tyro daily disposable contact lenses. The research was conducted for a 12-month period with 241 myopic children aged 14.7 years on average, in ...
-
ArticleUnclear US ‘Transshipping’ tariff rate scope keeps Vietnam on its toes
Two days ahead of the July 9 deadline for the US “reciprocal tariffs” pause – or rather, the reduction of all import duties to a 10 percent baseline rate – only two ”definitive” bilateral agreements have been announced by President Donald Trump: with the UK, in early May, and with ...
-
News briefs
US private equity fund acquires Uvex Group
Warburg Pincus, a US-based global private equity fund, is taking a majority stake in Uvex Group, the German-based company specializing in protective safety and sports equipment. The Winter and Grau families owning Uvex Group until now will retain a significant minority stake in the business, Warburg Pincus announced. The investment ...
-
News briefs
Mia Burton merges with Lipari
Italian eyewear e-commerce company Mia Burton and the Italian optical retailer Lipari announced they were merging to create an omnichannel group with forecast revenues of €23.7 million in 2025. Lipari was founded by Giuseppe Lipari in 1974 and currently has three physical stores, two in Palermo and one in Milan, ...
-
ArticleBrand building, distribution and portfolio expansion keep Izipizi in the fast lane
Double-digit revenue growth is a common feature of many startups in their very early years, but, as businesses scale up, the fast pace naturally becomes harder to sustain. However, some achieve to keep the double-digit momentum going well into their teenage years. IZIPIZI, the French-based company “doing everyday glasses that ...
-
News briefs
New MD at eyes+more for Germany and Austria
Eyes + more, a subsidiary of the nexeye optical retail group, has announced the appointment of Björn Wecker as its new managing director for Germany and Austria. Wecker joins the company from POLO Motorrad und Sportswear (sport gear and apparel) where he served as retail director since 2024. His previous ...
- Previous Page
- Page1
- Page2
- Page3
- Next Page
