Author: Hanna Diewald

The Vision Council Releases 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey Report

The Vision Council released the 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey Report. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the custom survey The Vision Council fielded to the vision care community in November 2020. The confidential survey, developed in partnership with Nonprofit HR was designed to benchmark the vision care leadership landscape in order to…

Essilor will unveil clinical trial results of its Stellest lens

  Essilor will unveil the pivotal two–year clinical trial results of its Stellest lens – its latest spectacle lens solution in the fight against myopia. The much–anticipated two–year results demonstrate that Essilor Stellest lenses slow down myopia progression by 67% on average, when compared to single vision lenses, when worn at least 12 hours a…

EssilorLuxottica: Update on the proposed acquisition of GrandVision

EssilorLuxottica confirms that on April 9,2021 the Chilean market regulator FNE (Fiscalía Nacional Económica) cleared the acquisition of GrandVision following the commitment to divest GrandVision’s Chilean operations under the banner Rotter YKrauss.GrandVision’s Chilean operations will be sold to HAL in accordance with the terms of the block trade agreement entered into by HAL and EssilorLuxottica…

Transitions academy 2021 cancelled

Transitions Optical announced that it is cancelling Transitions Academy 2021, scheduled for June 13 – 16, 2021 in Orlando, Fla. The annual meeting is one of the industry’s well-recognized educational events, bringing together independent eyecare professionals, national and regional retailers, educators, optical laboratories, managed vision care companies, and other industry professionals from across North America…

The professional Opticians of Florida commit to Vision Expo East 2021 as an official supporter

The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions, organizers of Vision Expo, announced that the Professional Opticians of Florida will join Vision Expo East 2021, taking place June 2–5 in Orlando, Florida, as an official supporter. Established in 1982, the Professional Opticians of Florida, representing more than 4,000 Florida Licensed Opticians, is dedicated to enhancing the competency…

Zeiss opens High-Tech center in North America

Zeiss, the global optics and optoelectronics technology company, has completed construction of its new R&D, production, sales and customer service site in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bringing together hundreds of Zeiss employees and key functions under one roof, represents a major milestone in the company’s international innovation and growth strategy. “The new Zeiss Innovation…

SIOF 2021 postponed to May

The 20th China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair, scheduled to be held in Shanghai in February, has been relayed to May 6-8, 2021, at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC). The descision was taken in compliance to China State Council’s ‘guidance to implement joint prevention and control mechanism on the normalization and containment of…

Apax Funds to acquire Rodenstock

Funds advised by Apax (the “Apax Funds”) have announced an agreement to acquire Rodenstock from Compass Partners. Founded in 1877, Rodenstock has been a global leader in prescription lenses for over 140 years. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Rodenstock employs around 4,900 people worldwide and is represented by sales subsidiaries and distribution partners in more than…