Vision Expo East 2023 concluded on Sunday, March 19, following four days of new product discovery, education sessions, networking events, and business meetings. Held at New York City’s Javits Center from March 16–19, Vision Expo East was the largest gathering of ophthalmic professionals in the United States in recent years. Vision Expo East featured 425…
Coburn Technologies announced that Visgard UV Anti-Fog Coating is now available for use in their Velocity Spin Coater platform. Since Coburn’s acquisition by SDC Technologies, their development teams have been hard at work to enable Coburn’s lens coater to dispense SDC’s coatings. Now, not only can labs apply high performance hard coatings like ProCoat, UVMAX,…
EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames and sunglasses, and ERG, a leading European producer of energy from renewable sources through its subsidiary ERG Power Generation, announced today that they have signed a twelve-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the supply of approximately 900 GWh of green energy…
ZEISS has acquired the shares of the joint venture tooz technologies, which was founded together with Deutsche Telekom in 2018. ZEISS is thereby responding to the large, growing market potential in the fields of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) glasses. Until now, each partner held 50% of the shares in the start-up, which…
Coburn Technologies, Inc. is pleased to welcome Michael Kelly to their marketing team as their new Digital Marketing and Trade Show Specialist. In this role, Kelly will develop and implement marketing campaigns and strategies to promote the Coburn Technologies, Inc. brand through the planning, logistics and support of all North American trade shows, as well…
IOT, a global leader in lens technologies, has appointed Carolina Gago as Chief Operating Officer. This appointment will strengthen the presence and coordination of IOT globally, ensuring that customers everywhere have the best access to all the company’s teams and resources. Carolina has spent almost two decades in the optical industry. In the last 4…
Marco Gadola was unanimously elected to Bühler Group’s Board of Directors at annual general shareholders’ meeting at February 10th. At the same meeting, Konrad Hummler stepped down from the Board after more than 12 years of service. Marco Gadola (59), a Swiss and French national, started his career in banking and later worked at Novartis…
MIDO 2023 marks the beginning of a new era for the eyewear show with numbers that confirm its leadership position as it closed its doors 6 February on the 51st edition. The next MIDO will take place Saturday February 3rd to Monday February 5th 2024, at Fiera Milano Rho. Attendance peaked at 35,000 industry professionals;…
The Vision Council and RX, co-organizers of Vision Expo, announced that the deadline for eyewear exhibitors to submit their most innovative frame or lens product for inclusion in the specially curated NOW Pavilion has been extended to Wednesday, February 15. Interested exhibitors are asked to submit their company name, brand name, product name, booth number,…
2022 has ended and it is time to take stock of the results. For Horizons Optical, the Spanish company focused on innovation and technology for the optical industry, this has been a year full of news that confirms the company’s positive growth: the opening of a subsidiary in the USA, opening of a new headquarters…
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