In the ongoing effort to accommodate international and non-English speaking customers, Coburn Technologies has made coburntechnologies.com available in Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin). Users can now select from English, Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin) using a simple language switcher tool incorporated into the website navigation bar. In addition to text in the product pages, videos for many…
The organizers of Vision Expo, The Vision Council and RX, today share details on The Panorama, a new Show Floor neighborhood planned for Vision Expo West, taking place September 14-17, 2022 in Las Vegas at the Venetian Expo & Convention Center. The Panorama is designed to showcase cutting-edge technology in the vision industry. “Driven by…
In compliance to China State Council’s “Guidance to implement joint prevention and control mechanism on the normalization and containment of the new coronavirus epidemic”, the 21st China (Shanghai) International Optics Fair, scheduled to be held in Shanghai (February), has been relayed to September 15-17, 2022, at Suzhou International Expo Center. At latest count, SIOF 2022…
Georg von Erffa will take over the management of Corporate Human Resources of the ZEISS Group. He will succeed Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf, who was appointed Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) on the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG from 1 July 2022. As Head of CHR, Georg von Erffa will report to Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf. Georg von Erffa…
HOYA Vision Care, a leader in optical technology innovation, recently announced that it has entered into a strategic joint venture (JV) with Chinese eyeglass lens manufacturer Jiangsu Sigo Optical’s (JSO) Founder and Chief Executive Officer Liu Jianzhong. The partnership will provide HOYA with access to a wider range of high-quality plastic and polycarbonate finished single…
Horizons Optical, an international R&D company placed in Barcelona, Spain, that is focused on the development and distribution of technology for the optical industry, has settled a subsidiary in the US, Horizons Optical of America (HOA). In 2021, the growth of Horizons was over 40%, almost doubling the number of laboratories that have decided to…
Opening in less than two months, the 10th edition of DaTE – Shaping Avantgarde, the eyewear show focused on state-of-the-art eyewear, set to take place from Saturday, September 10 to Monday, September 12 at the Leopolda in Firenze. To date, 90 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in the show, representing more than 150 brands (data…
The Vision Council is pleased to share two new appointments to the organization’s Market Research team. Kris Stevens joins The Vision Council as the new Data and Analytics Manager and Dianella Maalem joins as the new Research Manager. Stevens and Maalem will report to Alysse Henkel, The Vision Council’s Senior Director of Market Research and…
HOYA Vision Care announced the launch of its new global myopia education and marketing campaign ‘Myopia Care for Kids’. The goal of the initiative is to raise awareness about the growing global rise of myopia in children and to provide detailed information about the new MiYOSMART spectacle lens developed specifically for kids to slow down…
Since launching of ShopVISION in July 2021 more than 7,000 products have been uploaded across 80 categories to the ShopVISION platform and nearly 14,000 supplier leads have been created by eyecare provider activity on the platform. “As we look ahead to the next year of ShopVISION, we are poised to supercharge buyer growth, drive buyer…
