Lorraine Berton has been elected to lead ANFAO, the National Association of Optical Goods Manufacturers.The new President, the first woman in this position who will be leading the Association for the next four years, succeeds Giovanni Vitaloni, President from 2017. The appointment was made at the end-of-year Meeting, in the splendid setting of the Scuola Grande della Misericordia in Venice.
Registration now open for MAFO – The Conference 2024, the special event in Milan for optical labs and the ophthalmic industry. A top-class program with eleven speakers awaits you next year. This conference following the motto NEXT GENERATION is all about: Additive manufacturing of ophthalmic coatings, blockless manufacturing, smart glasses and many more exciting topics.
The new website of the international eyewear tradeshow Mido, that will take place at Fiera Milano Rho from 3 to 5 February 2024, is online. It is not just a graphic restyling, but a substantial change, aimed at ensuring digital accessibility, encouraging user participation, and avoiding discrimination of all kinds.
Ocuco has announced the dates for its Innovations User Group Meeting 2024: SEAS THE DAY. The event will take place from April 11th to 13th, 2024, at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater, Florida, USA. The meeting aims to bring together optical lab professionals from around the world for three days of education around key market trends, insights into the Innovations roadmap, and practical training with Ocuco’s LMS.
Horizons Optical, a global leader in optical technology solutions, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Mercadao dos Oculos, a distinguished Brazilian eyewear company. The collaboration represents a significant leap forward in Horizons Optical’s expansion within the Brazilian market.
3M announced that DAC Technologies, a global leader in optical lens manufacturing solutions, has acquired the LEAP III brand. The comapnies have entered into an exclusive supply agreement for 3M to supply DAC Technologies with the base component material from which LEAP III pads are made.
The collaboration of Oggleyes.com, NextDayContacts and Visibly should fulfill the mission to connect visitors with high-quality service. This is achieved by offering the Visibly’s FDA-cleared online visual acuity test and the service provided by NextDayContacts.
OptoTech Technologies Inc., based in Germantown, Wisconsin has announced Steven Schneider as a new addition to its team. He joins OptoTech as director of global consumables, bringing a wealth of knowledge gained from his more than 34 years of experience in the ophthalmic industry, according to the company, as well as his involvement with the…
opti will take place in Munich from 12 to 14 January 2024. In addition to the live event, the trade fair will be enhanced by the digital networking platform opti CONNECT allowing year-round interaction between visitors and exhibitors as well as even more targeted trade show planning. opti 2024 will be digitally expanded with opti…
Hoya Vision Care, committed to developing innovative solutions to address the growing problem of myopia progression in children, extended its research to Europe in an effort to battle this global problem. In the eye care industry, most research on childhood myopia is being conducted in East Asia, where the condition is most prevalent. [1] With…