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Luxexcel launched new manufacturing platform for prescription smart eyewear on-demand

Luxexcel announced its next-generation manufacturing platform, Luxexcel VisionPlatform™ 7, which makes it possible for businesses to integrate prescription lenses into the production of smartglasses in their manufacturing facilities. The new platform includes new features specifically geared towards manufacturing prescription smart lenses that are lightweight, thin, and can be used in commercial frames similar to traditional…

HOYA Vision Care and Myopia Profile join forces to educate ECPs about myopia managment

HOYA Vision Care and Myopia Profile, a leading international myopia educational company, announced the roll out of a suite of co-created certified training courses to educate, inform and empower Eye Care Professionals (ECPs) to prescribe spectacle lenses for children in the global fight to address and manage myopia. The bespoke program developed together includes certified…

EssilorLuxottica establishes smart eyewear innovation center in France

EssilorLuxottica announced the creation of a dedicated innovation center in France to reinforce its expertise and expand its capabilities in electrochromic and smart eyewear technologies. Leveraging more than ten years of research and development in this field, the company intends to accelerate its initiatives to address consumers’ evolving needs and fully capture the potential of…

40 million Euro investment in Ocuco

Ocuco Ltd, the leading provider of software to the eyecare industry worldwide, has announced today a €40 million refinancing including a €25 million term extension of its facilities with Wells Fargo Capital Finance (Technology Finance Division) and a €10 million commitment from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with an agreement for another €5 million…

Mimesys – a lens that adapts to the user

Mimesys, the latest innovation from Horizons Optical, was unveiled at the Mido digital trade show from 5 to 7 June. According to the company, Mimesys, an ecosystem of technologies, is a real revolution, transforming the whole concept of progressive lenses as we know it. By diagnosing gaze dynamics, Mimesys delivers a progressive lens that mimics…

Adaptive lens technology exceeded funding goal within hours

DeepOptics, the inventor of a novel adaptive lens technology, unveiled its new product 32°N, the first adaptive focus sunglasses, on Kickstarter, and already exceeded its funding goal within a few hours. The sunglasses enable a number of different reading prescriptions with a single pair of glasses. The sunglasses feature pixelated liquid crystal (LC) layers that…

All Schneider edgers come with built-in quality control

One investment, two machines – Schneider developed a proprietary quality inspection system, replacing the need for additional surface inspection units and exceeding the industry standard. Intelligently interlinked with the Modulo system, this integrated LMU lens measuring unit provides blockless handling and is now an integral part of all Schneider edgers. Contrary to other systems, the…

Coburn Technologies announces the new Agility autodeblocker

Developed for large labs seeking speed and efficiency, Agility is the fastest automated deblocking system on the market, capable of deblocking over 200 lenses per hour. “The new Agility Autodeblocker completes our automated post-polishing product offering. When combined with our Duality De-Taper & Cleaner, and our award-winning Velocity Lens Coater, our customers can fully automate…

MES_360 Lite – Your introduction to Industry 4.0

Increasing transparency and visibility of Satisloh´s equipment performance is one of the key levers to optimizing lens manufacturing production and reducing costs. The new MES-360 Lite which comes pre-installed with every Satisloh Lab 4.0 ready machine, provides daily reports using pre-established KPI´s to track machine utilization, production throughput, and top 5 errors. MES-360 Lite needs…

EssilorLuxottica acquires HAL’s 76.72% interest in GrandVision

On July 1, EssilorLuxottica announced that it has completed its acquisition of a 76.72% ownership interest in GrandVision from HAL Optical Investments, a wholly–owned subsidiary of HAL Holding pursuant to the block trade agreement entered into with HAL on July 30,2019. The cash purchase price is equal to Euro 28.42 per share. As a result…