Posted: 7/3/2008 12:39 AM
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—VSP Vision Care recently filed with California’s
Department of Managed Health Care for approval of a planned $700
million acquisition of “all of the outstanding stock of a vision care
company,” unnamed in the filing.
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HERNDON, Va.—The Opticians Association of America will hold its 24th
annual State Leadership Conference Jan. 29 through Jan. 31, 2009, at
the Hotel Le Pavillon in New Orleans.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:30 AM
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.—Oakley has announced that it has entered into an
agreement with Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) to be an
official MLB Authentic Collection eyewear licensee.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:27 AM
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Bausch & Lomb has named John W. Sheets, Jr., its
corporate vice president and chief technology officer, leading the
company’s global research and development efforts.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:24 AM
KIBBUTZ SHAMIR, Israel—Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. (Nasdaq: SHMR) has
agreed to purchase 49 percent of Altra Trading GmbH from its minority
shareholder.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:21 AM
CHICAGO—Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, Prevent Blindness
America (PBA) has developed fact sheets and brochures dedicated to
fireworks safety education.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:18 AM
SEATTLE—Optometrists and paraoptometrics from around the country gathered here last week for Optometry’s Meeting, incorporating the 111th annual American Optometric Association (AOA) Congress and the 38th annual American Optometric Student Association conference.
Posted: 7/3/2008 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Due to the Fourth of July Holiday,
VMail will not be published again until July 10. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July holiday.
Posted: 6/30/2008 12:36 AM
DALLAS—Last week Essilor joined VSP Vision Care and Vision One Credit
Union in the five-year-old Vision Loans program, which provides loans
to private-practice eyecare practitioners.
Posted: 6/30/2008 12:33 AM
SEATTLE—At the annual Optometry's Meeting here last week, the American Optometric Association honored several people with awards for their accomplishments in eyecare, and elected new officers for the coming year.
Posted: 6/30/2008 12:30 AM
SEATTLE—Andrew Graves, a student at the University of Alabama
Birmingham College of Optometry, has been awarded a $6,000 scholarship
by Hoya Vision Care, North America as part of the company’s grant and
scholarship program.
Posted: 6/30/2008 12:27 AM
SEATTLE—VisionWeb, a leading ophthalmic industry ordering and information portal, said last week they have entered into an agreement with the American Optometric Association (AOA) to provide support sponsorship of AOA marketing initiatives to drive membership and participation in practice-building programs through 2009.
Posted: 6/30/2008 12:24 AM
GLEN COVE, N.Y.—More detailed plans for sponsorships, a journal and
golf packages are underway for the upcoming Essilor Vision Foundation
Golf Classic 2008 to be held here at the Nassau Country Club and the
North Shore Country Club on August 25
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Posted: 6/30/2008 12:21 AM
SEATTLE—Optometry Giving Sight (OSG) and Volunteer Optometric Services
to Humanity (VOSH) International have formed a cooperative partnership
and the two groups signed a “memorandum of understanding” here on June
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Posted: 6/30/2008 12:18 AM
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Posted: 6/26/2008 12:27 AM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Bausch & Lomb has named Joseph Barr, OD, MS, as
vice president, global clinical & medical affairs and professional
services, vision care.
Posted: 6/26/2008 12:24 AM
PARIS—René Grandperret, a founder and chairman of Essilor, died June 19 at age 90. His death was announced by Essilor.
Posted: 6/26/2008 12:21 AM
DRAPER, Utah—Services were held in Marietta, Ga. last week for Kevin McCallum, chief marketing officer of 1-800 CONTACTS, 46, who died on June 10.
Posted: 6/26/2008 12:18 AM
HUENENBERG, Switzerland—Alcon, Inc. (NYSE: ACL) has entered into a
patent cross-licensing agreement with Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.
(NYSE: EYE) relating to lubricious coatings for intraocular lens (IOL)
insertion devices and a specified one-piece IOL design, according to an
announcement from Alcon.
Posted: 6/26/2008 12:15 AM
CINCINNATI—LCA-Vision Inc. (Nasdaq: LCAV) announced the resignation of
Alan H. Buckey, the company’s executive vice president of finance and
CFO. Michael J. Celebrezze has been named interim CFO, effective at the
close of business Wednesday.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:33 AM
NORWALK, Conn.— Show organizers Reed Exhibitions and The Vision Council
announced future exhibit dates for International Vision Expo West
through 2012. Each event will be held at the Sands Expo Convention
Center in Las Vegas.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:32 AM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Due to the recent flooding in the Midwest, Twin Cities Optical Cedar Rapids has moved production of all lab jobs to the TCO Minneapolis facility.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:31 AM
MONTE CARLO—Last week, GrandVision, the 100 percent subsidiary of Pearle Europe parent HAL Holding, acquired the MasVision Group, an optical retail chain in Spain, via its subsidiary GrandOptical España.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:30 AM
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Vision West Inc. (VWI), the ophthalmic buying group
based here, has taken the next step in their ‘2008 Going Green’
commitment, with a summer energy-saving program that challenges
independent eyecare providers to become “Eco-Heroes” in their
practices.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:27 AM
CARLSBAD, Calif.—Dragon, a youth lifestyle brand specializing in
sunglasses, goggles and youth accessories, has announced its split from
parent company Oakley. Founder and CEO, Will Howard and general manager
Aaron Behle, bought out the division last week with the backing of a
private-equity fund.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:24 AM
SAN DIEGO—The American Optometric Foundation has selected 19 optometry
students—one from every college of optometry in the U.S., Puerto Rico
and Canada—as the 2008 class of AOF-Carl Zeiss Vision Fellows.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:21 AM
SANTA ANA, Calif—Advanced Medical Optics (NYSE: EYE) is collaborating
with the Sydney, Australia-based Institute for Eye Research to develop
contact lens disinfectant and cleaning solutions and related products.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:18 AM
DULUTH, Ga.—CIBA Vision recently launched
www.cibavisionacademy.com, a new Web site for the Academy for Eyecare Excellence it announced in February.
Posted: 6/23/2008 12:15 AM
NEW YORK— Take a break this week from the office grind by viewing fun videos brought to you every Monday on
VM 's WebTV, including the
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Posted: 6/19/2008 12:30 AM
PINELLAS PARK, Fla.—As part of what the company terms as its ongoing commitment to worldwide growth objectives, Transitions Optical, Inc. has implemented organizational changes within its global group.
Posted: 6/19/2008 12:27 AM
SÃO PAOLO, Brazil—The organizers of Abióptica, the Brazilian optical
products show, have determined new 2009 timing for the exhibition.
Posted: 6/19/2008 12:24 AM
VARESE, Italy—Gaetano Sciuto, managing director, of Carl Zeiss Vision
Sunlens, has resigned from the company to take a position in the
fashion business. He will be succeeded as managing director by Michele
D’Adamo.
Posted: 6/19/2008 12:21 AM
WESTPORT, Conn.—The Field & Stream Licenses Company has announced
that it has signed an exclusive agreement with FGX International (NSDQ:
FGXI), owners of the Foster Grant brand, for the design, manufacture
and distribution of Field & Stream Eyewear.
Posted: 6/19/2008 12:18 AM
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—MidOcean Partners, a middle market private equity
fund, and Bushnell Outdoor Products, a manufacturer of sports optics,
premium eyewear, and outdoor accessories, have announced that its
portfolio company, Bushnell, has acquired the Simmons brand and certain
other assets of Simmons Outdoor Corporation from Meade Instruments
Corp., (NASDAQ:MEAD) a California-based publicly traded company.
Posted: 6/19/2008 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—Don’t miss out on Vision Monday’s June e-edition of
Business Essentials now LIVE.
Posted: 6/17/2008 5:00 PM
PITTSBURGH--HVHC, a Highmark company and the parent company of the Eye Care Centers of America chain as well as of Viva and Davis Vision, today named David Holmberg its president and chief executive officer effective July 1. Holmberg will also continue his role as president and CEO of San Antonio-based ECCA, a position he has held since the beginning of this year.
Posted: 6/16/2008 5:10 PM
CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France—Following this morning’s announcement of Essilor’s plans to acquire Schweiter Technologies’ Satisloh division, executives from Essilor (ISIN: FR 0000121667) said they plan to leverage the complementary capabilities of the two companies to provide prescription laboratories with a “total solution” for ophthalmic lenses and lens processing equipment while growing the overall market.
Posted: 6/16/2008 7:07 AM
CHARENTON-LE-PONT, France—Essilor [ESSI.P] and the Swiss company Schweiter Technologies AG [ISIN:CH0010754924] announced today that they have signed a share purchase agreement whereby Essilor will offer to acquire the shares of Schweiter subsidiary Satisloh Holding AG.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:36 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)’s
Ophthalmic Devices Panel met here on June 10, 2008 to provide advice to
the FDA regarding modifications to preclinical and clinical testing
guidance for contact lens care products, as well as modifications to
product and patient labeling for these products.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:33 AM
SCHAUMBERG, Ill.—CIBA Vision and Essilor of America hosted the
inaugural First Practice Academy (FPA) seminar here, a program attended
by 89 independent practice ODs, who had become practice owners during
the past three years. FPA is designed to educate ODs in their formative
years of practice about critical business management skills.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:30 AM
MASON, Ohio—At the “virtual Partner Day” hosted last week by Luxottica
Group’s (NYSE: LUX) Luxottica Retail division, executives of the
Luxottica Foundation’s Give the Gift of Sight Program outlined new
goals for the year ahead, while giving a progress report on the
program’s successes in the past 12 months.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:27 AM
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.—Through a new agreement between Internet portal
Eyefinity and Optical Distribution Corporation, exclusive U. S.
distributor of Rodenstock lenses and frames, Rodenstock lenses will be
able to be ordered by Eyefinity’s eLab users shortly.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:24 AM
SAN MARCOS, Calif.—Signet Armorlite (SA) has signed a consulting
agreement with Craig Chasnov, owner of three Eyetopian Optical retail
locations in southwest Florida.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:21 AM
TORONTO—At TLCVision’s (Nasdaq: TLCV) annual shareholders meeting here
last week, James Wachtman, the company’s president and chief executive
officer, and chairman Warren Rustand reviewed TLCVision’s strategy for
2008 for each of its three segments: refractive centers, doctor
services and eyecare.
Posted: 6/16/2008 12:18 AM
NEW YORK—Now
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Posted: 6/16/2008 12:15 AM
NEW YORK— Take a break this week from the office grind by viewing fun videos brought to you every Monday on
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