AUSTIN, Texas—VisionWeb, based here, announced the honorees for its 2009 Lab of the Year program. The program, now in its fourth year, rewards spectacle lens laboratories that have shown exemplary results growing and maintaining customer loyalty using VisionWeb.

This year’s honorees are Omega Optical, Dallas, Texas; Perferx Optical, Pittsfield, Mass.; and Personal Eyes Optical, Plymouth, Minn. These honorees are among the top 20 labs as voted by VisionWeb members.

To determine the honorees, VisionWeb measured the ability of the lab to retain and grow VisionWeb usage among their customers. In addition, the votes each lab received from VisionWeb members were incorporated into the final calculations. The voting process took place from June through August 2009, with nearly 3,000 votes collected from VisionWeb members. VisionWeb ensures a level playing field for labs of all sizes, with calculations taking into account overall lab volume versus lab size.

VisionWeb Lab of the Year honorees are featured in a special section of the VisionWeb site, and will receive an award commemorating their recognition. Past honorees include Aearo Technologies, Balester Optical, Cherry Optical, Crown Optical, CustomEyes, Duffens/Langley, Enterprise Optical, Hi-Tech Optics, National Nova Optical, OptiCraft, Southern Optical, and Twin City Optical.