VM brings you the latest information from optical companies and organizations responding to the coronavirus. Match Eyewear is now offering protective eyewear and face shields to ECPs as they begin to reopen their practices. Match's catalogue, shown here, includes full face shields, goggles and glasses that can help keep employees from touching their eyes and block particles in the air. Most of the protective eyewear also fits over standard glasses, is certified FDA approved and meets ANSI standards. The eyewear is available via an order form on Match's website.

Schneider Optical Machines announced that it can upgrade a Schneider EBC machine to produce anti-fog coated lenses. The company’s new anti-fog technology provides a clear view for all ophthalmic lenses, sun lenses, sports lenses and visors, Schneider said. It can even be used to produce anti-fog lenses with individual branding.

“All you need to get started is a small upgrade,” said the company’s marketing chief, Tobias Schneider. “The Anti Fog process can be run on a Schneider EBC coater. All it takes is a minimal upgrade comprising the installation of an ion beam source for ion beam sputtering and the implementation of the process. Schneider provides the technology and the consumables necessary such as the targets and the anti-fog wipes.

"To preserve the anti-fog protection and easy to clean properties, the glasses simply have to be treated with a specially developed wipe after cleaning and rinsing.” He added that the anti-fog process may also be installed and run on other coating systems. The Schneider team will check the technical feasibility to install and run Schneider anti-fog on those systems.

Click here to watch a video about Schneider’s anti-fog technology. For more information click here.  

Ultra Optics has put together a recommended parts kit to help get its customers up and running with the greatest amount of success following the significant slow-down due to COVID-19. When machines sit idle, or with very low use for this amount of time, it becomes increasingly likely that issues will present themselves upon starting back up. Leveraging its many years of experience with thousands of machines in the field, Ultra Optics has identified the key parts that are likely to present issues in this situation. To help its customers in this time of need, and in honor of the year 2020, Ultra Optics is offering a 20 percent discount on the price of this parts kit.

“We are focused on the success of our customers and want to insure they get back to work as soon as possible with minimal issues,” said Jim Weiler, SVP and general manager of Ultra Optics, which is a division of The Walman Optical Company. This parts kit is the latest effort made by Ultra Optics to help their customers during this time of need.

“In addition to dividing our workforce over extended hours and offering financial assistance to our 44R Ultra Care Program partners, we also mobilized our resources to produce hand sanitizer so that people in our industry have another source during this time of need.”

Ultra Optics has also created guidance documents to help customers in start-up procedures to use when returning to operations. These procedures, coupled with this parts kit will help customers return to normal operation as fast as possible while minimizing down time and lens breakage. These documents can be found on the company’s website www.ultraoptics.com.

Contact Ultra Optics at 1-(800)-365-9993 or UOCorders@ultraoptics.com to take advantage of this parts kit offer, or to order hand sanitizer.

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