By Staff
Monday, July 29, 2024 12:15 AM
NEW YORK—
LensCrafters, part of
EssilorLuxottica Group, announced it is launching LensCrafters Adaptive Progressive Lenses. The company partnered with Essilor Instruments and Shamir Optical Industry Ltd., a world-leading producer of high-performance lenses, to develop the new vision solution, exclusively available at LensCrafters stores in North America. LensCrafters said it leveraged “the best of EssilorLuxottica Group to build the new top tier lens, including investing in new technology to gather additional parameters necessary for lens customization. Utilizing AI big data technology in partnership with Shamir, ten years of prescription data were analyzed for identifying consumer needs and defining the technical specifications for the design of the lenses. Lastly, LensCrafters partnered with the operations and manufacturing teams to set up all the required industrial mechanisms to produce and distribute the lenses on a big scale ensuring a high level of service to customers."
By Staff
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 12:18 AM
NEW YORK—Now in its fourth year, Jobson’s 2024 Ultimate Partners program gives readers the opportunity to highlight their great business support partners and showcase their support.
By Staff
Friday, May 31, 2024 12:21 AM
HENDERSON, Nev.—
Doctors Optical Labs, an optical laboratory owned and directed by independent eyecare doctors, has announced that their acquisition of
See Better Optical Labs, a full-service digital lab, has been finalized.
By Staff
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 12:18 AM
SALT LAKE CITY—People who experience migraines have a new option for managing light sensitivity thanks to lens technology developed by a physician-scientist at the
University of Utah John A. Moran Eye Center.
By Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 12:27 AM
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—
The Vision Council released its latest research report, Focused inSights Eyewear Accessories, providing comprehensive data into American adults' behaviors, preferences and purchasing patterns related to eyewear accessories. The report sheds light on the usage and maintenance habits surrounding various eyewear accessories and underscores the importance of proper care and storage of eyewear products to ensure optimal vision, according to the announcement from The Vision Council. The survey highlights a variety of eyewear accessories, including eyeglasses cases, eyeglass chains/lanyards, microfiber cloths, eyeglasses replacement/sizing nose pads, lens cleaning wipes, lens cleaning solution, contact lens cases, contact lens solution and lubricant eye drops.
By Staff
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:21 AM
SAN DIEGO—
Shamir has renewed its agreement with
BWT Alpine F1 Team and will continue to be the team’s Optical Performance Partner.
By Staff
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:27 AM
CUPERTINO, Calif.—At its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC2023) this week, Apple unveiled
Apple Vision Pro an innovative, first-of-its-kind spatial computer that blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing users to stay present and connected to others. Eyes and how people experience vision are a major element of Vision Pro.
By Staff
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:18 AM
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands & BERKELEY, Calif.—The
Van Gogh Museum, in Amsterdam, is the latest cultural institution to partner with
EnChroma to help people understand the experience of color blindness.
By Staff
Friday, December 30, 2022 12:18 AM
Thousands of eye injuries happen every day, spanning accidents at home, in amateur or professional sports or in the workplace. In fact, Prevent Blindness estimates that eye injuries in the workplace are very common.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 2:00 AM
NEW YORK—Thousands of eye injuries happen every day, spanning accidents at home, in amateur or professional sports or in the workplace. In fact, Prevent Blindness estimates that eye injuries in the workplace are very common. More than 2,000 people injure their eyes at work each day. About 1 in 10 injuries require one or more missed workdays to recover from. Of the total amount of work-related injuries, 10 percent to 20 percent of those injuries will cause temporary or permanent vision loss.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:59 AM
SafeVision by Hoya
https://safevision.com/ is a leading North American provider of prescription safety eyewear programs through the company’s partnership with thousands of independent eyecare providers. “We provide customized solutions to protect the vision of manufacturing and industrial employees based upon the diverse needs of their unique environments,” said Bruce Scott, VP of Hoya Global Safety and Hoya wholesale division.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:58 AM
Kenmark has been experiencing a sizeable increase in its Rx Safety business over the past year “as we’ve shifted to not necessarily ‘post-COVID’ but a COVID-adaptable world,” noted Jason Wehlage, VP product and design.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:57 AM
Safety eyewear is estimated to be a $140 million market and provides eyecare professionals an opportunity to boost their bottom line with a specialized service. To ensure eyecare professionals can learn about opportunities in the safety eyewear sector, Essilor’s SightProfect (
https://www.sight-protect.com/en/providers) was created in 2021 “to simplify the implementation of safety eyewear within practices and equip ECPs with the best prescription safety eyewear options,” the company said.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:56 AM
Like many safety eyewear leaders, Hilco Vision reports it has been a “steady climb out of the pandemic,” and that the company has seen an increased need for safety frames in nearly all the channels it serves. “Our global team has been working hard to pivot as needed,” the company said.
By Staff
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 1:55 AM
The leaders of Walman Optical’s (
www.walmanoptical.com) industrial safety business, Meg Klaers, industrial safety program manager, and Jeff Marcella, industrial safety sales manager, told VM, “Rx safety eyewear is directly impacted by the economy and U.S. employment numbers. Over the last two years, we’ve seen safety eyewear surge back and now comfortably level off to pre-pandemic trends. There will always be a need for Rx safety eyewear and the need expands year after year. Consistently, we see employers extending budgets and allowed products to meet U.S. safety standards and the expectations of the U.S. workforce.”