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Archive | August, 2009

Profession gets talking

The summer is traditionally a quiet time in optics. Optician spends its time avoiding silly season stories and coping with quiet afternoons, chasing elusive contacts.   This year there seems to a be a move toward a little more activity as the market, indeed the whole economy itches to come out of recession. The GOC consultation is typical of [...]

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Desallais’ retirement leaves Essilor….. Desole

A very sad ( yes I know it’s really triste) note landed on my desk from Tracy Burden at Essilor the other day concerning the departure of one of optics’ best known characters, Jacques Desallais. Here is a picture of Jacques in Marrakech in 1989. She wrote: Essilor’s Jacques Desallais to Retire     Essilor’s Director [...]

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