Echoes of the Past: The changing structure of Dollond & Aitchison

Echoes of the past takes a look at the October 1964  issue of Optician’s sister-title, Manufacturing Optician. The month the issue was published, Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Philips began experiments with colour television.

Dollond & Aitchison remains one of the most significant names in the UK ophthalmic profession, despite being integrated in Boots Opticians in 2010. An article detailing the company’s financial movements gives a glimpse of how the multiple was performing at the time and how its structure was changing.