Expo East marches on
Vision Expo East blends developments in clinical care, fashion and technology in the heart of the coolest city on the planet. Simon Jones reports from New York
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Born in the USA
Show report: Vision Expo East
Vision Expo East was the perfect location to catch up the latest launches and ...
Free form spectacle lenses
Free form spectacle lenses: A new technical report
Ronald Rabbetts describes and a new report from the British Standards Institute ...
Amazing glazing
Looking at labs: Amazing glazing
Mike Hale speaks to Sergio Weingarten about Galaxy Optical’s extensive lab ...
Creative bifocal solution
Executive bifocal creatively solves an artist’s problem
An innovative solution to an artist’s needs for clear close and distant vision ...
Looking in labs
Looking in labs: Manufacturing lenses - part 2
Mike Hale continues the series with a look at lens generators and speaks to ...
Mido report
Mido report: Eye-catching frames
Nature and technology created a diverstiy of themes at this year’s Mido. ...
Revised British Standards
Legislation: Revised British Standards
Ronald Rabbetts updates us on the latest revision to British Standards relating ...
Sports lenses review
Sports lenses: Safe and chic in the sun
Mike Hale rounds up the various lenses tailored for sport on the UK optical ...
A frame for all
A frame for all
Bill Harvey catches up with an optician who has set up a charity with the aim of improving access to sight correction across the globe using a unique and fully adaptable spectacle and dispensing service
Opti Munich report: German engineering
Opti Munich report
Simon Jones travels to Munich to look at some of the frame design highlights from Opti 2018
Opti Munich report: Sports eyewear
Sports eyewear report
One of the best aspects of overseas trade shows is that you stumble across brands you wouldn’t normally encounter and Munich certainly didn’t disappoint when it came to sports eyewear
Products you want and those you didn’t know you needed
The products you need
Optician rounds up the prominent suppliers of products essential to the day-to-day running of a practice – from blocking pads to blepharitis solutions
Munich masterclass
Munich masterclass
Despite uncertainties over the make-up of Germany’s government Opti’s business as usual approach could be seen on many of the stands where technology was making way for marketing
Looking at labs: To glaze? Or not to glaze?
To glaze? Or not to glaze?
Practices can choose to send all their work out, utilise remote edging services, or glaze spectacles themselves. Peter Black reports on the benefits of in-store glazing
Looking at labs: An overview of spectacle lens manufacture
Spectacle lens manufacturing
Optical lens manufacture is something many people in practice take for granted but the high technology processes that go into producing modern spectacle lenses deserve closer scrutiny. Chris Bennett reports
In focus: Busy year ahead for thriving optical scene
In focus: Busy year ahead
As evidenced by the multitude of events showcased in this week’s issue of Optician – eye care professionals go into the New Year spoilt for choice. Joe Ayling reports
Interview: Luisa Delgado, CEO Safilo and Safilo France MD Carole Binet
Interview: Luisa Delgado
With nearly half of Safilo’s leadership roles now held by women, Simon Jones discussed gender and diversity in optics with two of the company’s leading lights, CEO Luisa Delgado and Safilo France MD, Carole Binet
Conference report: Future of optics
Future of optics
Carl Zeiss wanted to show nearly 2,000 optics professionals from around the world, what its vision of the future of optics looked like. Simon Jones looked into the crystal ball
Event report: Work hard, play hard
Hoya event report
Bill Harvey takes part in the last Hoya Faculty training event for 2017
