Manufacturing: Green from the ground up
Long term thinking has to be at the heart of environmental planning discovers Chris Bennett from a visit to International Glazing Services in Kidderminster
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Frame friends of the Earth
Frame friends of the Earth
Simon Jones reports on some of the companies at the forefront of ...
Specsavers’ manufacturing lab
Looking at labs: The motormen driving forward Specsavers’ manufacturing
Specsavers has turned to the automotive industry to help its manufacturing ...
Looking at labs
Looking at labs: Staying ahead of the game
Dunelm Optical has piled investment into the lens manufacturing side of its ...
Modular manufacturing
Contact point: Lens manufacturing at the heart of Europe
Seeing a contact lens made for the first time is often a revelation for ...
Making contacts at No 7
Looking at labs: Making contacts at No 7
Mike Hale visits Hastings to get the inside story on No 7 Contact Lenses and ...
A triumph for Waterside Labs
Hassle-free service
In the saturated sector of optical suppliers the personal customer service ...
Family affair
It's a family affair at Mazzucchelli
Mazzucchelli is a company that many will have heard of, but few will know ...
Old colleagues, new venture
Looking at labs: Old colleagues, new venture
iTec Optical may be a new kid on the lens lab block, but its people are among ...
Optical Connections: Models and masters
Models and masters
David Baker finds an unlikely link between the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and the glamourous Delevingne sisters
PKP Optics: Taking long hops forward in Kent
PKP Optics
This ophthalmic laboratory between Tonbridge and Maidstone has steadily grown over the past 10 years as its ability to deliver technically exacting, high-quality work has garnered it a growing reputation among practices. Simon Jones visits, hearing of fresh plans for improvement
Savvy Savile Row: From NHS free specs to rolled gold
Savvy Savile Row: From NHS ...
British frame manufacturer Algha Works and its Savile Row brand have experienced mixed fortunes but now this historic company is embracing 21st century business practice and optics. Simon Jones finds out how
Looking at labs: Waterside stays ahead of the game
Looking at labs: Waterside ...
Timely investment in state of the art technology and a commitment to the needs of independents have ensured that Waterside Labs has stayed at the forefront of the prescription sector, Mike Hale reports
Echoes of the Past: Charting Norville's expansion
Echoes of the Past: Charting ...
Norville is one of the most prominent names in the UK optical sector and over the years has evolved into a group of companies in manufacturing eyewear
Echoes of the Past: Manufacturing setbacks and school eye examinations loom large in October 1975
Echoes of the Past: ...
There was no shortage of activity in the UK optical sector in the mid-1970s judging by this week’s Echoes of the Past
Echoes of the Past: Grand designs
Echoes of the Past: Grand ...
A copy of the Manufacturing Optician supplement from fifty years ago offers a comprehensive take on setting up a spectacle factory in the sixties
Echoes of the Past: A belting job
Echoes of the Past: A belting ...
This week’s Echoes of the Past from Optician focuses on the great strides prescription laboratories were making in the sixties thanks to semi-automated production
Echoes of the Past: Lens laboratory survival
Echoes of the Past: Lens ...
This week’s Echoes of the Past looks at Optician sister title, Manufacturing Optician from July 1965. That month, The Beatles released ‘Help’ in the UK and cigarette advertising was banned on British TV
Echoes of the Past: Livery and let die
Echoes of the Past: Livery ...
Echoes of the Past looks at SMC Masters and some of the notable names in optics that have taken up the position
Rodenstock managing director Niels Jensen talks to Optician
Rodenstock managing director ...
Rodenstock is embarking on a major support programme for its Club members, Chris Bennett asks managing director Niels Jensen about supporting independents and how the market is changing
