A-Z of Eyewear: VWX
Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing on the essential materials, shapes, componentry, iconic brands and some unusual stops in between
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Lab Directory 2021
Lab Directory 2021: Getting your lens work done
Optician’s guide to the optical labs throughout the UK and Ireland, with a quck ...
A-Z of Eyewear: STU
A-Z of Eyewear: STU
Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...
Another dimension
Another dimension
Materialise and 3DNA tell Andrew McClean how 3D technologies provide opticians ...
Big data: Driving innovation
Driving innovation with big data
Mike Hale examines how companies are leveraging big data to improve products ...
Emergency dispensing
Looking at labs: Emergency dispensing
Mike Hale talks to several labs about what is available for practices offering ...
A-Z of eyewear: DEF
A-Z of eyewear: DEF
Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...
A-Z of eyewear: ABC
A-Z of eyewear: ABC
Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...
Labs: Consistency and quality
Looking at labs: Consistency and quality
Mike Hale visits Kennet Lahti Optical Glazing, one of only three glazing labs ...
How a city earned its spectacles
How a city earned spectacles
David Baker recounts the history of Oudenaarde and why spectacles sit above its crest
Ensuring compliance at Vision Lab
Ensuring compliance
Vision Lab is providing Riley safety eyewear through a range of innovative routes. Sean Rai-Roche reports
LAB directory 2019: Where the work gets done
LAB directory 2019
Optician presents our guide to the optical labs throughout the UK and Ireland, with each company given the opportunity to provide an insight into the services they provide
Looking at labs: Automatic for the people
Looking at labs
Modern lab production technology has undergone a revolution in recent years. Chris Bennett travelled to Wrexham to see how Hoya is hoping to gain an edge on its competitors
Inside the TD Tom Davies factory
Knowledge factory
TD Tom Davies has opened the doors to its factory to help its customers go beyond the brand and explore its inner workings. Simon Jones reports
Interview: Walter Hester, founder, Maui Jim
Interview: Walter Hester
Earlier this year sunglass maker Maui Jim announced plans for a prescription lab in Braunschweig, Germany, along with a range of optical frame styles. Chris Bennett caught up with Maui Jim’s owner, Walter Hester, at Mido in Milan
Executive bifocal creatively solves an artist’s problem
Creative bifocal solution
An innovative solution to an artist’s needs for clear close and distant vision in her studio provided a welcome dispensing challenge. Jonathan Shapiro reports
Looking at labs: Amazing glazing
Amazing glazing
Mike Hale speaks to Sergio Weingarten about Galaxy Optical’s extensive lab facility and what the company offers independent practices
Looking in labs: Manufacturing lenses - part 2
Looking in labs
Mike Hale continues the series with a look at lens generators and speaks to Chris Smith of Waterside about the generation process
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
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
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