Looking at labs: Silhouette’s special Linz lab
Silhouette has opened its first ophthalmic laboratory to create complete spectacle packages for opticians. Simon Jones travelled to Linz to find out more about the ambitious project
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Making winning a reality
Optician Awards: Making winning a reality
Hoya’s Vision Simulator use of virtual reality impressed judges to scoop the ...
Progressive practice
Progressive tech builds progressive practice
Essilor’s Generation X progressive has been built on research innovation which ...
Hoya’s Nulux Active lens
Helping relieve new visual demands
Thomas Gosling looks at the way our digital device usage is altering our ...
In focus: Blue light failings
In focus: Multiple’s blue light failings outlined before GOC
The optical regulator dissects how Boots’ misleading consumer blue light advert ...
Variable focus eyewear
In focus: Adjusted views on variable focus eyewear
British firm Adlens claimed a small victory in the long-running quest to sell ...
Bespoke lens breakthrough
3D printing: Bespoke lens breakthrough
Vision Expo East debuted some innovative lens creation technology from ...
Lens study: Taking the strain
Lens study: Taking the strain
Chris Ang, Professor Dejan Dinevski, Dr Natalia Vlasak and Andria Kok evaluate ...
Interactive CET feedback
Interactive CET feedback: Progressive lenses
Bill Harvey offers some feedback on the latest interactive CET exercise
Optrafair: Looking through lenses
Lenses at Optrafair
Optician editor Chris Bennett examines some of the lens developments on display at Optrafair 2017
Optician Awards 2017: Winners step into limelight
Winners step into limelight
A glittering Optician Awards ceremony took place in Birmingham last weekend, when the deserved winners and close contenders were announced
Copenhagen Specs: Independent spirit on show
Independent spirit on show
Simon Jones travels to Denmark to find out more about the Scandinavian trade show that’s quietly growing in stature, Copenhagen Specs
Italian flair for fashion drives crowds to Mido
Italian flair at Mido
By focusing on the evolution of eyewear and design innovation, Mido has secured its position as a forward-looking trade show. Jo Gallacher reports
Photochromics report: Umbra - the breakthrough lens coating treatment
Photochromics report
Shropshire company Shyre’s boffins have spent five years developing a cost-effective photochromic dip coating machine, reports Simon Jones
Silhouette’s vision is taking shape
Silhouette’s vision
Austrian frame manufacturer Silhouette is taking a bold step to move into lens production. Will the gamble pay off in such a busy market? Jo Gallacher reports
Prescription lenses come of age at Maui Jim
Maui Jim lenses
Last month Maui Jim announced its plans to start prescription manufacturing in Germany. Chris Bennett finds out how the privately owned Hawaiian brand is taking on the European lens and sunglass giants in their own backyard
Opti’s evolution and variety
Opti’s evolution and variety
With digitalisation at the forefront of many industries, this year’s Opti Munich embraced the potential benefits new technologies could bring to the sector. Jo Gallacher reports
Photochromics: Change for the better
Photochromics reviewed
There are more product choices than ever when selecting photochromic lenses. Optician rounds up some of the best options for practices
Optical connections: Anti-reflected glory
Optical connections
David Baker focuses on the legacy of noted scientist Katherine Burr Blodgett whose work created the anti-reflective lens technology which has become ubiquitous today
Looking at labs: Brand building at JS Optical
Brand building at JS Optical
West Midlands lab JS Optical is trying to build a brand based on service and technical excellence. Simon Jones finds out how
