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Seiko Optical Optical Products is offering two promotions specifically for Optical Resources member. To learn more you can visit www.moreforor.com or give us a call at 317.522.0872.

Thank you Transitions for supporting the Optical Resources membership.

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"Considering all of your patients' needs, is one pair of eyewear really enough?" This was the topic of a seminar tour co-hosted by Transitions Optical and Younger Optics held last month. In this segment Erin Zonta discusses the Rx sunwear market and what it means to you, your business and your patients.

 

PSI's ASTA Handling System in operation. 

 

During a recent visit to Minnesota, we stopped by Vision-Ease headquarters to speak with Scott Schaller, vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing on the Jakarta fire and an update on the rebuild.

 

During a tour of Essilor Headquarters we had an opportunity to sit down with Bob Colucci, President of Independent Distribution Division for Essilor USA. We asked him about his opinions on the future of the optical industry, online retail and what Essilor is doing to grow consumer awareness.

 

During our visit to Dallas we ran into Alan Yuster and Stephen Brewer of ProFit Optix and sat down to discuss the new company and bringing Rodenstock back to the US.

 

This is an interview with Jodi Groh, Marketing Director for Nanofilm about their new eco-friendly lens cleaner EcoClens. 

 

 

Entries in New Product (18)

Wednesday
Dec072011

Younger Optics: New Lens offerings by popular demand!

Younger Optics is excited to respond to your requests with our new Finished Transitions® Gray XTRActive™ lenses! Once again, we have listened and now bring you finished plastic (hard resin) with polycarbonate available in 2012. Using Transitions Finished lenses from Younger Optics helps your lab reduce operational costs, and provide better service with quick processing convenience. Younger ships same day when ordered before 3pm! Look to Younger Optics to provide you with Transitions Finished Lenses for quick turnaround times for your valued customers. We have also expanded our lens offerings of Transitions plastic Flat Top 28 with higher additions! In our 4, 6 and 8 bases, we now offer the following higher adds; 3.25, 3.50, 3.75, and 4.00. Brown and Gray colors.

Wednesday
Oct262011

Nanofilm Winter Collection

Tuesday
Sep202011

Signet Armorlite: New Product Release

Signet Armorlite, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of Crizal Avancé™ with Scotchgard™ Protector, Crizal Alizé® and Crizal Easy™ from Signetek™. With the addition of these anti-reflective lens offerings, Signet Armorlite expands its ability to provide protection for all lenses.

KODAK Progressive Lenses and Crizal

Signet Armorlite has worked hard to deliver KODAK Lenses with great performance and exceptional value. This includes the most recent addition of Transitions® lenses in KODAK Precise®, KODAK Precise Short and KODAK Concise®. And now we are able to expand our AR offerings to ensure more lenses are capable of being scratch-resistant, glare-resistant and cosmetically-pleasing.

Included in the availability of Crizal are the following KODAK Progressive Lenses:

  • KODAK Unique
  • KODAK Precise Digital
  • KODAK Precise
  • KODAK Precise PB
  • KODAK Precise Short Digital
  • KODAK Precise Short
  • KODAK Precise Short PB
  • KODAK Concise Digital
  • KODAK Concise

For a detailed list of lenses available with Crizal, please review the job stuffer PN#480-752. You can order prints from Signet Armorlite Marketing at x1220 or email marketingliterature@signetarmorlite.com.

With the addition of the Crizal lens offerings, we continue to offer the award-winning KODAK CleAR Anti-Reflective Coating and KODAK Clean'N'CleAR Coating. With so many different anti-reflective coatings, there is an anti-reflective coating option for every KODAK Lens.

Thursday
Sep012011

DACEdge.com Promotion & New DAC Products

DAC Edge's September promotion
20% OFF on one roll of HydroEdge(tm) edging pads for super hydrophobic lenses. Use promo code HES11 for online orders (limit one coupon per customer. One time only. Not valid with other offers) Expires 09/30/11

New DAC Vision product information:

Introducing Alustra(tm) - new premium polish pad from DAC Vision.
DAC Vision introduces Alustra(tm), a premium polish pad with an exclusive fiber combination that produces the utmost in surface finish and clarity on all resin lenses, particularly polycarbonate and Trivex®. Alustra(tm) enhances polish performance by positioning slurry on the lens plane, yet has low pad carry-out characteristics to optimize polish consumption. Its high-quality textile backing provides firmness with excellent conformability. Alustra's  custom-tailored release paper in combination with its high-quality textile backing results in ease of use for operators. All American-sourced materials provide quality and cost consistency. Available in DAC Vision's most popular shapes with low-tack or high-tack adhesive options. For more information contact www.dacvision.com.

Thursday
Sep012011

Dynamic Labs New DynaPro & September Promotions

Thursday
Jun022011

Vision-Ease Lens Introduces LifeRx® FSV 

New FSV options fully interchangeable with SFSV counterparts.

Vision-Ease Lens (VEL) today announced the availability of new LifeRx FSV lenses. Available in gray the new LifeRx FSV lenses and their SFSV counterparts are 100% interchangeable thanks to matching front curves on both lines.
 
LifeRx lenses are available in a power range of +2.00 to -6.00 out to a -2.00 cylinder.
 
LifeRx lenses are manufactured with 100% renewable energy and deliver a superior combination of rapid darkening, industry-leading fade-back speed and better indoor clarity. In addition to the new FSV, LifeRx lenses are also available in D28, 7 x 28 trifocal, D35 bifocal, Illumina and Outlook progressive lenses, Aspheric SFSV and Spherical SFSV options.
 
For complete product specifications please visit www.vision-ease.com.

Tuesday
May312011

Introducing Signia™ Lenses

As part of Signet Armorlite's initial phase in a whole product conversion plan to new lens materials and factory hard coats, Signia Lenses will be available to order beginning June 1, 2011.
 
The Signia lens materials have either a factory hard coat called ArmorCoat™ or a tintable hard coat. ArmorCoat is a new and improved coating with enhanced scratch-resistant performance. Both hard coats are compatible with all major anti-reflective coatings using standard application procedures.

All product specifications, base curve charts and barcodes for the new Sigmia Lenses are available online at: www.signetarmorlite.com/catalog.

 

Tuesday
Mar222011

Vision-Ease Lens Introduces ChangeRx™ Plastic Photochromic Lenses 

In a move that will make the advantages of photochromic lenses available to consumers with varying budgets, Vision-Ease Lens (VEL) today announced its latest product offering: new ChangeRx plastic photochromic lenses. The lenses combine lightweight comfort with superior photochromic performance. ChangeRx lenses provide 100 percent UVA and UVB protection, and will be available in SFSV, D28, PAL and FSV/FSV AR in both gray and brown.

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Tuesday
Mar152011

Younger Optics Adage Progressive Lenses Now Available in Transitions Gray & Brown

Thursday
Mar102011

Optima Releases 1.67 Finished AR & SR Lenses

Introducing Hyper Index 1.67 Finished SR & AR lenses from Optima, Inc.— a new version of the old classic!

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