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November 22, 2018November 22, 2018

Katharina Schlager Withdraws from Her Active Position at ANDY WOLF EYEWEAR

Katharina Schlager, founding member and shareholder, most recently Creative Director and CEO of the Austrian eyewear company ANDY WOLF EYEWEAR, is withdrawing from the operative business at her own request, but remains a shareholder.

Together with Andreas Pirkheim and Wolfgang Scheucher, Katharina Schlager founded ANDY WOLF EYEWEAR in 2006 and was most recently the Creative Director and CEO. ANDY WOLF EYEWEAR is based in Hartberg, Austria and available in 69 countries at selected specialist opticians and fashion stores. Alongside the headquarters in Hartberg with neighbouring factory, a further factory in Jura in France was acquired in 2016. The subsidiary ANDY WOLF, North America was founded with its headquarters in New York in the same year. A creative office was opened in Berlin in 2017 and the expansion of the headquarters in Hartberg was completed in 2018.

Click HERE for the full press release.

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018

Essilor Gathers 700 Mitra Mata Together in Indonesia for the First Time

Essilor’s inclusive business, 2.5 New Vision Generation (2.5 NVG), hosted its first ever Mitra Mata Convention in Indonesia which saw over 700 Mitra Mata come together to share best practices and to celebrate their achievements.

To improve the quality of primary vision care in Indonesia, Essilor’s inclusive business 2.5 New Vision Generation (2.5 NVG), created the Mitra Mata program to organize and strengthen the existing primary eye care industry. The program aims to raise awareness about the importance of eye care, provide access to quality affordable vision care in rural Indonesia and offer the opportunity for existing self-trained primary eye care providers to further professionalize their services.

The first Mitra Mata Convention took place in Medan, the capital of Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, and the level of energy, motivation and excitement was incredible. Essilor CEO, Hubert Sagnieres, and Essilor Chief Mission Officer, Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, officially opened the convention by banging a gong to welcome everyone. Individual Mitra Mata shared their inspiring stories and 2.5 NVG representatives from China and India provided useful information and insights on their local programmes such as Vision Ambassador and Eye Mitra. Guests were entertained by stunning local folk dances and musical performers which saw the 700 Mitra Mata and other guests dancing in the aisles and on the stage – a fitting end to a fantastic celebratory day.

This was a great moment for Essilor’s inclusive business 2.5 New Vision Generation as it shows how the Group managed to adapt its programmes to the local market and scale them up successfully. By professionalizing the existing infrastructure, we will create a taskforce of skilled micro-entrepreneurs that will help us to eradicate poor vision in Indonesia within the next 30 years.

2.5 NVG supports the cost of the training and helps Mitra Mata Opticians to set up their stores with specialist business training, merchandising and marketing materials. By the end of 2018 there will be 1,200 Mitra Mata providing quality affordable vision care in Indonesia.

Source: Essilor

November 20, 2018

Blackfin Supports Andrea Bocelli Foundation

Blackfin continues its philanthropic work with the Andrea Bocelli Foundation. Every year, since 2015, the company has lent its support to the Foundation to help it achieve its mission, namely to give everyone a chance to express themselves as best they can, creating opportunities for growth and nurturing talent.

Ever since it was created, Blackfin has supported the Voices of Haiti, a choir of sixty talented children aged between 9 and 15 who come from some of the poorest areas of Port-au-Prince. Thanks to music, the sixty-strong members of the choir have found a way of escaping violence and poverty, working hard to develop their talent. They have followed a structured course of study with tenacity and discipline and have achieved a great accomplishment: Voices of Haiti are featured in Maestro Andrea Bocelli’s latest musical project, his new album “Sì”, which was released on October 26, 2018.

“It is a great honour for us to support the Foundation and we are particularly excited to see – and hear – the magic of these youngsters who, under the guidance of Andrea Bocelli, have been given the chance of a new life. It is a message of hope and values, a message which the Maestro spreads throughout the world, testimony of his generosity, something that makes us Italians very proud. This mindset reflects our way of doing business and is the embodiment of our concept of neomadeinitaly”.

Source: Blackfin

November 20, 2018May 20, 2026

Tommy Hilfiger Celebrates Iconic Aviator Style

The TH 1599/S unisex design features squared-shaped aviator frames with a double-bridge and the TOMMY HILFIGER logo on the temple. Colour combinations include gold metallic structures with burgundy or green lenses, blue metallic structures with gray lenses, and black metallic structures with gray lenses.

Distibuted by Safilo: www.safilo.com

November 20, 2018

Neff & Tessel Optometrists Joins the FYidoctors Family

FYidoctors announces that Neff and Tessel Optometrists, located in Guelph Ontario, has recently joined the FYidoctors family.

This acquisition adds to FYidoctors growing presence in Southwestern Ontario. Equipped with a range of diagnostic technology, a wide selection of designer and exclusive label frames and internal freeform lens designs, our newest location demonstrates FYidoctors’ continued commitment to the southwestern Ontario region.

Drs. Neff and Tessel have been partners since August 1998, a practice of over 20 years. Providing exceptional service to their patients and families, they strive to stay up to date with the latest technologies, enhancing the patient experience in their offices. Services include contact lens fittings, binocular vision training, sport and safety eyewear. Says Dr. Tessel, “Joining FYidoctors allows us to deliver the very latest in eye care technology, through support and training, while we continue to offer the best optometric care available. All of this, while retaining our local, family feel in our practice and our community.”

Dr. Tessel continues, “Over the years we’ve enjoyed the community focus of our practice, supporting local sports teams and numerous events as an appreciation for the support. We receive many recommendations from our patients to their family and friends and frequent comments on how wonderful the staff is and how they appreciate our attention to detail. We care for our patients and their families, we care for our staff; basically, we care”.

Dr. Tessel further states, “We’re tremendously excited to take this next step in growing our practice by joining the FYidoctors family. We wanted to join a team that understood the importance of optometrist-led care and shared our values. FYidoctors has proven its commitment to investing in the latest technology and innovation to deliver the best patient care, and we look forward to further building our practice and continuing to serve our community with the FYidoctors team.”

Dr. Alan Ulsifer, Chairman & CEO of FYidoctors, adds, “I continue to be humbled by the growth of our company in Ontario. Drs. Neff and Tessel and their team bring our first practice to the city of Guelph. This practice is well known and respected in the community and we are excited to help them grow even more in their community. This year will be our biggest growth year it the history of our company and Ontario practices are a key reason for this growth.”

Source: FYidoctors

Katharina Schlager Withdraws from Her Active Position at ANDY WOLF EYEWEAR

Essilor Gathers 700 Mitra Mata Together in Indonesia for the First Time

Blackfin Supports Andrea Bocelli Foundation

Tommy Hilfiger Celebrates Iconic Aviator Style

Neff & Tessel Optometrists Joins the FYidoctors Family

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