Hecht Contactlinsen GmbH is based in Au near Freiburg, Germany, and is one of the leading manufacturers of customized contact lenses. Founded in 1978, the company specializes in individual solutions for contact lenses and offers high-quality RGPs as well as soft contact lenses. In addition, several subsidiaries have been added over the years.
Alcon has reported its financial results for the 3- and 9-month periods ending September 30, 2024, demonstrating a 6 percent increase in sales to $2.4 billion on a reported and constant currency basis for the third quarter, as compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Sales for the first nine months of 2024…
Bausch + Lomb announced yesterday that revenue in the third quarter of 2024 grew 19 percent to $1.196 billion compared with $1.007 billion in the third quarter of 2023, an increase of $189 million. Excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange of $5 million, revenue increased by approximately 19 percent on a constant currency basis…
An interview with CSEM machine learning expert Philipp Schmid ChatGPT and other AIs have recently caused a furor in virtually all professions where people write, program or design. How much dust are these supposedly general-purpose AIs stirring up in the industry? The general-purpose AIs are kicking up an enormous amount of dust. But unlike 2016,…
Johnson & Johnson Vision has presented a range of new clinical data and learning opportunities for developments in contact lenses at the 2023 British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) Clinical Conference and Exhibition from 9 – 11 June in Manchester, UK.
Bausch + Lomb has announced the U.S. launch of Bausch + Lomb INFUSE Multifocal silicone hydrogel (SiHy) daily disposable contact lenses.
CooperVision has announced a multi-year investment plan totaling $500 million to expand its operations in Puerto Rico. In Juana Diaz, the company will convert a 22,000-square-foot warehouse for production use, installing new, high-volume, automated contact lens manufacturing cells.
Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK) has announced that they have moved the UK headquarters from Harlow to Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. The new site is just ten miles away from the previous Harlow location, where the company has been for more than 30 years.