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Sicht.Kontakte 2024

Sicht.Kontakte 2024

Today Sicht.Kontakte 2024 start in Essen, Germany. VDCO, IVBS and ZVA, three contact lens and optometry associations, are jointly inviting from September 27 to 29. The audience can expect a varied lecture program with over 30 specialist lectures and 21 workshops from around 50 speakers. Under the roofs of the “Ruhrturm”, the three-day event will…

Hecht: Investment company becomes new owner

Hecht: Investment company becomes new owner

Hecht Contactlinsen GmbH from Au near Freiburg, which has been owner-managed for 46 years, has completed an eight-month process: In future, the German manufacturer of custom-made, RGP and soft contact lenses will be majority-owned by Novum Capital, an owner-managed investment company from Frankfurt am Main. Hecht describes the change of ownership as “an important prerequisite…

BostonSight held annual FitAcademy retreat

BostonSight held annual FitAcademy retreat

BostonSight, a nonprofit eye healthcare organization that advances the treatment of diseased and damaged corneas and dry eyes held their annual FitAcademy Retreat for Cornea and Contact Lens Residents and Fellows at New England College of Optometry (NECO) in Boston, September 13-14, 2024. This year marked the sixth iteration of FitAcademy, an educational retreat for…

ZEISS to license CREAL’s technology to create a digital vision care platform

ZEISS to license CREAL’s technology to create a digital vision care platform

CREAL today announces a license agreement with ZEISS with the aim to create a digitized vision care platform that hopes to revolutionize the current vision diagnostic and treatment procedures. By leveraging CREAL’s light field display technology, ZEISS will bring to market devices that allow for the digital examination of eye conditions as well as virtual…

BostonSight – annual FitAcademy Retreat

BostonSight – annual FitAcademy Retreat

BostonSight®, a nonprofit eye healthcare organization that advances the treatment of diseased and damaged corneas and dry eyes held their annual FitAcademy™ Retreat for Residents at New England College of Optometry (NECO) in Boston, September 15-16, 2023.