Vision Council Announces Directors’ Choice Award Recipient and Lab Division HOF Inductees By Staff Monday, August 6, 2018 12:30 AM Dave Cole. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Lab Division of The Vision Council announced the industry veterans who will be recognizedduring the Directors’ Choice Award and 19th Annual Lab DivisionHall of Fame celebration on Wednesday, September 26 in […]
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LaunchPad: Spectacle Lenses Quest Vision Care Lab Offers First Quadrifocal Designed for Pilots By Staff Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Product: Pilot Quatro Top Line: Quest Vision Care Specialty Lab is launching their newest original lens, the Pilot Quatro. The Pilot Quatro is a vocational lens for commercial pilots that require distance, near and two intermediate
Luxexcel Expands With New Contract With Quest Vision Care Specialty Lab By Staff Monday, December 4, 2017 12:18 AM EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands—Luxexcel, the Dutch tech company that is pioneering the use of 3D printing in ophthalmic lens manufacturing, is expanding its reach. The company, based here, announced last week that it will install its Luxexcel
Walach Receives Patent for Free-form Bifocal By Andrew Karp Monday, March 2, 2015 12:00 AM LARGO, Fla.—Michael Walach, the president of Quest Optical Specialty Lab in Largo, Florida has been granted U.S. patent number 8,931,898 for a free-form bifocal lens that he designed called the Easy Top. Walach believes the new free-form Easy Top (ET)
Quest Vision Care Specialty Lab Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Staff Monday, September 1, 2014 12:19 AM LARGO, Fla.—Quest Vision Care Specialty Lab celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 27, 2014 at a company cookout here at the residence of company president and founder Michael Walach. “Time flies when you are having fun and we sure
Quest Vision Specialty Care Lab Expands Management Team By Staff Friday, February 9, 2018 12:18 AM LARGO, Fla.—Quest Vision Care Specialty Lab, based here, has appointed two new members to its management team. Ilona Ostrowski has been named chief financial officer. She will oversee the company’s financial planning and reporting, accounting, tax and
Quest Optical Lab Releases New Lens Material Product: Hi-Vex Top Line: Quest Optical Rx Specialty Lab is releasing a new lens material called Hi-Vex. The material has some unique features that make it optimal not only for free-form lens processing but also as a high velocity impact resistant lens.Close Up: Hi-Vex Abbe value of 46
Luxexcel and IFB Launch First-Ever 3D Lens Printing Operation By Andrew Karp Monday, December 18, 2017 12:00 AM WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—IFB Solutions made optical history last month when the first-ever 3D ophthalmic lens manufacturing system, developed by the Dutch tech company Luxexcel, began production at its prescription laboratory here. Executives from IFB and Luxexcel unveiled the
Quest Vision Makes Glass Lenses a Specialty By Andrew Karp Monday, November 17, 2014 12:00 AM LARGO, Fla.—As the market for glass lenses has declined in recent years, many optical laboratories have abandoned processing prescriptions in glass. But that situation has created an opportunity for Quest Vision Care, a specialty lab located in Largo, Fla.