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Silhouette Founder Schmied Passes Away
W
ith the passing of Arnold Schmied, Sr, on Friday, January
31, 2014, not only have we lost a great entrepreneurial
personality, but a person – pioneer and visionary—who has
marked the lives of us all and who, with his courage, his enthusiasm and his
joy, will always be a role model for us.
Following a long illness borne with great patience, Arnold Schmied has
passed away at the age of 89 in Linz.
In 1964, Arnold Schmied and his wife Anneliese founded Silhouette
International Schmied AG, headquartered in Linz, today still family-owned
and one of the leading eyewear manufacturers