Glimpses
SHAMIR OPENS LAB IN
DOWNTOWN TORONTO
OFFERING SAME-DAY
SERVICES TO ECPS
Shamir has opened a new lab in downtown Toronto that can fulfill lens orders
the same day, including premium
freeform lenses and coatings.
In today’s fast-paced world, speed,
accuracy and convenience are highly
sought after which makes this new lab
a big benefit to patients and ECPs alike
in the downtown Toronto area. Named
Inotime, this lab is the fifth of its kind
in the world opened by Shamir and
endeavours to complete all lens orders
within three hours. Shamir has offered
exclusive access to this lab and the
corresponding three-hour service to
Eye Recommend members with
practices in the Toronto area. The two
organizations will co-invest in local
marketing initiatives to ensure that
people who live and work in downtown
Toronto understand the value of this
service.
“Shamir and Eye Recommend have
been great partners for a number of
years,” said Shamir’s Scott Catton.
“It just felt right to capitalize on the
strengths of Shamir’s lens technology
alongside the infrastructure and
commitment to patients that
members of Eye Recommend have."
ESCHENBACH OPTIK
ADDS ANNY, BEYU AND
ART DECO TO BRAND
PORTFOLIO
Eschenbach Optik, Germany’s largest
eyewear producer, and Art Deco, number one in German’s cosmetic sector,
have signed a license agreement for
the brands Anny, BeYu and Art Deco.
BeYu and Art Deco have been distrib50 Optical Prism | September 2016
uted with enormous success for many
years in the optical markets worldwide.
Exclusive Italian designs, superb quality and attractive price points achieve
highest stock rotations.
As of Jan. 1, 2017, Eschenbach will offer
these brands on an exclusive basis to
key or major accounts. Anny is a new
creation and links glasses and sunglasses with the hot nail polish Anny.
This collection is in production already
and the first shipments will go out
after September 2016.
CNIB COMMENDS
RATIFICATION OF
MARRAKESH TREATY
The Canadian National Institute for
the Blind is congratulating the Canadian
government for ratifying the
Marrakesh Treaty.
landmark victory for the people CNIB
serve across the country,” says John
Rafferty, president and CEO of the
CNIB. “This will help remove barriers
to education and employment opportunities - not to mention the simple
joy of reading.”
Canada is the 20th country to ratify
the treaty. CNIB acknowledges the
Canadian government’s commitment
to the Marrakesh Treaty and facilitating access to literature for three million Canadians with a print disability,
including half a million Canadians
with significant vision loss.
The World Intellectual Property
Organization's (WIPO) Marrakesh
Treaty is designed to remove barriers to
the access of alternate-format print
materials through changes to domestic
copyright laws on an international basis, while also facilitating the sharing
of literary materials between nations.
"Access to literature is a human right
and until now a significant portion of
our country's population only has access to seven per cent of all published
material worldwide in formats they
can read,” says Diane Bergeron, executive director, strategic relations and
engagement. “Today is a critical milestone for Canadians with vision loss
and other print disabilities. Adopting
the Marrakesh Treaty will provide
greater access to published literature
in alternate formats, providing equal
access to all Canadians.”
A print disability is any learning impairment relating to comprehension),
physical (inability to hold/manipulate
a book), or visual (severe or total
impairment of sight) disability that
prevents a person from reading
conventional print. Accessible format
literature includes audio books through
the Digital Accessible Information
System (DAISY); electronic text (e-text);
contracted, uncontracted and
electronic braille; printbraille; and
described movies.
“The government’s commitment to
ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty is a
The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted
on June 27, 2013 in Marrakesh,
Morocco.