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Coverage of environmental issues at SILMO

It is guided by the criteria of long-term development of the international jury of optical SILMO salon in Paris in the awarding of those enterprises that adhere to the above principles in management, development of the product concept and the choice of materials. Special Prize was awarded to German company OBE, which is widely known in the market for optical components products. Being under the banner of ecology, is a company for 12 years has achieved remarkable results, reducing the amount of energy consumed by 33%, and water – by 59%. Optimizing the use of raw materials could reduce its volume by 35%. Significantly reduced waste production – by 62%. The company has installed special equipment to clean water, and steel wool is sorted and sold metallurgical plants for further use. It was noted and the activities of the French family-owned business Julbo. The company, operating in the optical market 120 years, is known for its sensible pragmatic approach to business. (more…)

Glasses, which guarantee a high level of comfort and an ideal wear thanks to the carefully selected materials of high quality. (more…)

Virtual reality is beginning to have increasingly been introduced into the modern world. Perhaps for this reason the company Carl Zeiss decided to present the device Cinemizer – a full-fledged home theatre in miniature. Zeiss is the first company who introduced to the market video glasses with a resolution of 640×480 for iPod classic, nano, touch, and iPod 5G, as well as plastic kredl for each of these models and the semi-rigid case for carrying kit and secure storage of device while travelling. The owners of multimedia devices of premium-class, such as the Nokia N95, Nokia N96, Apple iPhone, can also use this gadget. According to the developer, video glasses allow a person to view the video quality, comparable with the image of 45-inch screen at a distance of 2 meters. Thus, in front of your eyes there is a virtual image of a rather impressive size. (more…)

At the Optrafair exhibition hold from 4 to 6 April 2009 in Birmingham, the sun glasses Porsche Design has been given a prestigious award of the Royal College of Art. In particular, the model of glasses P 8481 was recognized as the best male model of sunglasses. Thanks to the special mechanism these glasses are folded completely flat. (more…)