All M&A articles – Page 3

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    Thélios opens portfolio to proprietary brands with Vuarnet acquisition

    6 September 2023

    Thélios, the eyewear company of French luxury group LVMH, has announced its acquisition of Vuarnet from NEO Investment Partners, the U.K.-based investment fund that owned the brand since 2013. This marks the first brand acquisition by Thélios whose portfolio included exclusively fashion brands from its parent company until now. Thélios ...

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    Ocuco gets €60m boost

    21 August 2023

    A private-equity firm, Accel-KKR, has acquired a minority stake worth €60 million in Ocuco. Leo Mac Canna The omnichannel software provider was founded in 1993 by its current CEO, Leo Mac Canna, and operates in 88 countries. The latest version of its software, Acuitas 3 OmniChannel Edition, ...

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    Cecop expands footprint with National Eyecare Group in the U.K.

    27 June 2023

    Spanish group CECOP is expanding its international footprint through the integration of National Eyecare Group (NEG), a purchasing group in the U.K. with over 1,000 members, in its network. The investment was presented as a merger by both companies in their communication. NEG was founded in 1979 by Michael ...

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    Visottica moves forward with external growth strategy with Ideal acquisition

    19 April 2023

    Visottica Group, the supplier of eyewear components based in Italy’s Veneto region, is continuing with a strategy of growth through acquisitions, with the announcement of the purchase of a 100 percent stake in Ideal, a company active in the engineering and manufacturing of small metal eyewear parts. Founded in 1983, ...

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    Blue Point acquires Europa and Eyebobs

    17 April 2023

    Blue Point Capital Partners has established a holding company for eyewear, acquiring this month both the Europa and Eyebobs brands. Europa Eyewear is an independent eyewear company founded in 1977 and still run by the same family. It operates 11 independent brands, including STATE (launched in 2015) and American Optical ...

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    CECOP reaches 1,000 members in Germany with new acquisition

    15 February 2023

    CECOP, the Spanish-based group, has announced the acquisition of EGS-Optik, one of the largest German buying groups. Based in Bavaria and founded in 2003, EGS-Optik boasts approximately 500 members, making it the sixth largest buying group in the country according to the annual ranking of the German association of opticians ...

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    Meta acquires 3D-printed ophthalmic lens company Luxexcel

    3 January 2023

    Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has discretely acquired Luxexcel, the supplier of 3D-printed prescription lenses, at the end of last year in a strategic move certainly aimed at enhancing the tech giant’s virtual reality (VR) portfolio. No official announcement was released by Meta but the investment, which ...

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    De Rigo to acquire Rodenstock eyewear division

    13 December 2022

    De Rigo Vision has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire the full ownership of Rodenstock’s eyewear division, a transaction that is scheduled to be completed at the end of second quarter of 2023. The amount of the acquisition was not disclosed. The family-owned Italian group said the investment ...

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    Lanctôt broadens portfolio with acquisition of Prisme Optical

    28 November 2022

    Lanctôt, the distributor of sporting goods and eyewear brands in Canada, has announced the acquisition of the Prisme Optical Group, another Canadian distributor specializing in European eyewear brands. The company said the investment was aimed at broadening its offering in this segment and extend its market share in the country. ...

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    Marcolin to invest $250 m in TOM FORD perpetual license

    21 November 2022

    The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) have announced the acquisition of the TOM FORD in a deal that values the luxury brand at $2.8 billion and also involves the Ermenegildo Zegna Group and Marcolin through long-term license agreements, for fashion products and eyewear products, respectively. The transaction is expected to close ...

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    Mitsui’s SDC Technologies acquires Coburn Technologies

    10 November 2022

    SDC Technologies, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals specializing in coating material, has announced the full acquisition of Coburn Technologies, the supplier of ophthalmic lens processing systems and equipment to lens laboratories. Based in Connecticut, U.S., and founded in 1954, Coburn Technologies’ portfolio also includes eye examination machines for eye care ...

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    Visottica Group further expands portfolio with new acquisition

    8 November 2022

    Visottica Group, the Veneto-based supplier of eyewear components, is pursuing its external growth strategy with the announced acquisition of a 60 percent share in Ethos, a company specializing in galvanic processes on brass, zamak, iron, fashion accessories and leather goods. Founded in 2018 and currently employing 18 people, Ethos expects ...

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    New owners for Cébé

    12 October 2022

    Bollé Brands has announced the divestment of its Cébé brand, which will be acquired by D.MO/RACER a new entity formed for the occasion. Born in the French Jura region in 1892, Cébé develops a range of outdoor sport products including sunglasses, ski goggles and helmets. The brand, along with Bollé ...

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    VSP acquires PECCA

    5 October 2022

    VSP Vision – owner of Marchon Eyewear– has acquired Professional Eye Care Associates of America (PECAA) from the private equity firm Nautic Partners. No financial details have been disclosed. Founded by optometrists Bradley Smith, Lance Anderson and David Wolf in 2006 in Portland, Oregon, PECCA provides “customized tools, progressive tactics, ...

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    Under new ownership, DEG acquires William Morris

    23 September 2022

    Design Eyewear Group (DEG), the group of designer eyewear brands, has just announced the expansion of its portfolio with the acquisition of William Morris London. DEG said that the investment was one more step in the direction of the group’s target of becoming one of the world’s leading multi-brand suppliers ...

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    EssilorLuxottica takes full control of Shamir

    4 August 2022

    Shamir Optical has informed its customers in a letter that EssilorLuxottica acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in the company on Aug. 1, owning it in full. The Italo-French group, which had initially purchased 50 percent of Shamir’s shares in 2011, said the new transaction was the logical next step ...

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    HOYA enters into JV with China’s Jiangsu Sigo Optical

    4 August 2022

    HOYA Vision Care has announced the signature of a joint venture partnership with Jiangsu Sigo Optical (JSO), a Chinese lens manufacturer based in Danyang. The Japanese group is acquiring 61 percent of JSO’s shares while Liu Jianzhong, founder and CEO of the company, retains the remaining 39 percent. JSO will ...

  • CECOP De Contades
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    M&A, organic growth, digital and training fuel CECOP Group

    25 July 2022

    Just a few days after CECOP entered the German market through an agreement with Optic Society, we talked with Jean de Contades, global managing director of the fast-growing Spanish-based buying group. Founded in 1982, Optic Society is the second largest buying group in Germany with close to 700 members according ...

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    ZEISS invests in liquid crystal tech eyewear start-up

    14 July 2022

    ZEISS Ventures, an entity of the ZEISS Group, has announced that it was the main investor in a new financing round of over €10 million in Morrow Eyewear, a Belgian-based start-up company specializing in autofocal glasses. Other investors included New Science Ventures as well as current shareholders such as imec.xpand, ...

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    Julbo is changing hands

    8 July 2022

    Christophe and Matthieu Beaud, co-owners and respectively CEO and general manager of Julbo, and Peugeot Frères Industries have announced an agreement for the acquisition of a majority share of the family eyewear company by Peugeot Frères Industry. The Beaud family, unrelated to Jules Beaud, the founder of the company ...