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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$650.1M
- Private
- US
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Founded in 2005, Carl Zeiss Vision is a worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing ophthalmic lenses, lens coatings and dispensary technologies. We provide the consumer and the eye care professional with quality spectacle lenses, diagnostic tools, services and support in business. Premium eyeglass lenses from Carl Zeiss are the result of more than 150 years of advanced research, innovation and German technology. For decades, the world's scientists, doctors, researchers and engineers have relied on precision perfect optics from Carl Zeiss. From surgical microscopes and lasers to telescopes and lenses used in space exploration, Carl Zeiss is the undisputed expert in premium optics. Carl Zeiss Vision Inc. has three locations in the United States: - Corporate Headquarters in San Diego, California - Chester, Virginia - Petaluma, California
Number of Employees 6,634
Contact Information
10590 W Ocean Air Dr Ste 300
San Diego, California 92130-4682
(858) 509-9899
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NAICS Code Industrial Mold Manufacturing: 333511
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SOLA Merger with Sun Acquisition, Inc. Consummated
- 2005-03-23
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced that it had completed its merger with Sun Acquisition, Inc., becoming an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Carl Zeiss TopCo GmbH. As a result of the merger, each share of SOLA common stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the...
SOLA Stockholders Approve Agreement and Plan of Merger
- 2005-03-01
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced that at a special stockholders meeting this afternoon, its stockholders approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated December 5, 2004, among the Company, Carl Zeiss TopCo GmbH, a German company ("TopCo") and Sun Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware...
SOLA International Announces Fiscal 2005 Third Quarter Results
- 2005-02-08
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced the following fiscal year 2005 third quarter results. --Net sales of $163.1 million compared to $159.3 million in the prior year period, an increase of 2.4%. --Reported net income of $9.4 million compared to a net loss of $25.3...
SOLA Sets Special Meeting Date for Approval of Agreement and Plan of Merger
- 2005-01-14
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced that the Company will hold a special meeting of shareholders on February 28, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at the Company's offices at 10590 West Ocean Air Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92130 for the purpose of voting on the Agreement...
SOLA International.(IN THE NEWS)(Brief Article)
- 2004-12-15
Carl Zeiss AG has agreed to acquire SOLA International for $1.1 billion. The merger will create a newly formed company to consist of Carl Zeiss' eye-glass business and SOLA. The new company will be equally owned by Carl Zeiss and EQT, a Swedish private equity firm. The...
San Diego County, Calif., medical product firms in cash buyout deals.
- 2004-12-07
By Penni Crabtree, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--Two San Diego County medical product companies, Sola International and Medex, yesterday announced separate cash buyouts valued collectively at about $1.4 billion. Though the deals are significant...
SOLA and Carl Zeiss AG to Combine Their Eyeglass Businesses; Definitive Merger Agreement Signed; Offer of $28.00 Per Share to SOLA Shareholders
- 2004-12-06
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced that a newly formed company, which will consist of the eyeglass business of Carl Zeiss AG (carved-out in a company with limited liability retrospective October 1, 2004) and will be owned by Carl Zeiss AG and EQT III fund ("EQT"), has...
SOLA International Acquires Vision Systems
- 2004-12-01
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced that it has acquired certain net assets of Vision Systems Inc., including two prescription laboratories located in Atlanta, Georgia and Petersburg, Virginia. Vision Systems has annual sales of approximately $10.8 million, employs 70 people and processes approximately 850 orders per day....
SOLA International Wins Best Lens Design
- 2004-11-16
SAN DIEGO -- SOLA International Inc. (NYSE: SOL) today announced that it had been awarded an Award of Excellence for Best Lens Design by the Optical Laboratories Association ("OLA") at its annual award banquet this past weekend. SOLA won the award for its SOLAOneTM progressive lens, which was launched...
SOLA International Announces Fiscal 2005 Second Quarter Results; Net Sales Increase 4.8% versus Last Year; Reported Net Income Increases 37.3% versus Last Year
- 2004-11-04
SAN DIEGO -- Adjusted Net Income $11.5 Million versus $7.5 Million Last Year; Operating Cash Flow $5.0 Million versus Negative $4.4 Million Last Year SOLA International Inc. (NYSE:SOL) today announced the following fiscal year 2005 second quarter results. --Net sales of $166.2 million compared to $158.7 million in...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Norbert Gorny | CEO |
| Friedrich Kohlrausch | President of the Physikalisch, Technische Reichsanstalt |
| Barry Packham | Vice President & General Manager, North America |
| David Cross | Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific |
| Gaetano Sciuto | Vice President |
| Marc Cyrus Vogel | Vice President Corporate Communications and Carl Zeiss Spokesman |
| Mark Ashcroft | Vice President & General Manager, Europe |
| Steve Mitrakos | Carl Zeiss Vision's Vice President, Marketing and Strategy |
| Bernadette Hiskey | Carl Zeiss Vision's Director, Teflon |
| Mike Morris | Carl Zeiss Vision's Senior Director, Professional Relations and Clinical Affairs |
| Bernhard Zimmermann | Senior Product Manager at Carl Zeiss Microimaging |
| Jeff Hopkins | Manager, Pr and Media Partners |
| Sandy Trocki | Controller |
| Alfons Lindmayer | Head of Marketing, Press Relations |
| Barry Weitzenberg | |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss | The Physicist |
| Carl Zeiss | Worldwide Leader |
| Dagmar Ewert | Head of Communications, Pr and Marketing |
| Ernst Abbe | Scientist |
| Colombe M. Nicholas | Director |
| Douglas D. Danforth | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Maurice J. Cunniffe | Chairman |
| Charles F. Smith | Board of Directors |
| Jackson L. Schultz | Board of Directors |
| Jeremy C. Bishop | Board of Directors |
| Robert A. Muh | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | President of the Physikalisch, Technische Reichsanstalt | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Vice President & General Manager, North America | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Vice President Corporate Communications and Carl Zeiss Spokesman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Vice President & General Manager, Europe | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Carl Zeiss Vision's Vice President, Marketing and Strategy | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Carl Zeiss Vision's Director, Teflon | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Carl Zeiss Vision's Senior Director, Professional Relations and Clinical Affairs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Senior Product Manager at Carl Zeiss Microimaging | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Manager, Pr and Media Partners | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Head of Marketing, Press Relations | Current |
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| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Current | |
| Innovadyne Technologies, Inc. | Current | |
| University of Santa Clara | MBA | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | BS Degree In Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | The Physicist | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Worldwide Leader | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Head of Communications, Pr and Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Scientist | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Vista Capital LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| SOLA International Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Vista Capital LLC | Chairman | Current |
| Bonita Bead | Board of Directors | Current |
| SOLA International Inc. | Director | Current |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Consultant | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Herbalife International of America, Inc. | Consultant | Current |
| Financo, Inc. | Consultant | Current |
| Merryck & Co | Current | |
| SOLA International Inc. | Director | Current |
| Herbalife International of America, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Herbalife Independent Distributor Amazingdiet.Com | Director | Current |
| Amazingdiet | Director | Current |
| Acres of Love Inc | Director | Current |
| Shelley Penney | Director | Current |
| Orr Felt | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Orr Felt | President | Former |
| University of Dayton | Trustee | Former |
| LVMH Inc. | Former | |
| University of Dayton | Board of Directors | Former |
| Bryant College | Doctorate in Business Administration | Former |
| University of Cincinnati College of Law | Juris Doctorate Degree | Former |
| University of Dayton | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
Douglas D. Danforth is a Director Emeritus at The Pittsburgh Foundation. He is also a Director of Sola International, Inc., and Envirosource, Inc. He is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Mr. Danforth is also the past Chairman of the Board of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is also past Chairman of the Board of Carnegie Mellon University and continues to serve as a Life Trustee of the University. Mr. Danforth also serves as a Trustee of Syracuse University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Syracuse University | Trustee | Current |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| The Pittsburgh Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| SOLA International Inc. | Director | Current |
| Enviro-Source.Com | Director | Current |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American Optical Company International AG | President | Current |
| SOLA Hong Kong Ltd. | President | Current |
| SOLA Optical GmbH | President | Current |
| SOLA International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| SOLA International Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| SOLA Venezuela Industria Optica C.A. | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SOLA International Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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