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Dear Valued Member,

As the leading trade association for the optical industry, The Vision Council aims to arm its members with the key information and resources needed to run a successful business. With this in mind, The Vision Council has partnered with Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (Reed Tech) to provide members with a…

Dear Valued Member,

As the leading trade association for the optical industry, The Vision Council aims to arm its members with the key information and resources needed to run a successful business. With this in mind, The Vision Council has partnered with Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (Reed Tech) to provide members with a…

2020 COLA Spring Meeting
April 23–24, 2020
Temecula Creek Inn
Temecula, CA

Please save the date for the 2020 COLA spring meeting to avoid conflicts. Registration for this popular event opens soon and an agenda will be shared at that time. Once again, we are accepting sponsorships of various levels for this event. Sponsorship…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has again updated Import Alert 86-07, which is its list of foreign manufacturers whose FDA regulated products are to be detained by the FDA without physical examination if those products are introduced into the commerce of the United States. In other words, if you purchase certain goods from one of the…

ANSI ASC Z80 SC3 – Ophthalmic Frames adopted the three ISO frame standards as a replacement for Z80.5 in 2016, which is in line with our efforts of an internationally recognized standard for ophthalmic frames. However, SC3 continues to work with the international community on revisions of these three ISO frame standards.

We recently…

Dear Valued Member,

As the leading trade association for the optical industry, The Vision Council aims to arm its members with the key information and resources needed to run a successful business. With this in mind, The Vision Council has partnered with Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (Reed Tech) to provide members with a…

Dear Valued Member,

As part of the reimagination of Vision Expo, The Vision Council and Vision Expo would like to introduce The Union, one of three new distinct neighborhoods being unveiled at Vision Expo East 2020.

An evolution of the dynamic Galleria, The Union offers the ultimate exhibition and shopping experience for…

On Jan. 15, 2020, the U.S. and China signed a phase one trade deal that requires structural reforms to China's economic and trade regimes. These reforms will be seen in the areas of intellectual property, forced technology transfers, financial services, agriculture, and currency and financial exchanges. In addition, China has agreed to purchase…

Dear Vision Expo East Exhibitor,

Thank you for your support of Vision Expo East in New York City. With another great Show quickly approaching, attendance is looking strong overall, and we are thrilled at the response to the reimagination of Vision Expo.…