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july 2015 17 opticallabproducts.com NEWS RUNDOWN HAVING A BLAST AT DIGICON Schneider Optical Machines' DigiCon 2015 digital processing conference was held June 17-20 at the company's headquarters in Fronhausen, Germany. The company invited over 100 guests from around the world to attend programs and demonstrations, including Schneider's Modulo Control Center, which combines the company's Modulo Line of lab machines into one interlinked system. Schneider also introduced attendees to its Nano Line of lab machines, consisting of the HSC Nano X and HSC Nano XP free-form generators, as well as the CCP Nano polisher. The new EBC 600 and EBC 1400 box coaters were also on display. Entertainment at the event included a river cruise, a cocktail reception, a day trip to Frankfurt, and the DigiCon Racing Cup go-kart competition. TEAM-BUILDING WITH SATISLOH Over 110 of Satisloh North America, Inc.'s Technical Service Team members attended the company's eighth annual Service Summit, held over three days in Dallas, TX. Each year, the Service Summit gathers Satisloh employees to train them on the latest technologies, including the diagnosis and trouble- shooting of machine issues to ensure that the company is offering the best customer support possible. SHAMIR CAMPAIGNS FOR HEALTHY EYES Progressive lens manufacturer Shamir Insight, Inc. has partnered with the Think About Your Eyes campaign, a nationwide public awareness initiative on eye health, eye disease, and the need for comprehensive eye examinations. With the support of industry leaders such as Shamir, Think About Your Eyes has run thousands of television and radio spots, while also reaching millions more through efforts online, and resulting in over nine million additional eye exams performed each year since the program's launch. VSP'S NEW LAB To help keep pace with the increasing demand for UNITY ® Performance Optics lens products in the southwestern U.S., VSP ® Optics Group has opened a new VSPOne ™ Optical Technology Center in Denver, CO. This latest labo- ratory brings the total number of VSPOne facilities to 14. THE BATTLE OVER PROP 65 LOREM IPSUM The Vision Council is closely watching the ongo- ing litigation in California courts over proposed changes to the state's Proposition 65 law, which could have an impact on both optical labs located in California and any manufacturer that sells eye- care products in the state. The law regulates and informs consumers about the presence of chemi- cals known by the state to cause health problems such as cancer and birth defects, and Bisphenol A (BpA)–a substance used to make the polycarbonate found in optical lenses and frames–has been added to that list. The use of special warning labels on products sold in the state will be required if there is no set safe harbor level for the amount of BpA in products or if one is set and is surpassed in a product. Prop 65 also regulates workplaces where these chemicals are present. Follow The Vision Council for the latest on this issue. TOOLS OF THE TRADE The Optical Lab Division of the Vision Council has made its Optical Lab Division Toolkit, an assortment of resources to aid the lab professional, available to its members. Included in the Tookit are benefts such as four free hours of marketing and communications consulting services, customer service training, safety compliance check- lists, and the tracking of lab performance against the Shared Lab Data benchmarks, among other perks. Members can access the toolkit at thevisioncouncil.org/labs.