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RUNDOWN NEW FOR THE LAB 20 july 2015 opticallabproducts.com COBURN'S GOING PRO The SGX Pro generator from Coburn Technologies, Inc. is the company's fourth-generation product of the SGX series and the successor to the SGX Plus. The SGX Pro features the same dry-cut milling capabilities for process- ing a variety of lens materials as its predecessor, but with a new touch-screen interface and USB capabilities. The SGX Pro also boasts one of the widest curve ranges in the industry. An SGX Pro Upgrade kit is available for SGX Plus users interested in getting the newest model for their lab. For more information, contact Coburn Technologies, Inc. at 800-262-8761 or coburntechnologies.com. COAT FOR SUMMER HCoating-UT (Ultimate Tintable), the lat- est ophthalmic lens hardcoating from Arotek International LLC's HCoating ® brand, is abrasion-resistant and adheres to many types of lens materials, including CR-39 ® , polycarbon- ate, Trivex ® material, 1.56, and high-index up to 1.74. The HCoating-UT can be used with most re-circulating spin coaters, and its strong adhesion to AR coatings gives it a higher Bayer abrasion ratio following an AR coating than other tintable hardcoats. For more information, contact Arotek International LLC at 815-301- 8789 or hcoating.com. TRANSITIONS' NEW PRODUCTS Broadening Transitions' stable of lens offerings, Transitions XTRActive lenses in gray now come in Varilux ® S designs in standard plastic 1.50, Airwear polycarbonate, and Thin&Lite; 1.67 lens materials, in addition to the company's brown Transitions XTRActive lenses, which are now available in Varilux S and Varilux DRx designs, Single Vision in Standard Plastic 1.50, Airwear polycarbonate, and Thin&Lite; 1.67. For more information, contact Transitions Optical, Inc. at 800-848-1506 or transitions.com. THESE PARTNERS MAKE GREAT 'PALS' Vision-Ease Lens has partnered with Indizen Optical Technologies (IOT) to expand its digital lens offerings through use of IOT's customer network and effcient delivery system. Vision- Ease has also made available through this partnership fve new proprietary lens designs in both its active-lifestyle Sportswrap and general-purpose Ev- erywhere categories: The Vision-Ease Sportwrap Single Vision, Vision-Ease Sportwrap Backside PAL, Vision-Ease Everywhere PAL, and Vision-Ease Everywhere + PAL. For more information, contact Vision-Ease Lens at 800-328-3449 or vision-ease.com, or Indizen Optical Technologies at 877-414-7809 or iotamerica.com. REFLECTED GLORY Glacier PLUS ™ UV, the latest anti-refective coating from Shamir Insight, Inc., is a premium lens coating made from the combination of the Shamir Certifed Blank base coating, a custom- ized hard coating, and an AR coating. Glacier PLUS UV features reduced cosmetic and visual glare, as well as reduced Newton's Rings (bire- fringence). For more information, contact Shamir Insight, Inc. at 877-514- 8330 or shamir.com.