ONE-TO-ONE: KURT GARDNER
Licensed optician Kurt Gardner sought his place in optical in his teens as a file…
Author John Sailer
A WINNING BUSINESS MODEL
In this era when mergers and consolidations are the norm and offshoring sends jobs…
ESOPS: UNDENIABLY GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) let owners cash out now and turn staff into owners…
ONE-TO-ONE: KEVIN MAUGER
Kevin Mauger is president of NCC Automated Systems in Souderton, PA, a company that designs…
HEDGING BETS AND TAKING CHANCES
Plastic Plus’s bold strategy of taking risks took the lab from near bankruptcy to success.…
43 YEARS AND COUNTING
For Plastic Plus, Charity is Not Optional From North America to Africa (and many…
3D PRINTED LENSES ARE HERE, NOW
IFB Solutions and Luxexcel launch a lens-manufacturing technology that some said couldn’t be done. Two…
ONE-TO-ONE: DAN KELLY
OLP: Tell us a little bit about IFB Solutions. KELLY: IFB Solutions is a…
FESTIVE AND INFORMATIVE
We just returned from SLUGfest in Dallas, where 220 lab owners and managers witnessed…
IT’S JUST GOOD BUSINESS
This year’s Lab Innovator of the Year has led us to reminisce about the many…