AIT Launches Edge 680 Premium Patternless Edging System at Vision Expo East

Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

For more information, please contact:


Matthew Vulich
Vice President Marketing
AIT Industries
630-274-6136
mattv@aitindustries.com

AIT Launches Edge 680 Premium Patternless Edging System at Vision Expo East

AIT Industries, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, is releasing at International Vision Expo East a new production patternless edger. The WECO Edge 680 Edging System exclusively offered by AIT offers integrated drilling, lensometry, autoblocking, grooving, safety bevel, wrap edging and a simple to use interface to process Chemistrie® magnetic lenses. In addition to this, the Edge 680 offers a number of enhanced features including a larger, tiltable touch screen, redesigned more intuitive user interface, integrated bar code scanner, and total control over the motor parameters in the edger by material. “The lens materials and coatings of today and tomorrow require equipment that offers flexibility to minimize scrap. The 680 offers complete controls of motor speeds and lens feed to reduce scrap and deliver quality eyewear. The 680 follows in the rich tradition of WECO engineering” says Matthew Vulich, Vice President Marketing.

AIT Unveils S-Tracer Lab Tracer

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

For more information, please contact:


Matthew Vulich
Vice President Marketing
AIT Industries
630-274-6136
mattv@aitindustries.com

AIT Unveils S-Tracer Lab Tracer

AIT Industries, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, has introduced a new lab tracer. The new S-Tracer is a breakthrough in tracing technology. It eliminates the use of spring tension, gravity and other tracing methods predominant today to deliver the most precise measurements and shape reproduction you can find in the market. The S-Tracer has advanced features including a high base-curve wrap frame tracing function with a 30mm vertical strike, a fast trace function, smart trace function for small sharp cornered shapes and a unique manual mode for off-centered frames. “The quality of finished eyewear starts from the beginning with the trace. The S-Tracer’s ability to provide precise measurements will improve productivity in the finishing room and final assembly“ Says Matthew Vulich, Vice President Marketing.

Vulich Family Reaquires 100 Percent Ownership of AIT Industries From INDO

Thursday, 08 December 2011 23:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

For more information, please contact:


Matthew Vulich
Vice President Marketing
AIT Industries
630-274-6136
mattv@aitindustries.com

BENSENVILLE, Ill.—Opti-Vue, Inc., a company owned by the Vulich family, has reached an agreement with Industrias de Optica (INDO), a Spanish manufacturer of lenses and equipment, through which the Vulich family will reacquire from INDO 100 percent ownership of AIT Industries.

AIT Industries is an Illinois company that manufactures and distributes lab finishing equipment and ophthalmic instruments. The company has been in business since 1952 and was originally purchased in 1996 by longtime AIT engineer Yordan Vulich. In 2004, INDO purchased a share of AIT from Opti-Vue, which had been distributing INDO finishing equipment since 1999.

The agreement was officially approved by the Mercantile Court number 6 in Barcelona on Nov. 29, 2011 as beneficial to INDO's reorganization plans. INDO has been in bankruptcy reorganization since June of 2010.

"This agreement is a win-win for both AIT and INDO," said Joe Vulich, president AIT Industries. "AIT secures the distribution rights for the INDO product line as well as it allows us expand our overall product portfolio for future growth plans. INDO secures a distribution channel in the U.S. for their product line and takes a major step toward completing their reorganization plans."

Matt Vulich, AIT's vice president, marketing, added, "Today, AIT is more than just a highly respected patternless edger company. We have diversified our product offering that includes a complimentary line of ophthalmic instruments. With edgers, we offer WECO as our most advanced edging system, Indo as our mid-range and the AIT Continuum as the economy brand."

AIT Launches airMAX Universal Edger Air Purifier

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 23:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:


Matthew Vulich
Vice President Marketing
AIT Industries
630-274-6136
mattv@aitindustries.com

AIT Launches airMAX Universal Lens Edger Air Purification System

AIT Industries, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, has recently launched its new airMAX Universal Lens Edger Purification System. The airMAX hooks up in line with up to two wet patternless edging systems removing dust and foul smelling odors that are produced from cutting high-index lenses. Its durable industrial design means you will get many years of trouble free operation and its high-density carbon filter allows you to breathe easy about the air quality in your lab. airMAX is a great benefit to optical shop located in malls or that have poor ventilation. “We developed the airMAX specifically to enhance the work experience of employees in optical labs and customer satisifaction in limited space environments.” says Matthew Vulich, Vice President of Marketing. For information visit www.aitindustries.com or call 800-729-1959