Press Releases
AIT unleashes new Proxima Patternless Lens Edger 2009-09-11
AIT Industries, a member of the Indo Group, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, will be releasing to the industry for the first time at Vision Expo West the Proxima Edging System. Proxima offers a sleek, contemporary design to compliment its advanced technology. Proxima gives labs of all sizes the capability to process all lens materials with the latest coating technologies as well as the most challenging eyewear to help in-office labs boost profits. Proxima bevels, polishes, grooves, safety bevels and automatically drills in one all inclusive machine; saving on space and reducing the number of steps in processing eyewear to reduce spoilage. “Proxima rounds out our patternless edger line offering our most advanced technology for labs that want to easily process the most difficult eyewear. We are proud of this new release and what it will offer to the industry.” says Matthew Vulich, Vice-President Marketing
AIT unveils new Continuum Patternless Edger 2009-08-14
AIT Industries, a member of the Indo Group, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, will be releasing to the industry for the first time at Vision Expo West the Continuum Edging System. Continuum is designed specifically for those who are new to in-office edging, its intuitive interface simplifies the steps required to process lenses and as a result, increases overall efficiency and significantly reduces training time in comparison with competing edgers. Continuum is ideally suited for low to medium volume optical dispensaries and offers all of the features that modern dispensaries require. Continuum bevels, polishes, grooves, and safety bevels. Its ability to process all lens materials offers eye care professionals the flexibility they need in an ever-changing market. “We feel that the Continuum is best in its class at offering a quicker return on investment and lowest cost of ownership in the industry.” says Matthew Vulich, Vice-President Marketing.
New MAXIMA SPEED Dual-Polish Edger Debuting at OLA 2008-10-30
AIT Industries will be showing for the first time at the OLA a new version of our popular Maxima Speed, a three time nominee for the OLA Award of Excellence. The new version offers a new software program and wheel configuration that allows two levels of polish quality. Many lab customers desire a high luster polished edge on lenses. To do this automatically, we have added a specially formulated diamond wheel and an optimized cycle to produce the high luster polish. The machine also has a second polish wheel in order to produce our standard satin polish. With this configuration, a lab can optimize efficiency and production on polished lenses using recent changes to the VCA Communication standard to support the production of a hi luster or regular polished lens in a single machine.
AIT Releases Contemporary Collection Chair & Stand 2008-03-14
AIT a member of the INDO group will formally release its new Contemporary Collection Chair and Stand at the upcoming Vision Expo East in booth#2418. “The Contemporary Collection will offer two models the Monaco Chair and Stand which is our higher end model and the Barcelona Chair and Stand which is our economical package. Both models offer a unique modern design for Optical Businesses that wish to brand themselves to be more forward thinking, progressive and contemporary in the design of their business.” Says Alex Bouin, Vice President of Business Development. The collection will offer a wheel chair accessible option plus a complementary line of ophthalmic instruments. The Contemporary Collection will be available for delivery immediately after the Vision Expo East.
“Doing Something about it”–Conference Theme 2008-02-10
AIT Industries a member of the Indo Group, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, held another successful sales conference at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, February 7-10th. With an approach shaped around “Doing something about it”, emphasis was placed not on what we already are doing, but what can be done, not only to better the satisfaction of all AIT customers and employees, but what we can do to continue exceeding the expectations of all those involved in the AIT sales process. The importance of upholding all customers’ satisfaction is the reason why AIT can and will continue to grow. “Our continued success and growth is due to our people. Whether it is an engineer innovating or a customer service agent going the extra mile we can all make a difference for our customers.” The weekend ended with a banquet and awards ceremony on Saturday, February 9th. AIT’s successful sales associates were presented with many awards, but the top prize of Sales Associate of the Year went to Kyle Crawford. Kyle’s level of commitment to AIT is not only admirable, but gives customers a reason to choose AIT.
New Patient Measurement System from AIT 2007-09-03
AIT, a member of the Indo group, will have the debut of CENTER at Vision Expo West in Booth 5035. CENTER, developed by INDO, offers the optician a sophisticated measuring system that improves overall patient satisfaction. CENTER automatically measures patient pupillary distance and height as well as vertex distance and pantascopic frame angle in almost 80% of cases. CENTER utilizes a system of three built in cameras and infrared LED’s to obtain 3 dimensional patient measurements. CENTER is the perfect tool to make dispensing easier and more accurate and is especially useful when fitting conventional or free-form progressive lenses.
AIT Vision Expo West Giveaway 2007-08-23
AIT will end the Vision Expo West with a drawing for a patternless edger and remote tracer. Kicked off at the Midwest Vision Congress, four months earlier AIT started a campaign geared towards Eye Care Professionals. “Our purpose is to create awareness of today's options for the eye care professional to improve customer service for their patients. You can invest in equipment for an in-office lab or consider remote tracing” says Matt Vulich, Vice President Marketing. This coincides with AIT's new ad campaign depicting athletes of different sports with each type of edging system. The "tools" an eye care professional needs to achieve his potential are equally important as an athlete's equipment. To compete in today's marketplace, one must always consider improving customer service. Both in-office edging and remote tracing provide the tools to achieve the very best for your eye care practice. One Eye Care Professional will win an AIT Remote Tracer and another will win an AIT Patternless Edger. To enter the drawing Eye Care Professionals can visit the AIT at booth #5063 or if they are not attending, they can go to http://www.aitindustries.com to sign up for this promotion.
AIT Market Testing to Expand Ophthalmic Instrument 2007-08-23
AIT a member of the Indo group, will be displaying an Ophthalmic Chair and Stand with instruments at the upcoming Vision Expo West at booth #5035. Indo, AIT’s corporate parent is an experienced and respected distributor of instruments in several markets worldwide. “With Indo’s experience and AIT’s successful distribution channel for patternless edgers we are confident we can offer a high quality lane of ophthalmic equipment. We feel it will be a natural complimentary fit to our current customers and marketing channels,” says Matthew Vulich Vice-President of Marketing. The Chair and Stand will be an exclusive Indo design offering a more modern look different than other products in the market. “Our goal is to show a prototype and conduct a survey with attendees by offering an incentive to determine the needs of the market and finalize a design.” says Alex Bouin, Vice-President of Business Development. AIT a long time leader in patternless edging systems has been marketing and selling automated instruments for the past 8 years.
The Environmentally Friendly Patternless Edger 2007-07-30
AIT’s New Practica Evolution now comes equipped with a newly designed re-circulating coolant system that eliminates strong odors and reduces dust during the lens grinding process. This new system specifically designed for small in-office labs is designed to make the work environment more pleasant for employees as well as patients. “With the strong odors and dust generated during the grinding process with today’s advanced lens materials, Eye Care Professionals now have a choice to make their office a more pleasant environment to their patients and employees.” says Matthew Vulich Vice-President Marketing. To find out more visit us at www.aitindustries.com. Or call 800-729-1959 and ask about Going Green with the Practica Evolution.
"The Keys To Our Success" Theme of AIT Conference 2007-01-16
AIT Industries, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, kicked off the New Year with its annual sales conference at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, January 11th to 13th. “The theme for this year’s conference, "The Keys to our Success" was chosen to bring together the entire organization. In the past, we have had Sales Conferences; however, this year we had a company conference, which allowed us all to come together and discuss ways to improve the AIT Experience for all our customers. Our success depends on a team effort,” says Matt Vulich, Vice-President of Marketing. AIT’s continued growth is due to a more expanded product range and growing customer base. At this year’s conference, emphasis was placed on execution and excitement, two factors that lead to a successful and well-run business. “The entire AIT sales staff spent time learning more about the new AIT product line, as well as new promotional specials which are immediately available,” says Mark Dehn, Vice-President of Sales for AIT. “The entire AIT team re-organized our effort to better handle the initial product request and serve its most important asset, our customers.” An entire day was focused towards understanding that every person employed by AIT is a part of the sales process. The weekend ended with a banquet and awards ceremony on Saturday, January 15th. AIT’s successful sales associates were presented with many rewards, but the top prize of Salesperson of the Year went to Axel Wittenrood of Villa Park, IL.
