 |  | 2005: September – in the first 6 months of its operation CZV generates revenue of EUR 415 Million (AUD 651 Million)
2005: SOLA merges with Carl Zeiss to form Carl Zeiss Vision, a company jointly owned by Carl Zeiss AG and EQT Partners
2004: SOLAOne nominated the best progressive lens by the Optical Laboratory Association.
2000: SOLA acquires Optical Eyewear and SOLA Technologies is born
1996: Acquisition of AO (American Optical)
1995: SOLA is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1993: SOLA group was acquired by AEA Investors Inc.
1991: Pilkington sell their interest in Coburn Optical.
1987: Acquisitions in Barns Hind & Coburn Optical see the group become one of the largest of its kind in the world
1979: SOLA acquired by Pilkington plc.
1960-79: SOLA develops rapidly, initially exporting and then developing marketing and manufacturing bases around the world.
1960: SOLA Optical begins selling CR39 lenses with a staff of 9 employees
1957: Noel Roscrow named managing director of a Laubman and Pank subsidiary - Scientific Optical Laboratories of Australia, Ltd. (SOLA) - which would commercialize this technology
1950s: Schultz and Pank experiment with CR-39, a new plastic lens material
1947: David Pank and Don Schultz buy a controlling interest in Laubman and Pank, an optical business located in Adelaide, Australia | |  Return to previous page
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