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Diversified Ophthalmics company history timeline

1989

In 1989, founder and CEO Angel Alvarez, formerly a sales representative for Vision Service Plan and later a senior sales representative for CibaVision, purchased Co-Optics Distribution and formed Alvaco Trading Company.

1994

clark, jane bennett. "bausch & lomb: pulling the wool over its customer's eyes?" kiplinger's personal finance magazine, march 1994.

1998

In the fiscal year ended March 1998 Sola posted sales of $548 million, of which the vast majority came from plastic lenses, and employed almost 8,000 workers.

2008

In 2008, ABB Concise receives the Emerging Company of the Year award from the South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Growth.

2009

ABB Concise is honored with the 2009 Business of the Year Award from the South Florida Business Journal.

2012

In 2012, ABB Concise merges with Optical Distributor Group (ODG), a leading contact lens distributor based in Hawthorne, New York, forming ABB Optical Group.

2014

ABB Optical Group is honored with the 2014 Deal of the Year Award from the South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Growth in recognition of the successful merger of ABB Concise and Optical Distributor Group.

2016

In 2016, ABB Optical Group acquired Diversified Ophthalmics, Inc. and MidSouth Premier Ophthalmics.

2019

In 2019, ABB Optical Group reintroduced its new brand to the eyecare industry at Vision Expo West in Las Vegas.

2022

"Industry Profiles: Ophthalmic Goods ." Company Profiles for Students. . Retrieved June 21, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/industry-profiles-ophthalmic-goods

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