Do you know the background of Shamir? MAFO visited their site and lets you have a glimpse behind the scenes, too. In June ESA (European Sunglass Association) had their annual meeting, find out what is was all about. In this issue you will also find the first part of Prof. Dr. Jim Sheedys article on "Objective Measurement of PAL Viewing Zones". The main theme deals with "Coating": find out more about it in "Ophthalmic Polarized Lenses for Modern Laboratory Business" by Igor Loshak, "High Tech Nano Coatings for Ophthalmics" by Michael Fliedner and Andreas Schwender, an overview on Coating Machines and Market Survey on Hard, AR and Inline Coating.