Press Releases
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.
Kyle Crawford-AIT 2008 Sales Associate of the Year 2008-02-07
On February 7-10, AIT Industries a member of the INDO Group, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, held it's annual sales conference at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. During this dynamic, motivational weekend, Kyle Crawford was awarded AIT Sales Associate of the Year. Kyle has been with AIT since 2003 and is Southeast Regional Manager as well as National Wholesale Lab Manager. "Kyle is a consistent performer within our organization. His commitment to AIT and his caring professional attitude toward our customers are key to his success." says Mark Dehn, Vice President of Sales for 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.
Axel Wittenrood AIT Salesperson of The Year 2007-01-15
On January 11-13, AIT Industries, headquartered in Bensenville, Illinois, held it’s annual company conference at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois. The Company Conference was capped off with our awards banquet. Axel Wittenrood was recognized as AIT’s Salesperson of the Year. This is the third time Axel has been recognized with this award. Axel has been with AIT as our Midwest Sales Associate since 2001. Axel has been in the Optical Industry since 1975, 19 of those years have been with AIT. “Axel’s years of experience, hard working attitude and genuine care for his customers is what makes him so successful. We are glad and proud to have Axel as part of the AIT Team.” says Mark Dehn, Vice-President of Sales. Pictured from left to right is Joe Vulich, Company Controller, Yordan Vulich, President, Mark Dehn, Vice-President Sales, Axel Wittenrood Midwest Sales Associate, John Vulich Vice-President Manufacturing, Matt Vulich Vice-President Marketing.
AIT ’S Opera Scan WINS 2006 SILMO D’OR AWARD 2006-10-28
On Friday, 27th October 2006, INDO won the award for its OPERA Scan product during the 2006 Silmo d’Or awards ceremony in Paris. INDO is the parent company of AIT Industries of Bensenville, IL a long time leader in the industry for lens finishing equipment since 1964.
OPERA Scan is a device that automatically recognizes pattern contours and drill-point coordinates for rimless glasses. The device is the only one of its kind in the optical industry that uses scanner technology to determine coordinates. Thanks to its independence and ease of use, it adapts perfectly to any kind of work environment and makes the job of assembling rimless glasses much easier while guaranteeing total quality. OPERA Scan is designed to be used in conjunction with the OPERA Drill system, a computer numerically controlled drill or can be utilized as a tracing device in wholesale optical laboratories to upload to any lab management software system supporting the VCA Standards of Communication.
INDO’s commitment to continuous technological innovation at the service of the optical industry has been acknowledged for the third consecutive year by the organizers of these prestigious international awards: in 2004, the OPERA Drill device was nominated for a Silmo d’Or in the same category, while INDO was also nominated in the Lens category in 2005 for EyeMADE, the only completely personalized progressive lenses.
With this award at the 13th edition of the Silmo d’Or Awards, INDO has demonstrated its firm commitment to innovation and technological progress, and has positioned itself as one of the leading companies in the optical industry.
