Category: Interview

Siblings Ana and André Dominguez and their cousin Raquel Cotovio are the current “faces” of Ofetal Ópticas, a company based in Oeiras.

According to Rui Teixeira, Prolente and Nacional Óptica’s manager, 2017 will be a year of consolidation, namely with the opening of new venues, giving greater emphasis to own brands. With two base models – franchising and partnership – the company is well and commended.

In the aftermath of the 12th edition of the Optometry Open Conferences (CAO’s) of the Optometry Licensees Professionals Association (APLO), we spoke to Raúl Alberto Sousa, the association’s chairman.

The number of contact lenses’ users in our country is still well below some of the most advanced countries. We spoke to José González-Méijome, Madalena Lira and João Linhares, the “faces” of the contactology area of the Optometry course in the University of Minho (UMinho) – also protagonists in our October cover – about this issue.

Miguel Rocha is head of Euracini Óptica, a project that he created in 2003 in Póvoa de Varzim. “Both my business partner, Ana Nunes, and I wanted to embrace a self employment project. Thus, on August 1st of 2003 Euracini Óptica was born, located in Póvoa de Varzim.