X-Cel is closing the doors.

[Craig]

It is a sad reality that the 2 year mark has passed and so will the company formally know as "X-Cel". They are discontinuing many products and moving it all to the E dallas 9-6-16.

RIP

[Tallboy]

Damn it! Is this for both optical lenses and RGP contact lenses?

[drk]

Does Aurelius still exist?

[Chris Ryser]

Essilor Acquires Lens Maker X-Cel Optical

By Staff

Monday, January 7, 2013 12:30 AM

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn.— Essilor (ESSI.PA) has acquired ophthalmic lens maker X-Cel Optical, based here. The purchase price was not announced. Joe Doescher, CEO and president of X-Cel, told VMail that he and CFO Wayne Gottwalt retain a 20 percent stake in company, which had been privately held by members of his family and management since 1983. Doescher said both he and Gottwalt remain in their current roles, along with other members of the management team.

“X-Cel Optical is a very well-run manufacturing company with products and services that Essilor does not currently have,” said an Essilor spokesperson. “We’re adding them to our team to incorporate those products and services into our distribution channels.”

see all at:
http://www.visionmonday.com/latest-n...-optical-38440

That was 3 years ago, and there is no official notice that they are closing, to be found at this stage..

[Uncle Fester]

Does Aurelius still exist?

Too stubborn to leave Elba.

[Craig]

Here is a copy

[Quince]

I received this today as well.... so sad. It even reads with such melancholy. *tear

[Chris Ryser]

Here is a copy

Interesting..........a silent disappearance of a former competitor.

[Lab Insight]

Interesting..........a silent disappearance of a former competitor.

Watch those prices start creeping upward.

[Chris Ryser]

Watch those prices start creeping upward.

.................that could be very possible.

And all that by buying up the competition and then closing down the labs and moving them overseas where labour is a lot cheaper, many of the labs left have now only a small skeleton staff.

[rbaker]

.................that could be very possible.

And all that by buying up the competition and then closing down the labs and moving them overseas where labour is a lot cheaper, many of the labs left have now only a small skeleton staff.

In my opinion, the main reasons why U. S. Optical Manufacturing Companies have offshored manufacturing are:

• Lower labor costs
• Few or no environmental regulations
• Less government regulation on building construction and operations
• Lower taxes
• Global “free trade” mentality

This erosion of jobs will continue as there seem to be:

• Ever increasing labor cost ($15.00 minimum wage)
• Ever increasing government regulations
• Ever increasing government regulation on building construction and operations
• Ever increasing taxes and regulatory fees
• Ever increasing “free trade” mentality

[Chris Ryser]

• Ever increasing labor cost ($15.00 minimum wage)
• Ever increasing government regulations
• Ever increasing government regulation on building construction and operations
• Ever increasing taxes and regulatory fees
• Ever increasing “free trade” mentality

Dick you are totally right, it is not only moving jobs away it is also the resulting devaluation of the Dollar.

[peyes]

When will they cease operations?

[Chris Ryser]

Does Aurelius still exist?

Find him on his website at:
http://auralens.net/