BY  JILLIAN URCELAY

1. LUXOTTICA GROUP and RAY-BAN have signed a sponsorship agreement with Scuderia Ferrari. As part of the sponsorship, the Ray-Ban logo will appear on the SF16-H Ferrari’s Formula One car livery...

2. BLACKFIN celebrated its 45th anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Taibon Agordino, in the Italian province of Belluno...

3. WALMAN OPTICAL has expanded its Walman Instruments division through the acquisition of Eye Care Alliance (ECA). ECA is an instrument company that specializes in the refurbishment, repair and support of advanced technology instrumentation such as OCTs and automated perimeters...

4. RANDOLPH ENGINEERING has announced its expansion into Club Monaco. The specialty retailer will now feature an assortment of Randolph’s sunglass collection for men and women...  

5. EYEWEAR BRANDS PRODESIGN DENMARK, INFACE, WOOW AND FACE A FACE now make up the Design Eyewear Group, which is operating under its new name and management group under CEO Lars Flyvholm...

6. UNDER ARMOUR EYEWEAR has announced that it will be returning to the Cal Ripken World Series for youth baseball. As the official eyewear sponsor of Ripken Baseball, Under Armour will be providing free eyewear to the top teams and will retail its newest styles at a special discount to attendees at the games.

7. XX2I OPTICS has announced that it will continue its partnership with BibRave through 2016...

8. GUESS EYEWEAR has partnered with The Get In Touch Foundation to create a special edition sunglass and optical frame which help support the nonprofit organization’s commitment toward raising breast cancer awareness.