September/October 2010

Will You Sink or Swim With Automation and Robotics?
Not too far downstream, automation and robotics will comprise a technological life raft that will make all the difference between “sink or swim” for optical labs. Find out what your peers are saying about this technology.
 
What Health Care Reform Means for Your Small Business, Part 1
Find out how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), will impact your business… for better or worse.
 
Cutting Costs with Consumables
Learn top strategies from the experts for stretching every dollar AND getting the best results.
 
Automation is Great But… You Still Need Someone Around Who Knows How to Make a Lens
John Greco of Superior Optical, Ocean Springs, Miss., remembers when you had to figure out the amount of prism needed for decentration by hand using a protractor.
 
Focus on Standards
Standards can be a lab’s best friend. Jeff Endres suggests all you have to do is get involved.
 
What You Need to Know About...Spin Coatings