Wiley X's New Safety Glasses

Eye Surf notes that "Wiley X Inc. knows that for safety glasses to truly protect the vision of workers, they must be stylish and comfortable enough that workers will actually want to wear them. The company’s new Rx-ready WX Echo is the ideal answer. A new member of the company’s Climate Control Series, the WX Echo is both stylish and comfortable enough for all-day wear in any environment, yet it provides the highest level of eye protection available for dangerous jobs both indoors and out. Like all Wiley X Climate Control Series models, the new WX Echo features a patented, removable soft foam Facial Cavity seal developed to block out wind, dust and debris providing protection unmatched by other eyewear.  This exclusive feature creates a comfortable, climate controlled 'protection zone' for the wearer’s eyes.  And because it’s removable, it’s like getting two pairs of glasses in one.  With Wiley X’s virtually shatterproof lenses and frames, the WX Echo protects the wearer’s eyes against a wide range of occupational dangers." Read more.

How to Design Safety Eyewear

"The goal of the development engineers was to introduce lightweight safety spectacles with a sporty design that offered optimum protection and high wearing comfort," according to Plastics Today. "[Frank] said that the two-colored earpiece boosted stylishness of the glasses." Read more about a how manufacturer worked with a plastics supplier. 

Sunwear Dedicated to 9-11 Memorial

Eye Safety Systems launched Remember 9-11, a charitable sales program designed to commemorate the attacks of September 11, 2001 by raising funds for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. ESS has developed a limited-edition series of its premium ballistic sunglasses, including the brand-new 5B sunglasses. Each pair of Remember 9.11 edition sunglasses bears a commemorative laser etching on the lower portion of the left lens. Four different styles within a price range from $90 to $135 will be available. A quarter of ESS sales from each of those sunglasses or associated apparel will be donated to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

The foundation is a New York-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healing and providing hope by building customized homes for severely-wounded combat veterans, and assisting the families of fallen U.S. Military and public safety officers.