The annual summary of ophthalmic market performance statistics published at this year's Mido by Italy's National Optical Manufacturers' Association Anfao shows a frame and sunglass industry fighting back strongly - and, it appears, successfully - against - the continuing effects of recession. Its strategy, to focus on exports, which (says Anfao) accounted in 2012 for 90 per cent of frames and sunglasses produced: 93 million units worth ￡2,368 million out of a total value of about ￡2,520 million goods produced. The Italian industry in 2012 still had 880 companies economically active, around 900 the previous year. Those going out of business were principally small operations, which explains a small rise in the total workforce to 16,200.
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