Sorry sight for Australian spectacle manufacturing

By Timna Jacks
Updated July 30 2014 - 10:08am, first published July 22 2014 - 12:23pm
Irene Luthy's factory has been making quality frames for 52 years. Photo: Louise Donges
Irene Luthy's factory has been making quality frames for 52 years. Photo: Louise Donges

There is no future in sight for spectacle manufacturing in Australia. For the past 52 years, Irene Luthy’s factory, Optex Eyewear, has produced up to 2000 frames a week, 48 weeks a year. But soon, she will be lucky to be making any frames at all.

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