Appenzell in our hearts, the world in our sights
Monthly Letter October 2026
Speicher, 26 October 2026
Dear Customer,
Travelling internationally, with curiosity in our luggage.
I am curious. Fortunately. Otherwise, many things might have remained nothing more than an idea. And I enjoy exchanging ideas with people. Wanting to come up with every good idea ourselves would be rather ambitious.It was therefore exactly to my liking that, in October, suitcases were packed and knowledge was shared. Our field representatives were once again out and about for you at many locations and conferences. This personal exchange is valuable to us: your questions, experiences and suggestions provide inspiration for our daily work.
Our fitting support team was also represented internationally:
Bernd Brückner led the workshop at the VDCO SICHT.KONTAKTE event in Germany, …
…while Christina Fial led the workshop at the WKO conference in Austria.
Xenia Bieche shared her expertise in scleral lenses at EUROSCOLE in the United Kingdom.
Pascal Forrer represented us in Riga at the European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO), …
… he will also continue to represent Appenzeller Kontaktlinsen AG at specialist conferences in Switzerland and abroad. Pascal knows our company and our products inside out. I greatly appreciate the knowledge and experience he contributes on our behalf. To ensure that your day-to-day enquiries can be handled quickly and directly, we ask our customers in Switzerland to contact our internal sales team directly.
And the fully booked workshops and the strong interest in freeform technology and our i-SHAPE make us eager for more.
More exchange. More hands-on experience. More possibilities for challenging fittings. Together with Schneider Optoshop, diagnostic work with the Scansys Pro was trained hands-on in Germany and Austria. Precise measurement data are an important foundation for ensuring that even the first individually manufactured lens fits well.
These encounters encourage me to remain curious and to keep developing solutions even for borderline cases. We share knowledge – and return with new ideas ourselves.
For all our thirst for knowledge and enthusiasm for travel, our fitting support team naturally remains fully staffed and reliably available to you at all times. A spirit of discovery alone does not lead to success – good planning matters just as much.
Wishing you every success with our contact lenses, best regards and see you next time.
M’hamed Bouhlal
Managing Director, Appenzeller Kontaktlinsen AG