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B&L Ireland
Description 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Metals 721,000 406,828 450,325 391,250 536,872
Plastics 529 520 169,434 257,378
Wings 54,657 50,125 15,093 24,661
Leathers 171,469 65,694 43,607 77,207
Others28 165 44,287 192,912
Total 721,000 633,648 566,664 663,671 1,089,030
B&L Hong Kong
Description 198329 1984 1985 1986 1987
Metals 383,860 426,546 428,012 456,312
Leathers 38,391 42,545 35,902 39,176
Wings 18,528 26,379 16,085 4,078
Others 8,008 3,701
Total 452,262 440,779 495,470 488,007 503,267
B&L Ireland transferred the sunglasses it assembled to a
distribution warehouse located in Culembourg, Holland. B&L
Ireland did not maintain a sales or marketing staff. The market-
ing for B&L Ireland was handled by Bausch & Lomb United Kingdom
(B&L United Kingdom) in London. The sunglasses assembled by B&L
Ireland were sold primarily for distribution in Europe and the
28 The category "Others" primarily included styles called Clas-
sic Colours and Precious Metals. Those styles were metals that
were coated with sprayed-on paint in the case of Classic Colours
or with a coating of rhodium and ruthenium in the case of Pre-
cious Metals. B&L Ireland experienced some difficulty in assem-
bling Classic Colours and Precious Metals because the coatings on
those styles, which were applied by a third party, chipped off
very easily.
29 The record does not disclose the breakdown of the styles of
sunglasses assembled by B&L Hong Kong during 1983.
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