Engelhardt Eyewear Pty Ltd, based in Adelaide, South Australia has been supplying the Australian, New Zealand and selected export markets with quality optical eyewear for over 30 years.
Starting as a family owned business in suburban Edwardstown, Ross Engelhardt founded the business by manufacturing clip on sunglasses for SOLA Optical. Within 3 years the business grew to a point where the Engelhardt’s began manufacturing optical frames in Australia for the general market.
During this period Engelhardt has earned a reputation for the highest quality along with friendly and prompt delivery service.
Today, Engelhardt no longer manufacture in Adelaide, having relocated their manufacture to Europe and Asia.
Engelhardt now supplies 8 brands which include Country Road, Nikon, Iceberg, Shiseido, Cotton Club, Madison, Engelhardt/World Vision and the newly re-released Legacy endorsed FOCUS+ ranges to independent and chain optometrists across Australia and New Zealand.
Changes to the Joint Services Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Department of Defence Eyewear Agreement have seen the tender to supply spectacle frames to the DVA community become open to all manufacturers.
Engelhardt understand the need to supply quality frames to this segment of the market and have formed a partnership with Legacy Australia. The FOCUS+ range now carries the Legacy endorsement and Engelhardt contribute to the Legacy cause to care for widows(ers) and dependants of deceased veterans. Read more
Engelhardt formed Optiproject Australia Pty Ltd March 2004 to exclusively distribute brands manufactured by Allison Spa of Italy. More recently Optiproject has expanded it’s collection to include the brands Robert La Roche and Placebo.
Represented by a separate skilled sales force Optiproject boasts the Vivienne Westwood, Romeo Gigli, John Richmond, Gianfranco Ferre, GF Ferre, Exte, Robert La Roche, Placebo and Cerruti 1881 sunglass and full optical ranges.
More recently Engelhardt formed a third company to exclusively distribute brands licensed to and manufactured by Inspecs UK. Inspecs (Aust) was formed in August 2006. Again boasting a separate skilled sales force the Inspecs team carries FCUK vision, French Connection Vision, Speedo and CAT.