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Occhio among the »Top 5 Luxury Innovators«

July 2015

At the »Luxury Business Day« conference in Munich German entrepreneurs including Axel Meise spoke on the topic »Innovation Now! How German luxury companies are designing the future«. Occhio was listed in the »Top 50 German luxury companies« and in the »Top 5 Luxury Innovators«. Occhio takes its place in the select circle of German premium companies beside brands like Gaggenau, Porsche, Burmester and BMW. Fresh from the press the Luxury Business Report 2015, the only German luxury trade magazine, was handed out to the audience. In the magazine the editor Petra-Anna Herhoffer talks to Axel Meise at length about light and innovation.

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Special show »light is evolution«

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