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CIC
Established 2005 — Heyuan & Bangkok

A Quiet Workshop
for Considered
Eyewear.

Premium acetate eyewear since 2005. Two facilities. Four hundred and fifty hands. Same standard, either side of the line.

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Atelier · Heyuan, Floor 5 — customised line
What CIC Is

CIC (Creative International Concept) is a premium acetate eyewear manufacturer. We make optical frames and sunglasses for eyewear brands worldwide — entirely in-house, across two of our own factories.

  • Acetate, combination, metal and titanium — 180,000 frames a month.
  • Patented techniques: Push-Thru pressing, stone & metal inlay, 4D-pressed patterns.
  • Two factories — Heyuan (China) and Bangkok (Thailand) — one standard, no subcontracting.
  • 180,000
    Frames a Month
  • 450
    Skilled Hands
  • 2.4M
    Frames Delivered · 2024
  • 02
    Production Centres
The Work · 02

Three Materials, Practiced.

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Macro · Honey-tortoise acetate block, raw
Material · 01
01 / 03

Acetate.

Italian cellulose acetate. Push-Thru pressing, multi-layer lamination, hand polishing, CNC finishing.

  • ·Italian raw · Eleung · Mazzucchelli
  • ·Push-Thru, 2-layer & 3-layer construction
  • ·Hand polish, CNC finish
Detail · Acetate-metal hinge assembly
Material · 02
02 / 03

Combination.

Acetate-metal hybrid frames — wire-core shooting, electroplating, brazing, all in-house.

  • ·Automated wire-core shooting
  • ·Electroplating · in-house
  • ·Solder & braze, no subcontract
Titanium temple · raw · bone ground
Material · 03
03 / 03

Titanium.

Beta-titanium for the lightest premium frames. IP coating, ultralight assembly.

  • ·Beta-Ti, ultralight
  • ·IP coating
  • ·Sub-12g full frames
Frames

What We Make.

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CIC frame — multi-layer acetate
CIC frame — metal inlay detail
CIC frame — wrapped end-piece
MESSYWEEKEND · Acetate eyewear
Case Study · 01 / 04

MESSYWEEKEND Found Their Factory.

MESSYWEEKEND brought their full acetate collection to CIC in 2018. Seven years on, the whole range is in continuous production — with a 100% reorder rate.

    2018
    Partner Since
    Full
    Collection in Production
    7 yr
    Continuous Partnership
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Cooperation

Bring Us a Frame.

Send a sketch, a Pantone, or a brief. We reply inside three working days with a sample plan, lead times, and a cost breakdown.

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CIC Eyewear — Premium Acetate Eyewear Manufacturing