Duncan ndi Todd adati ayika "mamiliyoni a mapaundi" mu labu yatsopano yopanga zinthu atagula masitolo ena asanu ogulitsa zinthu zowala mdziko lonselo.
North East, kampani yomwe ili kumbuyo kwa ndondomekoyi, yalengeza kuti igwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri pa fakitale yatsopano yowonetsera zinthu ndi ma lenzi olumikizana ku Aberdeen.
Duncan ndi Todd anati ndalama zokwana "mapaundi mamiliyoni ambiri" m'ma laboratories atsopano opangira zinthu zidzapangidwa kudzera mu kugula akatswiri ena asanu a maso m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana mdziko lonselo.
Gulu la Duncan and Todd linakhazikitsidwa mu 1972 ndi Norman Duncan ndi Stuart Todd, omwe adatsegula nthambi yawo yoyamba ku Peterhead.
Tsopano motsogozedwa ndi Managing Director Francis Rus, gululi lakula kwambiri pazaka zambiri ku Aberdeenshire ndi kupitirira apo, ndi nthambi zoposa 40.
Posachedwapa adagula masitolo angapo odziyimira pawokha a maso, kuphatikizapo Eyewise Optometrists of Banchory Street, Pitlochry Opticians, GA Henderson Optometrist of Thurso, ndi Optical Companies of Stonehaven and Montrose.
Ikuwonanso odwala omwe adalembetsedwa ku sitolo ya Gibson Opticians pa Aberdeen's Rosemont Viaduct, yomwe yatsekedwa chifukwa cha kupuma pantchito.
M'zaka zingapo zapitazi, gululi lakhala likugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zothandizira kumva ndipo limapereka chithandizochi ku Scotland konse, kuphatikizapo mayeso aulere a kumva komanso kupereka, kuyika ndi kuyika zida zosiyanasiyana zothandizira kumva, kuphatikizapo za digito.
Gawo lopanga zinthu la kampaniyo, Caledonian Optical, lidzatsegula labotale yatsopano ku Dyce kumapeto kwa chaka chino kuti lipange magalasi apadera.
Mayi Rus anati: “Chikondwerero chathu cha zaka 50 ndi chochitika chachikulu ndipo gulu la Duncan ndi Todd silinali lodziwika kuyambira pachiyambi pomwe linali ndi nthambi imodzi yokha ku Peterhead.”
"Komabe, mfundo zomwe tinkatsatira panthawiyo zikugwira ntchito masiku ano ndipo tikunyadira kupereka ntchito zotsika mtengo, zaumwini komanso zabwino m'misewu yayikulu m'mizinda yonse mdziko muno."
"Pamene tikulowa m'zaka khumi zatsopano ku Duncan ndi Todd, tapeza njira zingapo zogwirira ntchito ndipo tayika ndalama zambiri mu labotale yatsopano yomwe idzakulitsa luso lathu lopanga ma lens kwa mabungwe athu ogwirizana ndi makasitomala ku UK konse."
"Tatsegulanso masitolo atsopano, tamaliza kukonzanso zinthu komanso takulitsa mautumiki athu osiyanasiyana. Kugwirizanitsa makampani ang'onoang'ono, odziyimira pawokha m'banja la Duncan ndi Todd kwatithandiza kupatsa odwala athu mautumiki osiyanasiyana, makamaka pankhani yosamalira kumva."
Iye anawonjezera kuti: "Nthawi zonse timafunafuna mwayi watsopano wogula ndipo tikuyang'ana njira zina zomwe zili mkati mwa dongosolo lathu lokulitsa. Izi zidzakhala zofunika kwa ife pamene tikukonzekera kutsegula labu yathu yatsopano kumapeto kwa chaka chino. Ino ndi nthawi yosangalatsa pamene tikukondwerera chikumbutso chathu cha zaka 50."