Bartlett company eyes South America’s solar eclipse
Alan Harsson works on pressing a sheet of defraction glasses at American Paper Optics’ Bartlett headquarters on Tuesday, April 9. The company, which sold 45 million protective glasses for the Aug. 21, 2017, solar eclipse, has been preparing the past 18 months for the next big one that will cross South America, on July 2. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
American Paper Optics is working to sell 5 million pairs of protective glasses for Chile and Argentina's total solar eclipse on July 2.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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