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Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole...
Menicon, the Japanese leader in contact lenses, has hired Anatole Diep to be the chief executive of its European subsidiary, Menicon Holdings BV. In the new role he will oversee the company's European launches of a hyper-Dk monthly disposable lens and a new daily disposable lens pack. Diep, a Frenchman, ...
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Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director...
Hoya Vision Care has appointed Donald Currie, former managing director of Carl Zeiss Vision in South Africa, as the managing director of Hoya Hill Optics. He takes the place of Clifford Sher, who founded Hill Optics, a leading manufacturer and distributor in South Africa, in 1984. The company has been ...
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Inspecs UK is launching its Superdry Eyewear line in Australia...
Inspecs UK is launching its Superdry Eyewear line in Australia through Healy Optical
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Brander Sports has become the distributor of Uvex in Sweden...
Brander Sports has become the distributor of Uvex in Sweden
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Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business...
Massimo Renon has been named head of the EMEA business region for Safilo Group. As leader of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Renon will report to Roberto Vedovotto, the chief executive of Safilo. He was formerly the global head of sales and after-sales for Ferrari. Before that, he ...
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Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry,...
Celina Burns, a veteran of the health and insurance industry, has been named president of Davis Vision, the provider of vision benefits that is part of the HVHC family of companies. She was most recently a market leader and principal at Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company in Dallas, Texas. She ...
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Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM,...
Peter Schiessl is the new director of the Christoffel-Blindenmission CBM, an international aid organization that supports supports 749 vision-related projects in 81 countries.Since July 16, Schiessl has been in charge of the administration and finance department. Together with Rainer Brockhaus, director of communication and fundraising, he forms the executive board ...
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Villa Eyewear has signed a distribution deal to exclusively handle...
Villa Eyewear has signed a distribution deal to exclusively handle Blackfin and Bioeyes, two Pramaor brands, in the U.S.
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Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its...
Krys reorganizes its management team. Following the launch of its KG20 strategy last March, aimed at reaching a 20 percent market share by 2020, the French group names Franck Deschamps as brand director for Krys, to replace Joël Plat. Deschamps has been director of strategic marketing and communication since 2010, ...
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Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of...
Frank Rescigna is going to be the new president of licensing worldwide for Guess, reporting to Paul Marciano, the company's co-founder and chief executive. In the new job, he will handle all domestic and international licensing. He joins from Viva International Group, which is Guess' eyewear licensee, where he was ...
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The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by...
The sunglasses of Vuarnet, whose licensee was taken over by Alain Mikli International a few years ago, are being distributed in Italy from this July directly by Alain Mikli Diffusion Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Alain Mikli. Formelli distributed the brand in Italy for a period of 16 years, with ...
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Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care,...
Phil Keefer is retiring from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, where he has worked for 23 years. He will step down as of Sept. 1. He joined the company in 1989 as executive vice president for sales, marketing, professional affairs and strategic planning. In 1993 he stepped into the position ...
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CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new...
CooperVision is supporting its expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new president and a new general manager for China. Ed Northup will take the reins as president for Asia-Pacific, and Weilin Jin is the new general manager of CooperVision China. In addition, Guy Whittaker, the president of marketing for Asia-Pacific, adds ...
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Jessica Fritzlar has come back to Swiss Eye to work...
Jessica Fritzlar has come back to Swiss Eye to work as marketing and sales manager after quitting the job last November
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Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the...
Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the distributor of Uvex products in Sweden. The Gothenburg-based company currently has a number of similar brands in its portfolio including Spyder, Dainese and Ziener.
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William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive...
William Winkenwerder Jr. has been named president and chief executive of Highmark, the insurance giant that is the parent company of HVHC, operator of Davis Vision, Viva Internation Group and Visionworks. He was the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in the U.S. Department of Defense from October 2001 ...
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Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief...
Jan Willem van den Brink has been the new chief executive at Nigura Metzler Optics International since June 1. He has replaced Dominik Müser, who held the post for more than two years. Nigura says that Müser developed the company further and completed its reorientation successfully, optimizing the brand portfolio ...
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Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report...
Marcello Reverzani, general manager of Marcolin Brasil, will directly report to Fabrizio Gamberini, chief executive of Marcolin USA. The Italian company pointed out that its U.S. subsidiary registered record growth of 17.6 percent in 2011 and that it was ready to integrate the complexity and potential of Brazil into ...
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Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from...
Melchert F. Groot and Jeffrey A. Cole have resigned from their positions as members of the board of Safilo Group, effective Monday. Luisa Deplazes de Andrade Delgado has been named as their replacement for a three-year term. Groot is the executive director of Hal Holding, and Cole is the former ...
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De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida,...
De Rigo Vision is opening a subsidiary in Sunrise, Florida, to strengthen its presence in the U.S. De Rigo Vision USA should be up and running by September. It will take care of sales of De Rigo eyewear and sunglasses through opticians throughout the U.S. The new subsidiary will be ...
