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Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce...
Brands O.I., the Italian company recently set up to produce and distribute Borsalino eyewear, will have exclusivity for Italian sales of Zadig & Voltaire sun and prescription eyewear, under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brands O.I and Lunettes Grasset, the French company that holds the worldwide eyewear license ...
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MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for...
MasterImage 3D is going to provide premium 3D eyewear for Marchon3D under a new distribution agreement. Marchon' EX3D line of glasses will be the centerpiece of a European and Asian rollout of in-theater displays and vending machines. EX3D are circular polarized glasses that sell of €20-60 in theaters and at ...
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Delphine Ansquer, 43, has been appointed French country manager of...
Delphine Ansquer, 43, has been appointed French country manager of Rodenstock after working for the French subsidiary for 13 years, most recently in charge of marketing for lenses. She replaces Gilles Sauvanaud, who is leaving for Singapore for family reasons. Separately, Johannes Burtscher has left the position of chief financial ...
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Eugene J. Midlock, 67, has announced that he plans to...
Eugene J. Midlock, 67, has announced that he plans to retire as chief financial officer of the Cooper Companies as of Dec. 16. The company is working on finding his replacement, who will be named when he steps down. In a few other changes, Carol R. Kaufman, currently senior vice ...
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Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after...
Luca Biondolillo, head of international communications, has left Luxottica after seven years to join Benetton Group. He joined the eyewear company in 2004 supervising corporate and financial communications out of Milan. In 2007, he become head of the group's international communications, moving to New York in 2009. At Benetton, a ...
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After three years as business development manager of Essilor for...
After three years as business development manager of Essilor for Central Europe, Marcel Pohl is going back to Essilor Deutschland to lead its sales operation in the German market
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PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general...
PPG Industries has appointed Anne M. Foulkes as assistant general counsel and corporate secretary
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Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham,...
Joe Ayling, a young and determined British journalist from Birmingham, has left as news editor of the Just-syle.com fashion business information service to fill a vacant position as new editor of Optician, the leading trade magazine in the U.K.
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Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro...
Brigitte Bazelais has been named chief financial officer of Pro Fit Optix, which is expected to announce an equity increase soon
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Didier Chevalier, who has worked for Krys Group and its...
Didier Chevalier, who has worked for Krys Group and its predecessor, Guildinvest, for 21 years, has been promoted to be general manager of the French optical retail group, where he was most recently in charge of network operations. The 56-year-old manager takes the place of Arnaud Ploix, who ran the ...
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Richard Clompus is taking the newly created position of vice...
Richard Clompus is taking the newly created position of vice president for global professional relations with PixelOptics. He will help develop and manage PixelOptics' partnerships with eye care professionals, reporting to Larry Rodriguez, senior vice president for global sales and marketing. Clompus most recently held the same title at CooperVision, ...
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Schneider Optical Machines has taken on Kevin Cross to be...
Schneider Optical Machines has taken on Kevin Cross to be its new director of sales for North America. Cross has a decade of experience in the optical industry, most recently coming from Leybold Optics, where he was manager of U.S. ophthalmic sales and marketing. He's also held positions with Carl ...
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Hans-Wilm Sternemann, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, has...
Hans-Wilm Sternemann, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, has been elected as the new president of the supervisory board of this German cooperative of 450 affiliated opticians. The entrepreneur, who is now 59 years old, was campaigning for this post two years ago. He will oversee the group, which ...
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Alex Versteeg has been promoted to the position of commercial...
Alex Versteeg has been promoted to the position of commercial director of Essilor Benelux. He has thus taken on some of the responsibilities of Ron de Bruijn. A veteran of Essilor who has been running its operations in Benelux for many years, de Bruijn was promoted last Jan. 1 to ...
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The boss of Allergan, David Pyott, turned out to be...
The boss of Allergan, David Pyott, turned out to be the 10th best paid executive of a public company in the U.S. in 2010, with total compensation of $35.3 million for the year
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Dori Carlson has been elected president of the American Optometric...
Dori Carlson has been elected president of the American Optometric Association, the first time ever a woman has held the position. She succeeds Joe Ellis. Carlson, who practices in North Dakota, said that she plans to focus on promoting eye exams, not just screenings, for children to be included in ...
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Jean Félix Biosse Duplan, the official who has been running...
Jean Félix Biosse Duplan, the official who has been running the communication department of BBGR for many years, is taking on the job of external communications director of its parent company, Essilor International. This is going to be a new position within a team led by Kate Philipps, recently appointed ...
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Greg Pollock is the new vice president, business development for...
Greg Pollock is the new vice president, business development for New York Eye, supporting the continued growth of the company into new markets and brands. He will report to Arthur Jankolovits, the company's president. Pollock was previously senior director of sales in Luxottica's independent and sun specialty division and also ...
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Dave Cole has moved up from his role as chief...
Dave Cole has moved up from his role as chief operating officer at Transitions Optical to be the company's new president. He has been with the company since it started in 1990, and was named COO last October. Before joining Transitions, he was with PPG Industries in various sales and ...
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Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary...
Paul Clapton is the new director of the U.K. subsidiary of De Rigo. He has been a national accounts manager in contact lenses for seven years, and was formerly national sales manager for Signet Armorlite/Kodak Lens, where he helped expand the Kodak Lens Vision Center program in the U.K.
