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The Walman Optical Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has signed on...
The Walman Optical Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has signed on to be part of PixelOptics' emPower lab network in the U.S. Walman, the largest independent wholesale laboratory network in the U.S., comprises Walman Optical, Soderberg Optical and Harbor Optical, and has a total of more than 40 branch offices in ...
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Immagine Eyewear of Italy is expanding in Turkey and South...
Immagine Eyewear of Italy is expanding in Turkey and South Africa with new distributors for its X-ide and Rye&Lye brands. Delta Optik will handle the company's brands in Turkey, a potentially lucrative market as its economy expands. GM Optical Fashion Group is in charge of the South African market, the ...
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Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren...
Two executives are moving up at VSP Optics Group. Warren Meyer, vice president for laboratory operations since 2009, is being promoted to senior vice president of the same division. Meyer is the founder of CustomEyes (1989) and Perfect Optics (2006), and also held a management position at Essilor Labs. He's ...
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Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland,...
Mathias Schmidt is the new managing director of Essilor Deutschland, replacing Stefan Schicke, who has left the company after five years in the job. Schmidt, 45, acted as managing director of Hoya in Germany until 2004. Most recently, he was a top manager at Flemming Dental, a German company dealing ...
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Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching...
Jean-François Rey, the French eyewear designer and manufacturer, is launching B. Robinson Optical's Betsey Johnson line of eyewear in France
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Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice...
Tura has named Debbie Forstenzer to be its new vice president for product development, after two years of consulting for the company. She will be responsible for design and product development with an eye on new strategies and profitability.
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Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor,...
Nouveau Eyewear has signed a contract with a French distributor, Lunetterie Parisienne, for the sale in the country of the lines from its Nickelodeon collection bearing the names of three comics characters, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. These feature colorful prescription frames and sunglasses for children. ...
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Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the...
Xavier Fontanet, chairman of Essilor International, told shareholders at the annual meeting that the time seems to have come for the company's current chief executive, Hubert Sagnières, take over his place and become chairman and CEO. The move will be discussed at the next meetings of the board of directors ...
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Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for...
Fielding Eyewear, a U.S. company specializing in camouflage eyewear for shooting and other purposes that was recently acquired by Sportsquest, has picked Jim Spangler to be its new vice president for marketing and brand development. Formerly he was the president of World Axis Group, an advertising agency in the state ...
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Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor...
Pierre Fay, the president for the e-commerce business at Essilor International on a global basis, has left the company, VMail reports. He will be pursuing other interests. Fay joined the company last spring to take up the newly created position, overseeing FramesDirect and the MyOnlineOptical business of Essilor of America. ...
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Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon...
Manuel Martin has been made chief financial officer of Menicon Europe, after three years spent as CFO of a major Spanish real estate company
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Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company...
Rob Robillard, formerly the chief executive at the beauty company Living Proof, is the new CEO at Zoom Eyeworks; Jeff Linden will continue to serve as president and chief operating officer
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Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact...
Shelly Bansal's one-year term as president of the British Contact Lens Association has been extended for one more year before Catherine Chisholm takes his place in May 2012
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Annett Strüwing boosts the management of Johnson & Johnson Vision...
Annett Strüwing boosts the management of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care in Germany as marketing manager for Acuvue in the country
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Bob Bartlett, a veteran of the American golf industry, becomes...
Bob Bartlett, a veteran of the American golf industry, becomes operations manager of Tifosi Optics, a new position within the U.S. company
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Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany...
Anthonie Klijn, a 47-year-old manager who ran Luxottica in Germany for eight years after setting up its South African subsidiary in the late 1990s, has joined the advisory board of Mister Spex, the fast-growing German online retailer of ophthalmic glasses and frames. He will be particularly involved in the planned ...
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Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is...
Christian Wette, who founded IGA Optic 30 years ago, is leaving as chairman of its supervisory board at the age of 67
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Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24,...
Mario Zimmermann, 26, is now joint managing director of Brille24, a German e-commerce operation in the eyewear sector. He will work together with Matthias Hunecke, founder of the company in Oldenburg. Zimmermann was one of the founders of Brands4friends, the digital shopping club that was taken over by eBay at ...
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Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in...
Nouveau Eyewear has gained a foothold in new markets in Latin America, Australia, Europe and India through its presence at recent fairs such as Mido in Milan and Vision Expo East in New York. The new business concerns two of its lines in particular: Umbro Diamond Collection, consisting of sun and ...
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Russell Gagain has joined Ocuco as its senior product consultant...
Russell Gagain has joined Ocuco as its senior product consultant in Manchester, Connecticut
