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Tifosi Optics, the U.S.-based maker of high-tech eyewear for athletes,...
Tifosi Optics, the U.S.-based maker of high-tech eyewear for athletes, has named Bob Bartlett to the new position of operations manager. His previous experience includes stints with Dunlop Maxfli, Srixon Sports USA, US Kids Golf and PowerBilt Golf. He will be in charge of inside sales and warehouse operations at ...
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Tony Gray, former director of Carl Zeiss Vision Australia...
Tony Gray, former director of Carl Zeiss Vision Australia and international vice president of sales at Younger Optics, has become chief executive of Essilor Australia New Zealand, replacing Pascal Toneatti who is being assigned to new responsibilities within the Essilor group
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Fabio Patrizi, former head of marketing at Marcolin, has been...
Fabio Patrizi, former head of marketing at Marcolin, has been appointed general manager at Inottica, a position previously held by Giuseppe Losapio, the group's chairman. Patrizi took up his job on April 1. Inottica's head office is based near the Italian town of Brescia and the company specializes in eyewear ...
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The Laura Biagiotti Eyewear collection developed by Sover will be...
The Laura Biagiotti Eyewear collection developed by Sover will be distributed in North America by V.P.I. Canada
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Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci...
Da Vinci Canada has taken over distribution of Da Vinci Eyewear in the U.S., with its holding company, Tek Optical, concluding a deal with Da Vinci Italy (La Fenice S.R.L.). Windsor Eyes, the former distributor, will no longer sell the Da Vinci brand in the U.S. Ennio De Martino, the ...
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Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec...
Ulrich Krauss has left the management of Carl Zeiss Meditec to join the management of Carl Zeiss Vision. The move would seem to confirm the possibility of stronger interaction between these two components of the Carl Zeiss group in the future. Thomas Simmerer has taken Krauss' place at Carl Zeiss ...
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The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by...
The Charmant Group is growing its presence in China by opening a new sales branch in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It will help the Japanese company to better respond to the needs of customers in the inland part of the country, where the economy is expanding. Chengdu itself ...
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Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has...
Mike Hundert, co-owner and chief executive of REM Eyewear, has appointed his son Kevin manager of new business development for the U.S. based company. Kevin, who graduated from a college in Boston last year, has the assignment to modernize the remeyewear.com website, to launch an aggressive internet marketing campaign, and ...
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Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco,...
Victor Scrooby is the new group clinical director for Ocuco, also overseeing the company's business in the Asia-Pacific region from his base in Brisbane, Australia. Scrooby is an optometrist who set up the U.K. Classic Eyes chain, which has stores in the U.K. and South Africa. He was one of ...
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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
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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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Effective next Sunday (March 27), David Pyott, the chairman and...
Effective next Sunday (March 27), David Pyott, the chairman and chief executive at Allergan, is going to add his former title of president again. He held that position from 1998 to 2006. He's picking up the job from Michael Ball, who is leaving the company to become CEO of Hospira, ...
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Barberini has appointed Franz-Josef Dette, 55, as the new managing...
Barberini has appointed Franz-Josef Dette, 55, as the new managing director of its German subsidiary at Grünenplan. He takes the place of Gianni Vetrini, who took charge of the operation after it took it over from the Schott Group 15 months ago. Vetrini will now concentrate on Barberini's parent company ...
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Umbro, the English brand of football apparel and footwear owned...
Umbro, the English brand of football apparel and footwear owned by Nike, transferred its eyewear license from Sover to Nouveau Eyewear at the close of 2010. Sover remains the exclusive Italian distributor for the other three brands for which Nouveau Eyewear holds the license, all owned by Nickelodeon – SpongeBob, ...
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Safilo has appointed Luca Fuso to the new position of...
Safilo has appointed Luca Fuso to the new position of “global head” of its licensed brands division. Fuso will report directly to the group's chief executive, Roberto Vedovotto. Fuso previously worked for the Moncler Group and was in charge of the division overseeing the brands Henry Cotton's, Marina Yachting, Coast ...
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As it reorganizes in the wake of a bankruptcy filing...
As it reorganizes in the wake of a bankruptcy filing last month, Pro Fit Optix is expanding its management team. Hoa Nguyen will fill the new position of executive vice president for technology and operations, in charge of R&D and manufacturing in Europe and Asia. He is the founder of ...
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Ca Va Se Voir, the French company that licenses the...
Ca Va Se Voir, the French company that licenses the Issey Miyake brand for eyewear, is now taking care also of the international distribution of the eyewear line of Chantal Thomass, the French designer who has a licensing deal with the REV cooperative of opticians for the French market. This ...
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Christopher Cox has replaced Mark Hobson as managing director of...
Christopher Cox has replaced Mark Hobson as managing director of Silhouette UK
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David Kellner will be the new general manager for the...
David Kellner will be the new general manager for the German market at Rodenstock, starting from April 1. Since March 2008, Kellner has been responsible for the sales department taking care of the country's southern regions. In his new position, Kellner will succeed Rupert Loibl, who is going to leave ...
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Rodenstock Instruments will now be distributed solely by Dibble Optical...
Rodenstock Instruments will now be distributed solely by Dibble Optical in the U.K. They were formerly distributed by Buchmann, but that company decided last year to de-empahsize the brand. Dibble already provides Miraflex children's frames and edging machinery, workshop consumables and practice accessories from B&S.
