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Karavan & Co, the French company that sells high-end optical...
Karavan & Co, the French company that sells high-end optical and solar frames, appointed Anne-Laure Pauthier to the position of export manager in the spring. She succeeded Jessy Tissot, who assumed the newly created position of export manager in November last year. Pauthier previously worked for six years at Oxibis ...
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Mondottica has appointed Monica Dal Cin to the new position...
Mondottica has appointed Monica Dal Cin to the new position of international business development director. Based at the company's Italian office near Treviso, she will have commercial responsibilities for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America to the exclusion of the U.K. and France. Dal Cin is a veteran ...
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Hoet, the Belgian luxury eyewear manufacturer, appointed sales managers for...
Hoet, the Belgian luxury eyewear manufacturer, appointed sales managers for the German, Austrian, Swiss and U.K. markets in April, after Paul Galle joined the company as sales manager in January 2014. He previously worked in the sporting goods industry at Peak Performance as country manager for the Benelux countries for ...
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Ottica Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain that has been...
Ottica Avanzi, the Italian optical retail chain that has been part of the GrandVision group since 1999, has a new managing director, Christophe Reale. The 46-year-old executive had been the managing director of an Italian coffee company, Espressamente Illy, since 2008. He previously acted as operations director at Airest, a ...
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The Satisloh group has named Larry Clarke as president and...
The Satisloh group has named Larry Clarke as president and chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1. He will be responsible for R&D, production and distribution of Satisloh equipment worldwide. He reports to Norbert Gorny, president and chief executive of the Satisloh group. Clarke is a 25-year optical industry veteran who ...
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Silhouette has named two senior executives for the U.S. Diana...
Silhouette has named two senior executives for the U.S. Diana Downs has been promoted to the newly-created position of key accounts and business development manager, while Heinz Pichler has been promoted to national sales manager. Downs has been with Silhouette for 10 years. She was recognized as Silhouette's Regional Manager ...
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Peter Schwind, one of the three top executives of Eschenbach,...
Peter Schwind, one of the three top executives of Eschenbach, left the company at the end of October. Wolfgang Rebstock, who heads up the executive board, is taking over his responsibilities as manager of the eyewear division. In France, meanwhile, Gilbert Le Nouy has taken over the position of country ...
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Mondottica has appointed Monica Dal Cin to the new position...
Mondottica has appointed Monica Dal Cin to the new position of international business development director, based at the company's Italian office near Treviso. She will assume commercial responsibilities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Latin American, except for the U.K. and France. Dal Cin is an ...
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Eschenbach Optik has appointed Gilbert Le Nouy as the new...
Eschenbach Optik has appointed Gilbert Le Nouy as the new general manager of its French subsidiary, replacing Philippe Kiken who has left the company
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Jan Cory has been named the new U.S. president of...
Jan Cory has been named the new U.S. president of Silhouette Optical. She will report to Daniel Rogger, chief executive of Silhouette International based in Austria. Cory succeeds Chris Juergens, who will be retiring after 14 years of leadership at the company's U.S. subsidiary. Cory came to the optical sector ...
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Marchon has named Connie Lai as its new managing director...
Marchon has named Connie Lai as its new managing director for Asia-Pacific, based at its Hong Kong office. Reporting to Nicola Zotta, managing director for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, she will take care of Japan, Korea, Greater China and Southeast Asia. Lai served most recently in a ...
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Opsion Import, the Brazilian importer of Charmant, has agreed to...
Opsion Import, the Brazilian importer of Charmant, has agreed to represent also the Red Bull Eyewear line in the country
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Spy has promoted Charlie Ninegar, who has been with the...
Spy has promoted Charlie Ninegar, who has been with the company since September 2010, to the role of vice president of North American sales
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Hoya Vision Care has signed a multiple-year contract with i-Optics,...
Hoya Vision Care has signed a multiple-year contract with i-Optics, the inventor of the Easyscan retinal imaging device, to offer opticians the Easyscan 3-minute eye-care test services. Easyscan is a zero-dilation retinal imaging system that uses scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) technology to diagnose retinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular ...
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Olivier Ciaravino is cumulating his existing role of global president...
Olivier Ciaravino is cumulating his existing role of global president of Bushnell Outdoor Products' eyewear division with that of managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), following the departure of Didier Hamm. He will work in Europe with two sales management teams for general eyewear and sports ...
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Edward Buffington is going to retire on Aug. 1 as...
Edward Buffington is going to retire on Aug. 1 as vice president of strategic partnerships for VSP Global
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Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long...
Adlens has appointed a new non-executive director with a long and distinguished civil service career to its board, Dame Sue Street. She also acts currently as non-executive director in the U.K. Ministry of Justice, and she holds other roles included those of trustee of the Royal Opera House and governor ...
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Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and...
Alcon has a new general manager for the U.K. and Ireland, Shervin Korangy. He took the place last month of Roger Lopez, who has been appointed area vice president for Alcon Asia. Korangy has worked since 2010 for Alcon's parent company, Novartis, most recently in charge of Alcon's surgical business ...
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Allison has signed a distribution contract in Greece for all...
Allison has signed a distribution contract in Greece for all its product lines with Bairamoglou, an 80-year-old company in the country, which has set up a dedicated division for the Italian company
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Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head...
Safilo has announced the departure of Ross Brownlee, corporate head of Safilo North America and president of its Solstice retail stores, effective June 30. He will not be replaced. Glenn Rusk, commercial head for North America, will continue in his role, as a member of Safilo's global leadership team. Brownlee ...
