All Executive changes articles – Page 42
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Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has...
Francesco Pellegrini, president of the European Sunglass Association (ESA), has assigned the task of supervising its activities to Cecilia Zanasi, who runs a communication agency called Zed_Comm in Italy, pending the organization's possible merger into Eurom 1. Matilde Sometti in her office handles the secretariat and Valentina Fraccascia is in ...
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Annika Viereck is the new marketing manager of Schneider, taking...
Annika Viereck is the new marketing manager of Schneider, taking the place of Wenko Süptitz, who has left the company after eight years. Viereck speaks English and Chinese. She previously spent seven years at Thyssen-Krupp. Süptitz is said to be working now in the area of laser technology.
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After setting up a new office in Shanghai for the...
After setting up a new office in Shanghai for the Chinese market, Coburn Technologies has entered a distribution agreement for the Brazilian market with Ramos Mejia Tecnobrasil for the sale of its generators, lens blockers, polishers and spin coaters. Founded in 1970, RM Tecnobrasil is also the distributor of Huvits ...
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Michel Dailly has left Alain Afflelou, where he acted for...
Michel Dailly has left Alain Afflelou, where he acted for a few months as marketing and commercial director. He has returned to the sporting goods sector, working for the French Go Sport chain of stores to develop its national franchising activities. Before joining Afflelou, he worked for Intersport France for ...
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Optimed products – such as its CAPTIV8 communication service, i-Vue...
Optimed products – such as its CAPTIV8 communication service, i-Vue content-driven digital signage software and ANIM8 animation software – will be launched in 12 countries in the Middle East through a new distribution deal with Medicals International
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Frithjob de Beijer, 44, has been appointed export manager of...
Frithjob de Beijer, 44, has been appointed export manager of Yves Cogan, based in the Netherlands. He previously had a similar job at Eurovisie, the Dutch marketer of eyewear brands such as You's Eyewear, Youpi! Kids Eyewear and Tulipe Noire.
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Shannon Johnson, an 18-year veteran of New York Eye, has...
Shannon Johnson, an 18-year veteran of New York Eye, has been promoted to senior vice president for operations. She moves up from her former slot as vice president for product support, a division she will still oversee in her new job.
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Steve Holden has left his position as the president of...
Steve Holden has left his position as the president of Davis Vision, an HVHC company. The company told VMail that the reasons were unknown. Davis Vision is searching nationally for a successor. Also within HVHC companies, Bob Cox has been named senior vice president for HVHC's human resources shared services. ...
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Gary Lee, former managing director of Oakley UK, has the...
Gary Lee, former managing director of Oakley UK, has the distribution rights in the U.K. for Red Bull Racing Eyewear
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Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa...
Renato Cappuccitti has been named director of sales for Costa Sunglasses' RX sun lens division. He has worked most recently as director of professional and business development for For Eyes Optical, one of the major American optical retail chains. He previously held management positions at Hoya, Rodenstock and Vision Systems, ...
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Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl...
Dieter Kurz has become the new chairman of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which controls Carl Zeiss and Schott. He takes the place of Theo Spettmann, who resigned as of March 15 for health reasons.
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Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become...
Two Italian laboratories, D.A.I. Optical and Optilens Italia, have become partners of PPG for its new Tribrid material
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Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of...
Bud Doyle has been appointed U.S. national sales director of Desert Sunglass of Scottsdale, an American importer and wholesale of unbranded sunglasses, readers, accessories and displays. Doyle has been licensing product manager for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He subsequently served as marketing manager for the ...
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Ulrich Koch, who has been running the Apollo-Optik chain in...
Ulrich Koch, who has been running the Apollo-Optik chain in Germany and Pearle Optik in Austria since 2006, is reportedly leaving to take over the management of Geers Akustik, another property of the Hal group based in Dortmund, Germany, as of next June. This retail chain comprises more than 600 ...
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Alain Mikli International has appointed a new U.S. sales director,...
Alain Mikli International has appointed a new U.S. sales director, Donna Hoffman, who worked previously for Viva International, Lantis Eyewear and Marcolin
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Oko Eyewear Paris has reported on a distribution agreement for...
Oko Eyewear Paris has reported on a distribution agreement for France, Spain, Portugal, the Benelux countries and Canada with an Australian company, Sunshades Eyewear, for its brands Specs, Henry Holland for Le Specs, Ksubi, Karen Walker and Flint Handcrafted. A press release points out that Le Specs is a brand ...
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Stéphane Desse, who has worked for 14 years with Essilor...
Stéphane Desse, who has worked for 14 years with Essilor and two years with Carl Zeiss Vision, is promoted to commercial director of Carl Zeiss Vision France
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Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear...
Ogi Eyewear, a U.S. producer of frames and sun eyewear based in Minneapolis, is now distributing its products direct on the Canadian market, rather than through Ogi Canada, the independent distributor that was selling Ogi eyewear in Canada until recently. Joe Tallier, Ogi Eyewear's vice president for global sales, is ...
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Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare...
Menicon's German subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Solocare Aqua solutions in Germany and Austria
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William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin...
William Morris London will distribute the Kenmark Group's Original Penguin lines of eyewear and sunwear in the U.K. and Ireland
