All Executive changes articles – Page 46
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Unilens Vision has named No. 7 Contact Lens Laboratory to...
Unilens Vision has named No. 7 Contact Lens Laboratory to be its exclusive U.K. distributor for its C-Vue Advanced Hydravue line of custom silicone hydrogel contact lenses. No. 7 will also distribute the products in the the rest of the European Union. Unilens, based in Delaware, said the partnership will ...
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Mario Casini, who formerly ran the training programs of AIO,...
Mario Casini, who formerly ran the training programs of AIO, the Italian Association of Opticians, is the new president of this organization, one of the two Italian optical retailers' associations, which that claims to be representative of the opticians as individual professionals. The other organization is Federottica. Casini takes over ...
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Baumvision will handle North American distribution and support for the...
Baumvision will handle North American distribution and support for the aluminum-based frames of Kilsgaard, the Danish eyewear company, under a new agreement. The collection will be sold in the specialty sun and high-end optical stores where Baumvision distributes.
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò has named Roberta Sambinello to be its...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò has named Roberta Sambinello to be its new director of franchising. She started out with the leading Italian optical retail group as manager of its flagship store in Florence, moving up to area manager and regional manager. In 2009, she joined the company's franchising unit. Her goal ...
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The new president of the Swiss Optics Suppliers Association (SOV)...
The new president of the Swiss Optics Suppliers Association (SOV) is Thomas Fischer, managing director of Knecht & Müller, a 31-year-old Swiss surfacing laboratory for corrective lenses that produces about 250,000 units per year. The association stems for a merger in 2006 of the organizations that represented suppliers of contact ...
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Bob Hughes has left his position as chief executive of...
Bob Hughes has left his position as chief executive of the British Association of Optometrists after serving for almost seven years, saying he wanted to pursue new career opportunities; Richard Carswell, deputy CEO, will fill in until a replacement is named
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Gilbert Le Nouvy quits as general manager of Charmant France,...
Gilbert Le Nouvy quits as general manager of Charmant France, a post that he has occupied for five years. Pending the nomination of a successor, Taki Mizukami, president of Charmant for Europe, is taking over his responsibilities, assisted by two top managers of the French sales subsidiary.
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Ridgway Optical Supplies has taken on the distribution in the...
Ridgway Optical Supplies has taken on the distribution in the U.K. of the Kliik Denmark, Fysh UK and Evatik collections of Wescan Optical, the Canadian company based in Montreal
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Ogi Eyewear, founded in Minnesota in 1997, is seeking to...
Ogi Eyewear, founded in Minnesota in 1997, is seeking to expand abroad. After discreet success at home in the US and Canada, the company is now exporting 10 percent of its production of prescription sunglasses. Using titanium and acetate – often sourced from Italy – and manufactured in Japan, a ...
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Wagner + Kühner is the new exclusive sales agent for...
Wagner + Kühner is the new exclusive sales agent for Polaroid Eyewear in Germany and Austria, replacing Vistan Brillen and reporting to Polaroid Eyewear's Swiss office since last August. Founded in 1945, Wagner + Kühner represents other brands. The company has a special e-commerce platform, www.brillen-butler.de, where it sells sunglasses ...
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Kaenon is searching for new sales agents in order to...
Kaenon is searching for new sales agents in order to expand further in Europe. Last April, the company opened a European office in France, in cooperation with the company Knitoptic. The Swiss company has been the exclusive distributor of Kaenon in its domestic Swiss market for seven years. Its new ...
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Massimo Barberis, marketing manager of Essilor Italia, is now also...
Massimo Barberis, marketing manager of Essilor Italia, is now also in charge of sales as well
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Safilo has appointed Cristina Andresano to the new position of...
Safilo has appointed Cristina Andresano to the new position of worldwide head of public relations and communication. She will report to Luca Fuso, head of the group's licensed brands division. She will be based in Milan and will coordinate Safilo's 24 press offices wordwide. Andresano previously ran the public ...
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Félix España (sic) has been appointed trade marketing manager of...
Félix España (sic) has been appointed trade marketing manager of Hoya Vision Care Europe, based at the company's head office in Amsterdam. He has been in charge of marketing for Hoya in Spain and Portugal for the past two years. Prior to that, he worked for the Optica 2000 chain ...
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Barry Duncan, the former president of the Association of British...
Barry Duncan, the former president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, is rejoining the group in a new role that is designed to help regional members. He will be in the Membership Services department and work with the Local Optical Society Support Unit to help develop the profession. His ...
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Jaime Balasch, former commercial director of Indo and general manager...
Jaime Balasch, former commercial director of Indo and general manager of GrandOptical España, is now the general manager of BBGR Iberia
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Manfred Dahn has been promoted to the top position at...
Manfred Dahn has been promoted to the top position at Polycore Optical Europe, replacing the former general manager, Andreas Linz, who had been with the company for 23 years. Dahn, who had previously run Margrander, a supplier of specialty glasses, joined Polycore four years ago as manager in charge of ...
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Thierry Lepiez has been selected to succeed Marie-Pierre Milovanivic as...
Thierry Lepiez has been selected to succeed Marie-Pierre Milovanivic as president of the technical committee of EDI-Optique, a 13-year-old association in France that groups more than 60 manufacturers, distributors, opticians and service companies for the definition and promotion of electronic data interchange in the eyewear industry. Over 130 experts are ...
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Bjorn Jonsson has joined Gunnar Optiks to be its new...
Bjorn Jonsson has joined Gunnar Optiks to be its new vice president for international sales. He was plucked from academia, having been a marketing professor at Vanguard University. His previous experience includes stints with Oakley and Boost Mobile.
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Licefa will be going through some changes to its executive...
Licefa will be going through some changes to its executive board by the end of the next year. Nothing specific has been decided yet but it is certain that the executive board will be different in 2013. Details will be released sometime at the beginning of the next year. The ...
