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John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after...
John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after two years with the company, which was acquired by Maui Jim three years ago, to join Costa Sunglasses, the U.S. company recently purchased by Essilor International, in the position of vice president of product development. He will gradually take over ...
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Jim Eisen has assumed full responsibilities as chief executive at...
Jim Eisen has assumed full responsibilities as chief executive at HVHC, a division of Highmark Health and the parent company of Visionworks and Davis Vision. Eisen had been joint chief executive along with Michael Sullivan since May 2014. Eisen will also remain president of Visionworks, while Celina Davis will remain ...
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Vision-Ease Lens has appointed John Weber as its chief executive....
Vision-Ease Lens has appointed John Weber as its chief executive. Doug Hepper, the company's CEO for the past 12 years, will assume the role of executive chairman. Weber joins Vision-Ease Lens after serving for six years as president of CooperVision. He also served as president of CooperVision Asia Pacific. Prior ...
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Glenn Sherling has been appointed by Ogi Eyewear to the...
Glenn Sherling has been appointed by Ogi Eyewear to the newly created position of senior director of operations. A finance and marketing graduate, he helped establish effective management practices at BBDO and Campbell Mithun Advertising. He opened and ran a Twin Cities office for Mars Advertising and acted most recently ...
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Kent Lang has joined Dita Eyewear in the newly created...
Kent Lang has joined Dita Eyewear in the newly created position as chief operating officer. Lang worked for 17 years at Oakley, most recently as chief operating officer. Lang will be based in the U.S. and be responsible for the areas of manufacturing, services, operations and team building. Separately, the company ...
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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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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 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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Adlens, which is about to introduce its Adlens Focuss eyewear...
Adlens, which is about to introduce its Adlens Focuss eyewear in selected LensCrafters stores in the U.S., has appointed Greg Nugent as a non-executive board director. He steered the marketing program for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He then co-founded London Limited, a consultancy that advises clients for the implementation ...
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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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Alcon, a division of Novartis, has appointed Eric Bruno as...
Alcon, a division of Novartis, has appointed Eric Bruno as the new general manager for Alcon U.S. Vision Care. He replaces Jim Murphy, who is being promoted to president of Alcon Japan, with immediate effect. Bruno, who joined Alcon in 2012, most recently served as the global franchise head of ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rodenstock has appointed a new general manager to run its...
Rodenstock has appointed a new general manager to run its U.K. subsidiary, Niels Jensen, replacing Dietmar Rathbauer who has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. Jensen was most recently responsible for the Scandinavian market at the German company, and he will be succeeded in the post by ...
