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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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Stuart J. Thomas has been named chairman of the board...
Stuart J. Thomas has been named chairman of the board of VSP Global, parent company of Marchon. Thomas, who has been on the board since 2005 and been vice chairman since 2010, will serve a two-year term. He has been a practicing optometrist for 28 years.
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Bruno Salvadori will be the new chairman of the board...
Bruno Salvadori will be the new chairman of the board at Signet Armorlite. He had been president and chief executive of the company since 1993. He replaces Carl Bracy, who will stay on as senior vice president for marketing and new business for Essilor of America, Signet Armorlite's new parent ...
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The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R....
The board of directors of Highmark has terminated Kenneth R. Melani as president and chief executive. He had been on administration leave since March 29 after being arrested on March 25 for defiant trespass and simple assault. Since then, J. Robert Baum has been acting as CEO in addition to ...
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Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has...
Nicholas Bozikis, vice president for finance at Coastal Contacts, has been promoted to chief financial officer. He joined the online retailers of eyeglasses and contact lenses in 2008 as corporate controller and took his most recent position in 2010. He succeeds Gordon Howie, who is leaving the company by mutual ...
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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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WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy...
WestGroupe is going to be the new distributor of Spy optical and sun products among independent eyewear stores in Canada through a new partnership. The initial launch this month included 18 optical styles and 12 sunglass styles, and four of Spy's sports styles will be included in the mix.
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Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer...
Brulimar Optical Group, which claims to be the largest designer and manufacturer of eyewear in the U.K., is branching out into Eastern Europe with a new distribution deal with Primavision. Primavision will sell three of Brulimar's top brands – Bench, Lee Cooper and Pineapple – in Poland and Ukraine.
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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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Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics...
Brown Couch has become the new distributor of Spy Optics in Sweden. The Swedish company's team is composed of Fredrik Heikki from Nordic Trade; Jens Aabech, who has been involved with Spy Optics in Norway; and Lars Andersson, who will sell Spy products from the resort town of Sälen. Nordic ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a...
The board of directors of Marcolin S.p.A. has approved a December agreement making Giovanni Zoppas the company's new chief executive and general manager. Zoppas, who does not own any Marcolin stock, replaced Massimo Saracchi, director, who resigned at the same meeting.
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Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane,...
Jon Jacobs has been appointed commercial director at Fabris Lane, running a team that is managing the company's high-street retail portfolio. On the other hand, Carl Branigan, a member of the company's European opticians team, has left to join Magimix. Jacobs has worked for several companies before including Marks & ...
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Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint...
Live Eyewear of San Louis Obispo, California, has appointed Quint Stevens as creative director. Stevens brings more than 25 years of experience with companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and Patagonia to Live Eyewear, which markets the OveRx and Cocoons brands.
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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 ...
