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Safilo Group H1 2006 net profit jumps 42% to €21.8m

05 Aug '06
4 min read

"I am pleased that the Board of Directors has accepted my proposals: Claudio Gottardi and Massimiliano Tabacchi will know how to best propel our company forwards while, at the same time, guaranteeing its continuity and the respect for our corporate values. Safilo Group will benefit from a strong top management with considerable experience in the luxury eyewear, supported at all times by a family which will ensure a stable entrepreneurial base. ”

“They are managers capable of managing our core business, in other words our product, with the expertise to develop relations with our licensors and our clients, and manage production, commercial development and cost control. Claudio Gottardi has carried out with success his role as President and CEO of our subsidiary in the USA and will continue to do so. Massimiliano Tabacchi has been active within Safilo for several years and manages product development.”

“Now that the extraordinary phase of the past five years has been completed - concluded Vittorio Tabacchi - Safilo will dedicate all its energies to its core business. It is for this reason that I am confident that the impressive results announced today with be confirmed and improved in the future”.

The Safilo Group is leader in premium eyewear and in a leadership position in the sector of prescription, sunglasses, fashion and sports eyewear.

Safilo Group SpA

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