Change of Management at HOYA Hill Optics in South Africa

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Change of Management at HOYA Hill Optics in

South Africa

PR Newswire

UITHOORN, The Netherlands, June 7, 2012

UITHOORN,

The Netherlands

,

June 7, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Hoya appointed Mr. Donald Currie as the Managing Director of HOYA

Hill Optics following the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the

company.

Managing Director and founder of Hill Optics, Mr. Clifford Sher, will resign on

June 30

th

2012, while Mr. Donald Currie, who until recently held the position of

Managing Director at Carl Zeiss Vision joined HOYA Hill Optics from

June 1

st

. Mr.

Currie has over 20 years of experience in the international optical industry with

companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Transitions, Carl Zeiss Vision and Hoya.

Hans Werquin, CEO of Hoya Vision Care Europe, comments: "For HOYA, there

are immense opportunities for growth in the South African market. We thank

Clifford Sher for his relentless efforts to supply our South African customers

with the best products and the best service. We are fortunate to have found

Donald to take over the helm at HOYA Hill Optics. With his international optical

background and strong business acumen he is the right person to continue the

rapid development of HOYA."

About HOYA Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd

HOYA Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd is a leading manufacturer and distributor of

ophthalmic lenses in

South Africa

. Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd was founded by Clifford

Sher in 1984. HOYA Vision Care and Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd have worked together

under exclusive arrangement since 1997. In 2006, HOYA acquired a 51 % share

in Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd., after which the company continued under the name

HOYA Hill Optics (Pty) Ltd. In 2011, HOYA acquired the remaining 49 % of

shares. HOYA Hill Optics employs 250 people in 3 branches:

Johannesburg

,

Durban

and

Cape Town

.

About Hoya Corporation

HOYA is a Japanese multinational med-tech company and leading supplier of

innovative and indispensable high-tech and healthcare products based on its

advanced optics technologies. HOYA is active in two main business segments:

The Life Care segment deals in health care related products such as eyeglass

lenses and operates retail shops for contact lenses, as well as medical related

products such as intraocular lenses for cataract surgery and medical

endoscopes. The Information Technology segment handles electronics products

such as mask blanks and photo masks for semiconductors and LCD panels,

glass disks for HDDs and imaging related products such as optical lenses, lens

modules and micro lenses for digital cameras. HOYA Group comprises of over

100 subsidiaries and affiliates and over 32,300 people worldwide.