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22.09.2023

Lectra: New President of the Asia-Pacific region

Lectra, a leader in technology solutions for the fashion, automotive and furniture industries, announces the appointment of Frédéric Morel as President of the Asia-Pacific region and as a member of the Group's Executive Committee, where he replaces Edward Wang, who previously held the same position. This nomination comes as Lectra prepares to present its latest software and connected equipment offers at the CISMA (China International Sewing Machinery and Accessories) trade show in Shanghai, China, to enable Asian industry players to accelerate their transition to Industry 4.0.

Lectra's presence in the Asia-Pacific region began in 1985 with the opening of its first office in Japan. Today, Lectra employs 16% of its workforce in the region, which accounted for 25% of the Group's revenues in 2022. Thanks to its dynamism, economic fabric and position in world trade, China is a key market in this region, generating 9% of Lectra’s revenues in 2022.

Lectra, a leader in technology solutions for the fashion, automotive and furniture industries, announces the appointment of Frédéric Morel as President of the Asia-Pacific region and as a member of the Group's Executive Committee, where he replaces Edward Wang, who previously held the same position. This nomination comes as Lectra prepares to present its latest software and connected equipment offers at the CISMA (China International Sewing Machinery and Accessories) trade show in Shanghai, China, to enable Asian industry players to accelerate their transition to Industry 4.0.

Lectra's presence in the Asia-Pacific region began in 1985 with the opening of its first office in Japan. Today, Lectra employs 16% of its workforce in the region, which accounted for 25% of the Group's revenues in 2022. Thanks to its dynamism, economic fabric and position in world trade, China is a key market in this region, generating 9% of Lectra’s revenues in 2022.

Prior to joining Lectra, Frédéric Morel held the position of South East Asia & Pacific Executive Vice President at Vallourec. He had previously been appointed Sales Director and then Sales Vice President for Vallourec in the Middle East, after holding various sales and general management positions for the company in the Asia region. A graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence and the EMLYON business school, Frédéric Morel began his career in 2000 with Saint-Gobain.

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Lectra, PLM Asia
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CHIC Shanghai 2021: erfolgreiches Face-to-Face-Treffen der Branche (c) CHIC Shanghai
CHIC March 21 Show
30.03.2021

CHIC Shanghai 2021: erfolgreiches Face-to-Face-Treffen der Branche

Vom 17.-19. März fand die physische Ausgabe der  CHIC Shanghai im National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai statt und zeigte sich erneut als Trendkatalysator und wichtiges Face-to-Face Event der Modebranche mit über 88.000 Besuchern.

Unter strikter Einhaltung der Hygienemaßnahmen ermöglichte Asiens Leitmesse an drei Tagen persönliche Kontakte und rege Geschäfte. Teilnehmer und Besucher begrüßten die Möglichkeit sich vor Ort zu treffen, die Matchmaking Aktivitäten wurden verdreifacht.

Insgesamt 932 Brands präsentierten die gesamte Modepalette in 10 Bereichen. Besonders im Fokus der Messe unter dem Motto „CHIC Garden“ stand das Thema Sustainability, kreativ umgesetzt von den chinesischen Künstlern Ma Defan und Li Haitao, begleitet von der Green Fashion Society und dem Sustainable Fashion Forum.

Neben den  CHIC Shows, die mit beeindruckenden Designer-Schauen überzeugten, wurde auch der renommierte FN Footwear News China Achievement Award verliehen. Im CHIC Wonderland drehte sich alles um innovative Sneaker.

Vom 17.-19. März fand die physische Ausgabe der  CHIC Shanghai im National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai statt und zeigte sich erneut als Trendkatalysator und wichtiges Face-to-Face Event der Modebranche mit über 88.000 Besuchern.

Unter strikter Einhaltung der Hygienemaßnahmen ermöglichte Asiens Leitmesse an drei Tagen persönliche Kontakte und rege Geschäfte. Teilnehmer und Besucher begrüßten die Möglichkeit sich vor Ort zu treffen, die Matchmaking Aktivitäten wurden verdreifacht.

Insgesamt 932 Brands präsentierten die gesamte Modepalette in 10 Bereichen. Besonders im Fokus der Messe unter dem Motto „CHIC Garden“ stand das Thema Sustainability, kreativ umgesetzt von den chinesischen Künstlern Ma Defan und Li Haitao, begleitet von der Green Fashion Society und dem Sustainable Fashion Forum.

Neben den  CHIC Shows, die mit beeindruckenden Designer-Schauen überzeugten, wurde auch der renommierte FN Footwear News China Achievement Award verliehen. Im CHIC Wonderland drehte sich alles um innovative Sneaker.

(c) HeiQ
04.06.2019

HeiQ announces new subsidiaries: HeiQ China and HeiQ Taiwan

  • Operations, Product Development, Sales and Technical Support Growth

Celine Huang 黄秀蔚 is named Chief Executive Officer for HeiQ Greater China and Ming Wen Liang 梁銘文is named Chief Executive Officer HeiQ Taiwan. Huang, with her background as a general manager of a large player in the same industry brings a total of over 20 years of solid testing lab, agent and country strategies management expertise with an excellent relationship skills with customers, distributors, dealers and end users. She has a chemical engineering degree in dyeing and finishing from China Textile University. Huang has worked in both Australia and China in senior management positions. Huang will lead the group’s Greater China business from the newly created Shanghai office (瑞士海屹科新材料有限公司上海办事处).

  • Operations, Product Development, Sales and Technical Support Growth

Celine Huang 黄秀蔚 is named Chief Executive Officer for HeiQ Greater China and Ming Wen Liang 梁銘文is named Chief Executive Officer HeiQ Taiwan. Huang, with her background as a general manager of a large player in the same industry brings a total of over 20 years of solid testing lab, agent and country strategies management expertise with an excellent relationship skills with customers, distributors, dealers and end users. She has a chemical engineering degree in dyeing and finishing from China Textile University. Huang has worked in both Australia and China in senior management positions. Huang will lead the group’s Greater China business from the newly created Shanghai office (瑞士海屹科新材料有限公司上海办事处).

Liang will manage mill relations, technical support and distribution at HeiQ Taiwan. She brings close to 20 years of experience in textile and garment production supply chain focusing on sales, material innovation and development, sourcing and production. Liang holds a Bachelor of International Trade from the National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan, speaks Chinese, English and Spanish and has lived in both Taiwan and Argentina. And will be based in the new office in Taipei (瑞士海屹科有限公司).

HeiQ continues to increase its global footprint with the creation of HeiQ Shanghai and HeiQ Taiwan. In addition to HeiQ Hong Kong, these offices aim to provide dedicated technical support in the Greater China area, further broaden its geographical reach in strategic locations and support HeiQ’s brand partners’ manufacturing activities in the region.