21st Century Optics Reorganizes Management Team
January 21, 2008 2:30 AM
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.--The board of directors at 21st Century Optics, a major New York City ophthalmic laboratory, has appointed president Ralph Woythaler chief executive officer. He previously served as president. His brother, Bernard Woythaler, who had served as vice president of operations, has been appointed president. In addition, his son, Robert Woythaler, who had served as director of customer relations, takes over the responsibilities of vice president of operations.
“In keeping with its 40-year history this succession assures a Woythaler family member will be at the helm for many more years,” said Ralph Woythaler. The other members of the 21st Century’s management team, including another brother, Mike Woythaler, vice president of production, and Anthony Fulco, vice president of sales and marketing, remain in place.
21st Century Optics is an Essilor partner lab. The lab specializes in custom prescription eyeglass lenses, as well as anti-reflective GlareFREE coatings, mirror coatings, and fashion coatings. The lab was founded in 1967 as Eye-Glasses, Inc. by Julius Tart and Ralph Woythaler and was originally located in Manhattan. Woythaler bought the company from Tart in 1985 and moved it to Long Island City in 1987.
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