{"id":2299,"date":"2012-11-02T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T15:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2012-11-21T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T12:23:19","slug":"business-news-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/business-n-en\/buisiness_news-2\/business-news-16.html","title":{"rendered":"October 2012 : Georges-Henri Meylan, Yvan Arpa, Pascal Raffy, etc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"contenu_article\"><strong>Yvan Arpa<\/strong> along with another shareholder takes over the SC2 factory, the last one still present in Geneva\u2019s town centre, which makes prototypes and small series for major brands \u2013 and thereby manages to maintain all jobs. He is pursuing the development of the Artya brand and has announced a new launch for Baselworld 2013.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Georges-Henri Meylan<\/strong> (centre)is eager to share his experience and his network with the Hautlence niche brand, which has entrusted him with its chairmanship and a majority stake in its capital. Along with his associates Bill Muirhead (right) and Bruno Moutarlier, he also distributes the De Bethune brand in China from the subsidiary of his MELD Holding company based in Hong Kong. Guillaume Tetu (left) remains at the operational helm of Hautlence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Franco Cologni<\/strong> was distinguished at the 2012 Prix Ga\u00efa ceremony in the Spirit of Enterprise category. He was presented with a lifetime achievement award for his entire career dedicated to Fine Watchmaking \u2013 of which the administrator of the Richemont Group has consistently promoted the international reputation and influence, while also advocating a cultural approach to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Art.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pascal Raffy<\/strong> has found a twin growth engine for his Bovet brand through a strategic partnership with DKSH, which opens new doors in Asia while also acquiring a 20% stake. Since 2001, Pascal Raffy had made substantial investments in the company\u2019s production facilities while also treating Bovet to a museum set up in the chateau symbolising its origins.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Didier Decker<\/strong> joins the ranks of \u201csmall is beautiful\u201d enthusiasts\u2009: after 15 years with the big Geneva brands, he has become CEO of the young Neuch\u00e2tel-based Heritage Watch Manufactory, created in 2010.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the start of October, <strong>Am\u00e9lie Lef\u00e9v\u00e8re<\/strong> (ex-Piaget) was appointed CEO of Montres Journe by its President, Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe, who intends to devote himself entirely to his many development projects.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yvan Arpa<\/strong> along with another shareholder takes over the SC2 factory, the last one still present in Geneva\u2019s town centre, which makes prototypes and small series for major brands \u2013 and thereby manages to maintain all jobs. He is pursuing the development of the Artya brand and has announced a new launch for Baselworld 2013.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Georges-Henri Meylan<\/strong> (centre)is eager to share his experience and his network with the Hautlence niche brand, which has entrusted him with its chairmanship and a majority stake in its capital. Along with his associates Bill Muirhead (right) and Bruno Moutarlier, he also distributes the De Bethune brand in China from the subsidiary of his MELD Holding company based in Hong Kong. Guillaume Tetu (left) remains at the operational helm of Hautlence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Franco Cologni<\/strong> was distinguished at the 2012 Prix Ga\u00efa ceremony in the Spirit of Enterprise category. He was presented with a lifetime achievement award for his entire career dedicated to Fine Watchmaking \u2013 of which the administrator of the Richemont Group has consistently promoted the international reputation and influence, while also advocating a cultural approach to the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Art.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pascal Raffy<\/strong> has found a twin growth engine for his Bovet brand through a strategic partnership with DKSH, which opens new doors in Asia while also acquiring a 20% stake. Since 2001, Pascal Raffy had made substantial investments in the company\u2019s production facilities while also treating Bovet to a museum set up in the chateau symbolising its origins.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Didier Decker<\/strong> joins the ranks of \u201csmall is beautiful\u201d enthusiasts\u2009: after 15 years with the big Geneva brands, he has become CEO of the young Neuch\u00e2tel-based Heritage Watch Manufactory, created in 2010.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the start of October, <strong>Am\u00e9lie Lef\u00e9v\u00e8re<\/strong> (ex-Piaget) was appointed CEO of Montres Journe by its President, Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe, who intends to devote himself entirely to his many development projects.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44],"tags":[136,296,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}