Monday, June 22, 2009

Clareman appointed General Manager of Bausch & Lomb Ireland

Bausch & Lomb, the global eye health company, has named Clare native Colum Honan as general manager of Bausch & Lomb Ireland, with responsibility for its Waterford plant which manufactures contact lenses and other eye health products.

Mr. Honan was previously deputy general manager and held a number of positions in which he managed successful projects where new products were taken from design to manufacturing to market launch.

Mr. Honan, who is a native of Kilrush, joined Bausch & Lomb in Waterford in 1988 as a process engineer. He holds a bachelors degree in engineering from NIHE Limerick.