X-Rite, the global leader in colour science and technology, recently announced several measures to reorganise its commercial structures.

X-Rite Méditerranée thus partnered with Lavollée SA, a distributor of specialty chemicals and minerals for various industrial French markets, to become Sales Agent for X-Rite industrial applications in France.

Lavollée SA : Sales Agent for X-Rite Industrial Applications

In addition to our current ingredients/raw material portfolio, this partnership with the global leader in the colour industry provides to our sales and technical teams active in market segments such as cosmetics, paints, plastics, food and pharmaceutical, very innovative colour control equipment,” says Hervé Ory Lavollée, President of Lavollée SA.

For its part, X-Rite aims at taking advantage from the strategic position of Lavollée SA on cosmetics, coatings, paints and plastics markets.

Furthermore, X-Rite, has appointed Vic Stalam - a former sales vice-president for the Eastman Kodak Company - as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing overseeing all sales, marketing and services activities for the Americas and EMEA regions.

Most recently, Vic Stalam served as the Vice President, Commercial Sales in the U.S. and Canada for the Eastman Kodak Company. His team was responsible for selling the complete portfolio of Kodak products and solutions delivering approximately US$1 billion in revenue.

Vic Stalam

Industrial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Business Administration in Marketing from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Vic Stalam will be based in Grand Rapids, Mich. and report directly to Thomas J. Vacchiano, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of X-Rite.