Lectra Reorganizes U.S. Operations
Paris-based technology provider Lectra is restructuring its U.S. operations in Marietta, Ga.
Company officials confirmed that Tim Copeland, vice president of marketing, has left the company. He is one of several senior managers—including the company’s U.S. president, Daniel Moreau, who has since been replaced by Paris-based Chief Executive Officer Daniel Harari—to leave in recent months.
Last year, three Lectra executives, including John Robinson, vice president of the apparel business unit, left the company and joined New York–based start-up Global Apparel Network on their own accords.
Lectra has also shuttered its Santa Fe Springs, Calif.–based regional offices but will reopen in another location, which is soon to be announced. Thomas McKay, director of marketing for North America, will assume Copeland’s duties.
Lectra officials were in meetings in New York this week and were unable to discuss the changes.
In recently released financial results, the company said it is reorganizing operations in the United States and Europe because of effects from a number of events, including the elimination of quotas on Jan. 1, which created “a climate of indecision and hesitancy.” Furthermore, Lectra officials said the company has been hurt by the slide of the U.S. dollar, which was down 5 percent during the first quarter. Overall, Lectra suffered a loss of 900,000 euros for its first quarter. Software sales plummeted 30 percent in the United States and Europe during that period. —Robert McAllister
