Sony Crank Up Marketing Team For 2nd Half Assault
Sony Australia who are set to crank up their marketing in the second half of the year have announced three new marketing appointments to its Brand Marketing team following the exit of Tim Rich to Telstra.

HTC Finds Local Boss
HTC has appointed Anthony Petts to the role of Director of Sales and Marketing for HTC Australia and New Zealand.

Telstra Hires Senior Sony Exec Into Sports Role
Tim Rich the former Corporate Marketing Communications Manager at Sony has quit for a senior marketing role at Telstra. Sony Australia Managing Director Carl Rose confirmed the parting of the way with Rich from Instanbul in Turkey.

OZ iPhone Boss Sued
Mike Fenger the VP of global sales for the Apple iPhone is in trouble after his previous employer Motorola sued him for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement by taking a job at Apple. Motorola also allege that he then went on to hire two other former Motorola employees.

Sanyo Snares Top Samsung Exec For Green Energy Push
Rodney Rodrigues the former marketing manager for AV products at Samsung has quit joining Sanyo, where he will work with former LG Marketing Director Paul Reeves in the role out of new energy efficient batteries division, which will include batteries that can be plugged into a USB port and recharged.

BSR Group Director Retires
BSR Group, the company behind the Betta Electrical brand, today announced that director and long-standing group retailer Rex Graham is retiring from the industry.

Fisher & Paykel Appoints Kiwi As Singapore Manager
Fisher & Paykel has appointed Miles Webster as its new Country Manager for Singapore.

Siemens Appoints Comms Expert
Communications sales expert Chris Middlemast has joined the team at Siemens. Chris has been appointed Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand and will work to increase Siemens? brand awareness nationally.

Siemens Appoints New ANZ Sales Manager
Phone manufacturer Siemens has appointed Chris Middlemast as the new sales manager for Australia and New Zealand.

Musical Chairs At Panasonic Australia
Mark Deere-Jones has been appointed Director, Business Systems Group, Panasonic Australia following the resignation of Ben Bowley, the current director.

Partnership Appointments
Polycom, the world?s leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, says it has further demonstrated its commitment to build its partner network through the appointment of two dedicated relationship managers, in a move that some industry analysts have speculated was designed to reinvigorate their local partner program.

Logitech Appoints Ex-Creative Angelucci
Logitech has appointed the former ANZ Sales Manager of Creative Technology Nick Angelucci to the new role of Product and Marketing Manager, Australia and New Zealand.

Goble Quits, More Marketing Woes For LG
Another senior marketing executive has quit LG. Darren Goble the Audio Visual category manager has called it a day at the Korean manufacturer 3 months after Marketing Manager Paul Jenkins also left the Company. Goble is being replaced by Warren Kim.

Acer Marketing Boss Quits Not To Be Replaced
Acer has no plans to replace long time marketing director Raymond Vardanega, who will leave the PC vendor this month after 13 years. During the past 12 months Acer Australia has been attempting to cut marketing costs. First to go was brand and below the line advertising agency George Patterson who were appointed 3 years ago with a multi million dollar budget to take on Dell and HP.

Panasonic Dumps Patts For Palace
The Campaign Palace has nabbed Panasonic?s Australian creative account after George Patterson Y&R pulled out of the bidding war, having been told in November last year that Panasonic was ?reviewing? its agents. Now LG is set to move to Patts.

F&P Opens Controversial Thai Factory
New Zealand?s largest whitegoods and appliances manufacturer, Fisher & Paykel, is set to open its controversial new manufacturing facility in Thailand this March, after laying off hundreds of jobs in its home country last year to make way for the new plant.

Staff Needed For Ubisoft Singapore Venture
Ubisoft, which is responsible for Xbox and PS3 games, will open a new development studio in Singapore, bringing the total number of the company?s studios up to 18. More than 300 new staff will be recruited from the area and abroad to man the studio, with a team of Ubisoft ?veterans? training the recruits.

Samsung Restructures Management After Record Sales
Samsung Australia has increased its sales by more than 36 per cent for the first time ever, mostly due to favourable sales in the consumer electronics industry, leading the way for a restructured CE sales division, according to reports from the company?s Australian subsidiary.

LG Appoints Strategic Marketing Managers
LG has finally appointed two new directors of marketing following a three-month hiatus when the position was vacant following the departure of Paul Jenkins.