30 Jun OrthoLite Names General Manager Of India
OrthoLite hired Vikash Bajargyan as the general manager of OrthoLite India (OIN) to include leading manufacturing and business development, establishing and managing relationships with brands and Tier 1 factory partners.
Bajargyan joined OrthoLite with 18 years of experience in the footwear industry in India. Most recently, he worked at Coats Group as a sales and marketing director for its Footwear division across India and Bangladesh. Before Coats, Bajargyan worked for six years at Texon in Chennai as the director of global business development.
“With his background and expertise, Vikash is the ideal leader to help us reach new business opportunities in this important region,” said Glenn Barrett, founder and CEO of OrthoLite. “India is a thriving market both for the domestic consumer market and the export market with tremendous potential for OIN. Vikash joins OIN with an established network within the footwear industry, which will help expand our local reach within India to all domestic brand partners and local liaison offices for international brands.”
OIN, located in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, was recently added to the company’s vertically integrated global facilities portfolio. OIN opened its doors in June 2021 and is fully operational. Sixty-six of OrthoLite’s 500-plus global brand partners manufacture in India. The region represents part of OrthoLite’s global production strategy aligning its factories to provide “efficient and exemplary service directly to local partners and T1s,” said Ortholite.