NEWS BRIEFS: LITE SOURCE TAPS MARKETING DIRECTOR...LAVA WORLD MOVES TO NEW HEADQUARTERS...MINKA GROUP APPOINTS GARCIA DIVISION VP.

HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, October, 2003

Lite Source Taps Marketing Director

Lite Source, the Chino, Calif.-based lighting firm, has appointed Tim Kolacz marketing and advertising director. He succeeds Teresa Chia, who left the company to pursue missionary work, and reports to David Lu, chief executive officer. Kolacz is the former marketing manager for Clean Rooms West Inc., a clean room builder for high-tech and semiconductor facilities.

Lava World Moves To New Headquarters

Lava World International, maker of the original Lava brand motion lamps, has moved to a new office and distribution facility in the Chicago suburb of Carol Stream, Ill. The company's move to offshore manufacturing has allowed it to reach lower prices and wider retail distribution, yet Lava World has kept...