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Lassonde Industries Inc. announces changes to its board of directors
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLassonde Industries Inc. announces changes to its board of directors\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nROUGEMONT, QC, Oct. 26, 2018\n\n\n\nROUGEMONT, QC, Oct. 26, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX: LAS.A) (\"Lassonde\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Michel Simard to its board of directors, effective October 26, 2018.\nMr. Simard holds two Bachelor's degrees, one in Psychology from York University in Toronto and another in Industrial Relations from the Université de Montréal. He was employed at Lassonde for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2016.\nDuring that period, Mr. Simard held several management positions, particularly in the area of Human Resources, in addition to serving as Assistant to the CEO of Lassonde and as a member of the Company's executive committee. \nPrior to joining Lassonde, Mr. Simard held various management and Human Resource management positions at a number of different companies, including Power Corporation (Voyageur Inc.), Reynolds Aluminium Company of Canada, and ASEA (ASEA Brown Boveri).\nFurther, Ève-Lyne Biron has left her position on Lassonde's board of directors. Lassonde wishes to thank Mrs. Biron for her contribution since she was appointed in December 2014.\nAbout Lassonde\nLassonde Industries Inc. is a North American leader in the development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of ready-to-drink fruit and vegetable juices and drinks marketed under brands such as Apple & Eve, Everfresh, Fairlee, Fruité, Graves, Oasis and Rougemont.\nLassonde is also one of the two largest producers of store brand shelf-stable fruit juices and drinks in the United States and a major producer of cranberry sauces.\nLassonde recently acquired Old Orchard Brands, LLC (\"OOB\"), a fruit juice and beverage manufacturing company based in Sparta, Michigan. OOB's product portfolio consists of nearly 100 different varieties, including 100% juice, 100% juice blends, reduced-sugar juice cocktails, seasonal lemonades and flavoured teas. More...