Nov 26, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Omya Inc. has announced that John Schoener has been promoted to the position of General Manager Paper for the United States, Canada and Mexico. In this new role, Mr. Schoener will be responsible for all Sales, Marketing and Technical Support functions for all paper related business throughout North America. John has been with Omya for the past eight years and most recently was VP Sales & Marketing. Mr. Schoener will report to Thoralf Gliese who is the General Manager of Omya’s Global Paper Unit. With its global headquarters in Oftringen, Switzerland, Omya is the world's largest supplier of high quality, ground calcium carbonate for paper filling and coating, plastics, paint, food, pharmaceutical, nutritional and industrial applications.