8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: June 26, 2012

   VISUALANT, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	0-25541	91-1948357
(State or jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

500 Union Street, Suite 406

Seattle, Washington 98101

(206) 903-1351

(Address of Registrant’s principal executive office and telephone number)

Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Officers

Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer

Visualant, Inc. (the “Company”), today announced that Richard Mander, Ph.D., has been appointed Vice President, Product Management and Technology.  Dr. Mander will be responsible for coordinating the product development of Visualant’s Spectral Pattern Matching technology.

Mander served most recently as Vice President of Product Management at Contour, the Seattle-based manufacturer of sports video cameras. Mander, who has a Ph.D. from Stanford, has vast experience as a technology company senior executive bringing technology into the marketplace.

Mander was also instrumental in his Product Management and Operations Engineering roles at Contour, 7th fastest growing company in the US, where he led the development of innovative rugged cameras incorporating GPS and Bluetooth technologies.

Mr. Mander maintained a long-term Engineering Manager role at Apple and is known as an inspiring leader with a track record of developing innovative and high quality consumer electronic products. His previous roles include CEO of HumanWare, CTO at Navman, and leading roles in several startups.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits –

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release dated June 27, 2012 announcing the appointment of Richard Mander as Vice President of Product Management and Technology.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Registrant: VISUALANT, INCORPORATED
June 27, 2012	By:	/s/ Ronald P. Erickson
		Ronald P. Erickson, CEO

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EX-99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                            

CONTACT:

Tina Qunell

tina@nvpr.com

206-919-9652

or

Hal Bringman

hal@nvpr.com

323-851-6877

310-210-8011

Visualant Appoints Richard Mander

 VP of Product Management and Technology

SEATTLE, June 26, 2012 -- Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB: VSUL) announced today the appointment of Richard Mander as Vice President of Product Management and Technology. Visualant, headquartered in Seattle, develops industry-leading color-based identification and diagnostic solutions, and security and authentication systems, which rely on its unique proprietary Spectral Pattern Matching (“SPM”) technology.

Mander will focus on optimizing Visualant technologies for three primary industries: homeland security, medical and cosmetic, and consumer goods. By using Visualant’s color-based identification and diagnostic solutions, companies operating in these industries can use a wide spectrum of colors to enhance or authenticate consumer products, verify documents or debunk counterfeits.

Mander served most recently as Vice President of Product Management at Contour, the Seattle-based manufacturer of sports video cameras. Mander, who has a Ph.D. from Stanford, has vast experience as a technology company senior executive bringing technology into the marketplace.

Mander was also instrumental in his Product Management and Operations Engineering roles at Contour, 7th fastest growing company in the US, where he led the development of innovative rugged cameras incorporating GPS and Bluetooth technologies.

Mr. Mander maintained a long-term Engineering Manager role at Apple and is known as an inspiring leader with a track record of developing innovative and high quality consumer electronic products. His previous roles include CEO of HumanWare, CTO at Navman, and leading roles in several startups.

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Ron Erickson, Visualant Founder and CEO stated, “We are thrilled to have Richard Mander join the Visualant team as we move our Spectral Pattern Technology into the marketplace. He is adept at managing the diverse aspects of productizing technology and will work well with our senior scientists and our new partners at Sumitomo Precision Products. We wholeheartedly welcome Richard to Visualant.”

“Timing is everything in life, and I am very pleased to join Visualant at this strategic moment in the company’s ascent,” said Mander, “Spectral Pattern Technology is the foundation for a broad array of applications. I look forward to working with the scientific team and Sumitomo Precision Products as we bring SPM into the marketplace.”

About Visualant, Inc.

Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB:VSUL and www.visualant.net) develops low-cost, high speed, light-based security and quality control solutions for use in homeland security, anti-counterfeiting, forgery/fraud prevention, brand protection and process control applications. Our patented and patent-pending technology uses controlled illumination with specific bands of light, to establish a unique spectral signature for both individual and classes of items. When matched against existing databases, these spectral signatures allow precise identification and authentication of any item or substance. This breakthrough optical sensing and data capture technology is called Spectral Pattern Matching (“SPM”). Visualant has a Joint Development Agreement with Sumitomo Precision Products for the development of products using the SPM technology. Additional information on SPP is available at http://www.spp.co.jp/English/index2-e.html.

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