All Mido articles – Page 2

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    Italian eyewear recovery driven by eyeglasses’ frames

    2022-05-03T05:20:00Z

    The 2021 Italian eyewear report by ANFAO published ahead of the Mido show conveyed a sense of relief after a strong rebound of production and exports last year, but also serious concerns for the future, directly and indirectly linked to the war in Ukraine. Italian eyewear production, of which 90 ...

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    MIDO on the starting blocks

    2022-04-28T11:57:00Z

    After two blank years due to the pandemic, the teams of MIDO are finally on the starting blocks to celebrate the 50th birthday of the show with an in-person edition at the Fiera Milano Rho fairgrounds in Milan from April 30 to May 2. Contrary to other international trade shows ...

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    Mido to be held in-person, review the Italian industry

    2022-03-17T00:29:00Z

    Mido is expecting 630 exhibitors from 45 countries to show up in Milan for its first in-person show in two years, scheduled for April 30 to May 2. In preparation, its president, Giovanni Vitaloni, plans to attend Vision Expo East, in New York City, on April 2 so as “to ...

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    Vision Expo East returns nearly to normal

    2022-03-11T06:33:00Z

    Visitors will be entering and breathing the old-fashioned way at the forthcoming edition of Vision Expo East, scheduled for March 31 to April 3 at the Javits Center in New York City. The city’s new mayor, Eric Adams, suspended the “Key to NYC” pandemic restrictions on March 4. As a ...

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    Italian Covid decree makes Mido attendance easier

    2022-02-11T00:24:00Z

    The organizers of the Mido trade show in Milan, scheduled this year for April 30 to May 2, are delighted with Italy’s recent decree on Covid restrictions. The European Commission had already opened on June 1 of last year what it calls the European Gateway, which guarantees the validity in ...

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    Omicron forces Mido, 100% Optical to reschedule

    2022-01-09T05:46:00Z

    In response to the rapid escalation of the Omicron Covid variant across Europe and other countries, the organizers of Mido have announced the postponement of the 2022 edition of the show from the initially scheduled Feb. 12-14 dates to April 30 to May 2, returning to the Milanese show’s original ...

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    Mido confirms its Feb 2022 edition

    2021-12-03T08:25:00Z

    A few days after the postponement of the opti trade show from January to May next year and as new cases of new Covid-19 omicron spread across Europe, the organizers of the Mido show have confirmed that its 2022 in-person edition would be held as scheduled from Feb. 12 to ...

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    MIDO to transition to hybrid format following digital edition

    2021-06-10T08:58:00Z

    The digital edition of the MIDO international trade show ended last June 7 after three days of online events, discussions and business interactions, but the organizers are leaving that door open as the digital platform remains accessible and most its functionalities active. Looking forward to ...

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    MIDO presents its digital edition

    2021-05-21T01:52:00Z

    Beyond the presentation of Italian exports’ figures, the purpose of the joint online press conference by ANFAO and MIDO held on May 19 was to unveil more details about the MIDO Digital Edition , the digital event that will take place from next June 5 to 7, following ...

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    Mido 2021 goes digital

    2021-03-22T15:47:00Z

    In a live online conference followed by exhibitors, visitors, journalists and other stakeholders earlier today, Giovanni Vitaloni , president of the Italian industry association Anfao , announced that the 2021 edition of Mido , the international eyewear trade show scheduled for next June 5 to 7, would ...

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    Vision Expo, 100% Optical change plans

    2021-02-03T17:02:00Z

    The Covid-19 and its new variants, as well as the uncertain completion dates of the current vaccination campaigns, are keeping trade show organizers under pressure to find solutions for their 2021 editions. While plans seem unchanged for the Milan-based Mido show which just started its visitors’ registration campaign for ...

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    Mido postponed to June 5-7, 2021

    2020-10-12T10:52:00Z

    The Milan-based eyewear trade show Mido has been postponed to June 5-7, 2021, from its initial dates of Feb. 6-8, as the number of Covid-19 cases picks up in many regions of the world with the return of cold weather to the northern hemisphere. Mido said that the ...

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    DaTE trade show plans to go ahead in September

    2020-06-26T05:44:00Z

    The small Italian trade show DaTE , which in the past few years has been held in the second half of September in Florence, confirmed its intention to hold this year’s edition despite the Covid-19 health crisis. Mido , which is DaTE’s partner, is currently working on the event, ...

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    Mido4u attracts over 10,000 visitors in a couple of month

    2020-05-21T08:56:00Z

    The organizers of Mido launched Mido4u.com , a B2B digital platform set up to compensate for the cancellation of Mido’s 2020 edition because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But in over two months, it has attracted less than a fifth of the fair’s attendance.

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    Mido is postponed to July 5-7 over coronavirus

    2020-05-02T07:56:00Z

    After meeting with some of its exhibitors, buyers and other stakeholders, the organizers of the Mido trade show, which was going to celebrate its 50th edition this weekend, have decided to postpone the event and the related celebrations to July 5-7, starting them on a Sunday rather than on a ...