All Silmo articles
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ArticleMaterialise to 3D-print new translucent material
Right across from the Futurology space at this year’s Silmo was a booth for Materialise, the company that supplies frames for the Futurology companies Skugga and Lexilens, not to mention Morrow Eyewear, winner of one of this year’s Silmo d’Or awards. Founded 30-odd years ago, Materialise is headquartered in Leuven, ...
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ArticleA tour of Silmo’s Futurology
This year’s Silmo show took place over the weekend of Sept 29 to Oct. 2. In Hall 6 was the Futurology space, a showcase for the new and the innovative, curated by designer, optician and artist Sébastien Brusset. Join us for a tour of its companies and products. Laclarée The ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris adds CSR prize to events portfolio
The organizers of the Silmo trade show have announced the launch of a Responsible Company Prize, that will take place for the first time at the next edition of the show slated to take place at the usual fairgrounds in the north of Paris from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. ...
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News briefsSilmo meets Singapore, IOA gets new president
The International Opticians Association (IOA) held its Silmo Academy on April 12-14 in Singapore. There it transferred its presidency from Fiona Anderson to Donald Crichton, a dispensing optician who began his career in Scotland before moving to New Zealand. He is now a supervisor to final-year students at the University ...
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SILMO Paris details last edition’s international attendance
Organizers of SILMO PARIS have shared mode details on the number of visitors for the last edition of the show that was held at the end of last September. The 66 percent year-on-year increase in attendance to a total of 36,964 participants was driven by the doubling in the number ...
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ArticleGood momentum at Silmo Paris
Silmo Paris closed its doors on Monday afternoon after a well-attended and lively edition that confirmed the post-pandemic rebound of the trade show. Although attendance and exhibiting surface remained lower than in the 2019 edition, with travel restrictions still in place in some regions, they were significantly higher than in ...
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Jason Kirk hosts a series of podcasts for Silmo
Jason Kirk, Kirk & Kirk co-founder, is hosting a series of podcast interviews, with eyewear industry and outsiders, for Silmo. Named The Right Optics by Silmo, the podcasts will be broadcast this week at https://shows.acast.com/the-right-opti.Interviewees are Nada Vuksic of Bruce Eyewear, a Vancouver-based optical retailer, Daniel Feldman, executive editor of ...
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Silmo announces 750 exhibitors for its next edition
The organizers of Silmo have announced that 750 companies, including 70 percent from outside France, have confirmed their participation to the next edition of the show from Sept. 23 to 26 in Paris. This represents a significant uptick from the first post-pandemic show last year that had gathered 450 exhibitors ...
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Bertrand Roy has passed away
Bertrand Roy, a key figure of the Essilor group and the French optical sector for several decades, passed away just a few days ago at the age of 67, Acuité and other French websites report. After an initial 10-year stint at Renault, Roy joined the Essilor Group in 1987 where ...
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Silmo to open its design competition
Silmo will soon be releasing its application package for the 2022 edition of its Optical and Eyewear Design Competition, so as “to stimulate creation and innovation, and to reveal the future talents set to design tomorrow’s eyewear.” The competition is open to students who are at least 18 years of ...
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Silmo and Copenhagen Specs go to Barcelona
Silmo and its Copenhagen Specs partner have announced that they would extend the Specs eyewear fair concept to Barcelona in 2022. The format of the new show will be focusing on the eyewear designer segment and based on the same mix of business, networking and partying as the Copenhagen event. ...
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ArticleGood restart in Paris and new Asian project for Silmo
After a blank year in 2020, Silmo Paris reopened its doors to international exhibitors and visitors from last Sept. 24 to 27 for the first large-scale and in-person eyewear industry event since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak last year. Although the number of exhibiting companies this year – roughly 500 – ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris announces over 500 exhibitors
The organizers of Silmo have announced that more than 500 exhibitors from 32 countries have already confirmed their participation in the next edition of the show scheduled to take place in Paris from next Sept. 24 to 27. It will be the first edition of Silmo Paris since 2019 ...
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SILMO and COPENHAGEN SPECS launch new event format
SILMO and its partner COPENHAGEN SPECS are launching SPECS AND THE CITY , a new series of international eyewear industry events scheduled to take place during one weekend in five European cities. As the Covid-19 crisis led to the cancellation of almost all trade fairs since its outbreak ...
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Silmo Paris confirms 2021 edition
According to the French governmental plan for the progressive lift of lockdown restrictions in the country announced last week by President Emmanuel Macron , trade fairs and exhibitions will be authorized to take place from next June 30, without any limit in number of participants, provided that sanitary measures comply ...
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ArticleFrench ready to raise their eyewear budget
88 percent of French consumers plan to maintain or raise their budget for their next purchase of prescription eyewear, according to the results of a new survey by Opinion Way, a research company commissioned by Gifo, the French eyewear industry association, and the Silmo trade show. This result represents a ...
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Silmo Hors Les Murs hits the road
Silmo Hors Les Murs , the new format of regional events launched by Silmo after its Paris show was cancelled because of the Covid crisis , will take place on Oct. 3-4 in the Tuileries gardens in Paris. Silmo Hors Les Murs will join a larger fashion event, in association ...
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ArticleCovid-19 keeps Silmo on its toes
The organizers of Silmo Paris have announced that, in spite of the uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, about 700 exhibitors representing 80 percent of the exhibition space have already confirmed their participation in the next edition, scheduled for Oct. 2-5. Last year, the French show hosted 970 exhibitors ...
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Kering Eyewear takes over Chloé license from Marchon
Kering Eyewear is taking over the worldwide eyewear license for the Chloé brand, which is owned by the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont , from Marchon , who has held it for the past nine years. The handover is scheduled to take effect in January 2021. Kering Eyewear ...
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Gifo and Silmo send 50,000 face shields to opticians
Gifo , the French eyewear industry association, will provide optical shops with a total of 50,000 face shields, in partnership with the organizers of the Silmo eyewear show. The operation is aimed at supporting the country’s opticians that reopened their businesses on May 11, after almost two months of ...
