Trade Fairs & Conferences
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ArticleEssilorLuxottica launches new B2B event with focus on innovations
EssilorLuxottica has announced the launch next year of a new trade event aimed at presenting the sector’s innovations, with a focus on AI wearables, medtech and myopia, to eye care professionals in the US and Europe. Called SWITCH: Vision Innovation Summit by EssilorLuxottica, the event will take place just before ...
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ArticleSilmo Futurology round-up – Part one
Silmo Paris, held on Sept. 25-28, once again had its Silmo Next: Futurology & Tech Village, this time with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Stopping by for a chat with several brands and producers of smart glasses, we noticed what seems to be an emerging predilection for voice command. ...
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ArticleSilmo d’Or awards remitted at the show
Silmo Paris organizers have yet to issue their final report on the 2026 edition of the trade fair that closed its doors last Monday, with attendance figures, but our impression was positive during the four days we spent at the show. We will progressively report on things that we have ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris doubles down on technology
SILMO will be expanding its usual Futurology space at the next edition of the trade show in Paris (Sept. 26-29), rebranding it Futurology & Tech Village and putting the spotlight on artificial intelligence (AI). The area will be divided into four key zones showcasing different applications of AI in the ...
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ArticleVision Expo switches to a shorter single annual event format with rotating locations from 2026
Vision Expo, the leading eyewear and optical trade show in the Americas, is switching to a single annual event format from 2026, The Vision Council and RX, which co-organize the event, have announced. Since 1988 and with only a short hiatus during the corona pandemic, Vision Expo has run two ...
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ArticleMIDO announces 9% attendance increase to 42,000 visitors
The number of visitors from Europe, North Africa and Latin America significantly increased, while North American participation was stable. DEI and sustainability remained in focus.
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ArticleOpti hails 2025 success, announces earlier dates for 2026
Over 300 exhibitors and over 21,000 visitors took part in the 2025 edition of the show, organizers have announced.
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ArticleVision Expo East presents show novelties, program ahead of first Florida edition
About one month from the first edition of Vision Expo East in its new location – Orlando, Florida – after almost four decades in New York, The Vision Council (TVC), the US eyewear association that co-organizes the event with RX, hosted an online preview webinar last week to present the ...
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ArticleFamiliar faces at the CES Awards for 2025
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced the winners of its CES Innovation Awards for 2025. Submissions were up 13 percent this time around – to 3,400 – and the number of AI-related submission was up by almost 50 percent. Below are the winners most relevant to the eyewear industry. ...
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ArticleMIDO announces upgrades and changes for its 2025 edition
Announced changes pertain to the show layout, its digital tools and conference program.
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Article100% Optical trade show changes hands
Media 10, organizer of the 100% Optical trade show in London since 2014, has announced the sale of the event to CloserStill Media, another UK-based event organizer. CloserStill Media runs over 100 business-to-business events in and outside the UK across several sectors including business technologies, transport and infrastructure, and healthcare. ...
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ArticleA look at tele-medicine services, new lenses and measurement tools presented at Silmo 2024
The increasing footprint of tele-medicine in our sector was reflected in the growing number of suppliers showcasing their equipment and services at the Silmo Paris show, whose 2024 edition took place at the end of September. We report in this article on the main players present, mostly French companies: - ...
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ArticleItalian eyewear industry “strong and resilient” amid market slowdown
Italy’s eyewear industry has seen signs of a slowdown this year, but it is holding up remarkably well. That is clear in Belluno in Italy’s Veneto region, at the heart of the country’s eyewear production district, where factories are operating at full capacity and looking to grow. Lorraine Berton, the ...
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ArticleSilmo reports slight attendance increase, celebrates Silmo d’Or 30th anniversary
Organizers of SILMO Paris have announced that 32,125 visitors took part in the 2024 edition of the show that took place from Sept. 20 to 23, improving from the 31,337 who came last year and inching up closer to the pre-COVID levels (approximately 35,000). A little over half (52 percent) ...
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ArticleSILMO Paris back to cruising speed with an increased focus on new tech
Aiming to raise awareness of new technologies among optical retailers, SILMO Paris 2024 will put an increased focus on its Fururology space.
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ArticleSILMO Paris invites ECPs to grasp new technologies and reinvent the shop experience
Organizers of SILMO Paris have announced that over 900 companies, representing 1,500 brands and 144 countries, would exhibit their products and services at the next edition of the show, in line with participation numbers from Silmo 2023. The event will take place from Sept. 20 to 23 at the usual ...
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ArticleRodenstock upgrades portfolio, fine-tunes group strategy and synergies
After its participation at the opti show in Munich in January, Rodenstock presented its latest innovations at its booth during the Mido show in Milan, from Feb. 3 to 5. The German-based lens maker introduced this year its new LayR coating, which it describes as an extension of its biometric ...
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ArticleMIDO drew 40,000 visitors
The 1,200 exhibitors at this year’s MIDO show, held on Feb. 3–5, took up seven pavilions at Fiera Milano Rho and drew some 40,000 visitors – 11 percent more than last year – from about 160 countries, according to the organizers. Also attending were some 400 journalists, who have published ...
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ArticleOpti gets ready for a 2024 rebound
The numerous changes and initiatives implemented after a difficult edition of the show earlier this year, including a roundtable with stakeholders to rethink the concept this summer, seem to have paid off as opti has announced a significant increase in both exhibiting space and exhibitors’ participation for their 2024 edition. ...
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ArticleMido, ANFAO put CSE front and center in 2024
Just a few weeks before the opening of Mido 2024, we sat down with Giovanni Vitaloni, president of the event, to talk about what exhibitors and visitors should expect for this next edition but also more generally about current and future strategic focus areas for the organizers. In the second ...
