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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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ArticleDaTE participation up 50% vs. 2020
The last edition of the DaTE trade fair, which was held in Florence, Italy, from Sept. 11 to 13, brought a feeling of recovery of the international market as compared to the 2020 show when the Covid-19 vaccination campaign was yet to start. A total of 90 companies showcased their ...
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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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ArticleMIDO to transition to hybrid format following digital edition
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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ArticleMIDO presents its digital edition
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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Vision Expo East upbeat about its 2021 edition
The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions , joint organizers of the Vision Expo eyewear trade shows, seem upbeat about the next edition of Vision Expo East , which should be the first major industry event to take place since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially planned to ...
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Opti organizers give 2022 update
Klaus Paschka and Bettina Reiter , respectively managing director of Gesellschaft für Handwerkmessen (GHM) and exhibition director of opti , gave an update on April 15 about the next edition of the German trade fair in the form of a corporate interview on the show’s website. After a ...
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ArticleMido 2021 goes digital
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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ArticleVision Expo, 100% Optical change plans
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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ArticleHow Covid-19 has impacted companies’ trade show budgets
It has become commonplace to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated trends that were already underway with the digitalization of the economy and society in general. Trade shows have been one the sectors most affected by the phenomenon as restrictions on travel and mass events worldwide prompted ...
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ArticleMore than 6,000 participants at the IOFT Tokyo show
Due to the relatively low impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Japan so far, the international IOFT show was able to take place from Oct. 27 to 29. The co-organizers, Reed Exhibitions and the Fukui Optical Association , have just announced that 5,688 visitors and 146 ...
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ArticleOpti2021 cancelled over Covid-19
Opti2021 , which was scheduled Jan. 8-10, 2021, in Stuttgart, has been cancelled because of the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic. “This decision was a result of rising infection rates, travel restrictions and feedback from the industry,” said the organizer of the German trade show, GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen ...
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ArticleMido postponed to June 5-7, 2021
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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ArticleEyewear market seen normalizing driven by prescription frames
The eyewear industry started picking up in June after the easing of Covid-19 related lockdown measures in some key markets. It is expected to gradually return to past levels, underpinned by pent-up demand for ophthalmic eyewear. A phenomenon, that has prompted manufacturers to focus on prescription frames.
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Silmo Paris announces its Silmo d’Or awards online
In spite of the cancellation of this year’s edition of the show, the organizers of Silmo Paris have decided to proceed with some parts of their usual program, including the annual distribution of the Silmo d’Or awards. However, instead of the usual festive event, the Silmo d’Or laureates were ...
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ArticleTokyo IOFT confirmed, reaches out to international brands
Encouraged by the local industry’s support, a return to a normal level of retail activity and the fact that trade shows in other sectors have recently taken place in Japan, the organizers of the Tokyo IOFT eyewear show have confirmed that this year’s edition would take place as scheduled ...
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ArticleSilmo Paris is cancelled but goes on tour
The organizers of Silmo Paris have announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition, scheduled for Oct. 2-5, following in the footsteps of Vision Expo Wes t most recently and of all other major trade shows this year since February. The decision was jointly taken by the Silmo executive ...
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ArticleUK industry unites around 100% Optical after Optrafair cancellation
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) , together with the show organizer MA Exhibitions , have decided to cancel Optrafair 2020 , which was due to take place Sept 19-21, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, due to the continued uncertainty surrounding events as a result of the ...
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ArticleVision Expo West cancelled due to Covid-19 uncertainty
The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions , the organizers of Vision Expo , have decided to cancel Vision Expo West 2020 , that was scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Sept. 23 to 26 due to ongoing concern about the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes ...
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DaTE trade show plans to go ahead in September
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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