All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 10

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    Luxexcel is holding a webinar on Nov. 7 to show...

    2019-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Luxexcel is holding a webinar on Nov. 7 to show that its 3D printing technology can create special glasses, including readers, with a cosmetic appeal and a significant reduction in lens thickness, curvature and weight

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    Copenhagen Specs, the Danish designer eyewear show, is going to...

    2019-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Copenhagen Specs, the Danish designer eyewear show, is going to stage a new session in Barcelona next year, again with support of Silmo. The new Copenhagen Specs Barcelona fair will be held in the Italian pavilion of the Montjuc fairgrounds on May 9-10. With Silmo's support and that of other ...

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    In a preliminary release, the organizers of the Silmo Paris...

    2019-11-04T00:00:00Z

    In a preliminary release, the organizers of the Silmo Paris trade show report a 2.5 percent increase in attendance to a total of 35,888 visitors, 56 percent of whom came from outside France. The show hosted 970 exhibitors this time, or five more than last year. The next edition of ...

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    100% Optical, the largest optical trade show in the U.K.,...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    100% Optical, the largest optical trade show in the U.K., is expected to attract more than 9,000 British and international visitors and more than 200 exhibitors for its seventh year. The event will take place at ExCeL London on Jan. 25-27, 2020. The 2020 show will see the launch of ...

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    The second edition of Copenhagen Specs Berlin, the German edition...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The second edition of Copenhagen Specs Berlin, the German edition of an eyewear trade show that took place for the first time six years ago in the Danish capital, will be held on Oct. 5-6 in Berlin, with the cooperation of Silmo Paris. Visiting the show is free of charge. ...

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    The organizers of DaTE, the small four-year-old designer eyewear show...

    2019-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of DaTE, the small four-year-old designer eyewear show in Florence, plan to stage an international event in Milan next spring about the culture that surrounds the world of eyewear. The most recent edition of the Florence show, which ended on Sept. 25, saw a small drop in exhibitors ...

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    DaTE 2019 will celebrate the Orient, with exhibition areas featuring...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    DaTE 2019 will celebrate the Orient, with exhibition areas featuring such names as Yin, Yang, Tao and Zen. This will also recall the origins of the event. Founded in 2013, the trade show was indeed named for a movement that was gaining in popularity in Japan at the time, called ...

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    The Silmo show, scheduled for Sept. 27-30 at Paris Nord...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The Silmo show, scheduled for Sept. 27-30 at Paris Nord Villepinte, will feature the first Silmo Hackathon, in which five international, multidisciplinary teams of five people will spend 24 hours imagining “tomorrow's retail world.” The Hackathon is open to professionals in optics, distribution, merchandising, design, social sciences, marketing and production, ...

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    CooperVision has invited 30 students and three lecturers from the...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    CooperVision has invited 30 students and three lecturers from the Ernst-Abbe University of Jena, Beuth University of Berlin and the Higher Technical School for Ophthalmic Optics of Cologne to the “Center of Innovation” in Budapest on Oct. 31. The one-day event aims to draw students' attention to contact lenses, informing ...

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    As in previous years, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    As in previous years, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is organizing its trend Forum in Berlin. This year's trend Forum, the 17th edition, is scheduled for Nov. 11 and will be addressing the subject of courage. Participants are invited to present their new and innovative ideas in three categories: glasses, contact lenses and marketing ...

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    Christophe Pillet has been named chair of the jury for...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Christophe Pillet has been named chair of the jury for the Silmo D'Or 2019 Awards. In addition to working on hotels, restaurants, office buildings and mansions, the French designer and interior architect has dabbled in the eyewear industry, designing a line of sunglasses for the 75th anniversary of Lacoste in ...

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    Brillen-Profi, a Germany voluntary group of independent opticians, has signed a...

    2019-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Brillen-Profi, a Germany voluntary group of independent opticians, has signed a cooperation agreement with Copenhagen Specs Berlin, the eyewear trade show that debuted on Oct. 20-21, 2018, at the Arena hall, a former bus depot in Berlin-Treptow. It is part of Copenhagen Specs, the eyewear trade show that took place for the first ...

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    100% Optical, the optical trade show in the U.K., has...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    100% Optical, the optical trade show in the U.K., has announced further improvements to its newsfeed service, which provides the latest news about the optical industry, product releases, new technology and more. Thanks to a recent upgrade, the service is now said to be easier to browse. A readily accessible ...

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    Mykita has won the Red Dot award in the product...

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Mykita has won the Red Dot award in the product design category for the “Elgard” frame of its Mykita Lite eyewear collection, which combines two materials, acetate and stainless steel

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    Attendance was up by 2.6 percent overall and by 5...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Attendance was up by 2.6 percent overall and by 5 percent among optical buyers at Vision Expo East 2019, held at the Javits Center in New York City on March 26-29. Of the 14,800 eyecare professionals on hand, about one-third were representing new practices and stores. Meanwhile, on social media, ...

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    The “Silmo Family” keeps growing. The French trade show announced...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The “Silmo Family” keeps growing. The French trade show announced at Mido a partnership with Copenhagen Specs, a small six-year-old Danish show that resembles the Hall of Frames in Zurich, DaTE in Florence and others in Europe and elsewhere. Copenhagen Specs was held in Copenhagen on March 2 and 3, ...

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    Hoya is planning to come back to the Silmo show...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Hoya is planning to come back to the Silmo show in September to introduce a new line of progressive lenses

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    The organizers of the DaTE designer show in Florence have...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the DaTE designer show in Florence have shelved the project of a trade show in Los Angeles due to their failure to attract a sufficient number of exhibitors

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    The traditional MAFO-Conference took place on the eve of the...

    2019-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The traditional MAFO-Conference took place on the eve of the Mido show in Milan in the NH Hotel, across from the fairgrounds. Thirteen speakers offered to the 60 attendees insights into their daily work and the development of production processes in the ophthalmic optic industry under the motto “Technologies of ...

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    On March 20-24, Vision Expo East and Retail Store Tours...

    2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

    On March 20-24, Vision Expo East and Retail Store Tours will be offering three guided tours, each in a different neighborhood, of retail eyewear stores in New York City, overlapping with the trade show itself, scheduled for March 22-24. The Madison Avenue tour, in eastern Midtown, is titled “Bespoke Luxury ...