All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 14

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    The organizers of the recent 100% Optical trade show, held...

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the recent 100% Optical trade show, held in London on Feb. 6-8, are very happy with the results. They report a 20 percent increase in total attendance and a 20 percent increase in the surface rented to more than 200 exhibitors. Opening hours were extended on Sunday ...

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    The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere Classe, the international trade show for fashion accessories that takes place twice a year in Paris and which is also organized by Comexposium. Under the terms of this agreement, Premiere Classe will feature a dedicated 300-square meter Silmo-branded space for ...

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    Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for optometrists in Kuwait three months ago. More than 50 students have already registered for the Eyezone Institute of Opticionary. A total of about 200 students are expected to have registered by the end of the year. Ali Banddor, founder of ...

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    Essilor and other companies in the lens segment were heavily...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Essilor and other companies in the lens segment were heavily represented at the Mido show in Milan last year. Essilor, which had stayed out of the trade show a few years ago, concentrated last year on its instruments. The French group is returning to the Milan fair at the end ...

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    Essilor, Birmingham Optical and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Essilor, Birmingham Optical and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) have agreed to participate in the 100% Optical show being staged a few days from now in London. They will join other newcomers including De Rigo Vision, Charmant and Specsavers. Walter Herbert, the new line of the Optoplast ...

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    Registration has opened for the 30th edition of the International...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Registration has opened for the 30th edition of the International Vision Expo Conference East, scheduled for April 14-17 in New York, on its website

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    Attendance grew by 12.9 percent at last month's Silmo Istanbul...

    2016-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Attendance grew by 12.9 percent at last month's Silmo Istanbul show. The joint organizers, Comexposium and 24 Saat Ajans, reported a total of 8,405 professionals from Turkey and 565 delegates from other countries. More than 100 exhibitors, mainly from Turkey, occupied 8,000 square meters of space at the Istanbul Expo ...

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    The organizers of Mido have announced the addition of a...

    2015-12-28T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Mido have announced the addition of a new satellite area to showcase creators of artisan eyewear, creative technology and innovation at the Feb. 27-29 edition of the Milan trade show. Called “More!” it will be located inside the Mido Design Lab. The initiative was presented by Mido's ...

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    The 100% Optical show, taking place in London on Feb....

    2015-12-28T00:00:00Z

    The 100% Optical show, taking place in London on Feb. 6-8 for the third year in a row, will feature a new Contact Lens hub, fashion shows and conferences. It will also showcase the prototypes of three young designers picked from the Royal College of Art in a dedicated ...

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    The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of the Opti show, which is scheduled to be held in Munich on Jan. 5-17, are proposing that prospective visitors should register online, saving money in the process, and go through the online catalog of the fair to prepare their itinerary through the stands. Lucrative deals are available ...

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    Works by the finalists and winners of the Autofocus art...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Works by the finalists and winners of the Autofocus art competition, sponsored by Vanni, were on display on Nov. 5-8 in Turin during The Others, a fair dedicated to emerging art and research. Vanni's initiative is aimed to promote young artists of any nationality and language area and to reward ...

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    More than 100 companies representing about 500 brands are due...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    More than 100 companies representing about 500 brands are due to show at Silmo Istanbul on Dec. 13-15. Exhibiting on 16,000 square meters in the Istanbul Expo Center, they are addressing buyers from Turkey as well as the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Silmo Paris is ...

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    Vision Monday is opening registration for next year's 10th Global...

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Vision Monday is opening registration for next year's 10th Global Leadership Summit, which will take place on April 13 at the Times Center in New York. Experts from the fields of neuroscience, telemedicine, artificial intelligence, wearable technology, retailing, economics and eye care will participate in an interactive program called “BrainStorm.” ...

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    The next Opti show, due to take place in Munich...

    2015-10-26T00:00:00Z

    The next Opti show, due to take place in Munich on Jan. 15-17, will feature a new area in Hall C1 to accommodate independent fashion labels, called !HOT for Home of Optic Talent. Also in Hall C1, the number of “opti boxes” for newcomers to the sector will be increased ...

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    Vision X, the international eyewear show planned to take place...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Vision X, the international eyewear show planned to take place in Dubai on Dec. 6-8, will feature an expanded Style Atelier area for designer brands. Last December, 4,268 unique visitors attended the exhibition, which hosted more than 250 brands. It will also have conferences on retailing. According to the organizers, ...

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    IOFT, the international eyewear show organized by Reed Exhibitions...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    IOFT, the international eyewear show organized by Reed Exhibitions in Tokyo, will feature an enlarge dedicated area for sunglasses, with more than 160 brands from all over the world, at its upcoming Oct. 6-8 edition

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    Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Silmo is celebrating its new brand identity with the return of three big players - Safilo (Hall 6-J 072), Charmant (Hall 6-J 088) and Johnson Johnson (Hall 5a-L 007) - to the big international eyewear show starting in Paris' Villepinte fairgrounds tomorrow. More than 1,350 brands are going ...

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    DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    DaTE, the avantgarde eyewear fair, will return to Milan on Oct. 10-12, hosting more than 100 brands in a space in the Mall, located in the futuristic new district of Porta Nuova

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    The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The Vision Council will hold its new annual Executive Summit on Jan. 27-29, 2016 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Orlando, Florida

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    International Vision Expo & Conference has launched VisionariesCommunity.com, a new...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    International Vision Expo Conference has launched VisionariesCommunity.com, a new social sharing, networking and information portal for the Vision Expo community of eyecare professionals. Users can also use it to post unique or sourced content, audio, video and images, share content to Twitter, Facebook and Google+, and post questions ...