All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 16
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The next Mido fair in Milan, which is scheduled to...
The next Mido fair in Milan, which is scheduled to run from Feb. 28 through March 2, will feature two novelties - the Bestore project and the LabAcademy theme area. All owners of stores, concept stores and outlets in the optical retail sector around the world are invited to take ...
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IOFT, the international optical fair in Tokyo, has decided to...
IOFT, the international optical fair in Tokyo, has decided to move its dates to Oct.6-8, 2015. It will start on a Tuesday rather than a Wednesday. It took the organizers, Reed Exhibitions Japan, two months to negotiate the new schedule with the Tokyo Big Sight venue. The change of dates ...
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The organizers of White, the trade show held for contemporary...
The organizers of White, the trade show held for contemporary fashion designers during the Milan Fashion Week on Jan. 17-19, report a satisfactory level of attendance at its White Glasses section, which hosted ten brands including AM Eyewear, Andy Wolf Eywear, ic! Berlin and Maki Sunglasses, among others. The total ...
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The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) and the U.K. Federation...
The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) and the U.K. Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) have agreed to become association partners of Optrafair for its next edition in Birmingham on Apr. 18-20
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A Beatles-inspired social program has been announced for the upcoming...
A Beatles-inspired social program has been announced for the upcoming Clinical Conference and Exhibition in Liverpool, on May 29-31. The president of the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), which is organizing the event, said a Beatles theme will be the highlight of the Gala Dinner and Industry Awards in the ...
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The first Silmoistanbul fair hosted 95 exhibitors, including ten foreign...
The first Silmoistanbul fair hosted 95 exhibitors, including ten foreign participants, who presented about 500 brands. Held in Istanbul last Dec. 11-14, it was attended by 2,976 opticians, 600 foreign visitors and students from three universities. Including the exhibitors, it clocked 12,524 entries. As reported, the fair had been organized ...
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The Opti show in Munich attracted a total of 25,850...
The Opti show in Munich attracted a total of 25,850 daily visits between Jan. 9 and 11, up from the figures of around 24,000 reported by its organizers for the 2014 edition. The visitors, 88.3 percent of whom came from countries belonging to the European Union, placed orders worth more ...
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The European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of...
The European Federation of National Associations and International Companies of Contact Lenses (Euromcontact) and Gino Van Ossel, a retail and marketing expert at the Vlerick Business School in Belgium, presented a simulation toolkit they have developed to help eye care professionals (ECPs) promote the wearer's loyalty, at a seminar in ...
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Brille & Co., the trade show in Dortmund, will be...
Brille & Co., the trade show in Dortmund, will be held a week earlier than in previous years and will take place on Jan. 17-18 in the exhibition center of the northern German city. A total of 90 exhibitors had signed up for the show by November and will present ...
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A total of 4,268 visitors attended the Vision-X trade show...
A total of 4,268 visitors attended the Vision-X trade show in Dubai on Nov. 25-27, up from 4,027 a year ago. More than 150 exhibitors from 26+ countries presented their products and technologies for the wider Middle East market. For the first time, Vision-X also offered for the first time ...
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Mido was rewarded at the 2014 “Exhibitionist Awards” (sic) in...
Mido was rewarded at the 2014 “Exhibitionist Awards” (sic) in Milan with the prize for the best special area, which went to the 2014 Fashion District project, designed by the Cavalletti & Pagliariccio studio and built by Nolostand. The project was selected for its innovative solutions, including the digital processing ...
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The Jan. 9-11 edition of the Opti show in Munich...
The Jan. 9-11 edition of the Opti show in Munich will showcase smart glass applications and other visions of the future from Fittingbox, Rochester Optical, Trylive and Vuzix in a “Vision 3.0” tunnel between Halls C2 and C3 at the trade show. A German consultant, Michael Pfiffner, will comment on ...
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Schneider and other manufacturers of optical equipment will show for...
Schneider and other manufacturers of optical equipment will show for the first time at the Opti fair in Munich next Jan. 9-11. There will also be Opti Boxes for 12 start-up companies - seven from Italy, two from France, two from Germany and one from Switzerland. Two of them, Hapter ...
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Vision-X, the largest optical trade show in the Middle East,...
Vision-X, the largest optical trade show in the Middle East, reported last month on a 30 percent increase in the number of pre-registered visitors for this year's edition, scheduled in Dubai for Nov. 25-27. One of the exhibitors, the Hakim Group from the U.K., is planning to hold one-on-one sessions ...
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Kirk & Kirk, the new brand of Jason and Karen...
Kirk & Kirk, the new brand of Jason and Karen Kirk, won the Gold Newcomer Award at the recent edition of the Hall of Frames in Zurich. Silver went to Vava, a company in Berlin, and bronze to Tarian, the brand of Jeremy Tarian, who is the son of Alain ...
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The organizers of 100% Optical, the new annual eyewear trade...
The organizers of 100% Optical, the new annual eyewear trade show in London, report that it will be 30 percent bigger at next edition, scheduled for Feb. 7-9. It will feature expanded equipment and lens sections and back-to-back fashion shows, in addition to the conferences of the British Association of ...
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Morel's retrospective exhibition at the Eyewear Museum of Morez, which...
Morel's retrospective exhibition at the Eyewear Museum of Morez, which opened in April, is stretching its duration until Nov. 30 due strong interest by visitors
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Vision-X, Middle East's largest optical trade show, will have much...
Vision-X, Middle East's largest optical trade show, will have much higher participation this year in Dubai, on Nov- 25-27, as the 15th edition of the event is preparing to host 125 new exhibitors, doubling the numbers to more than 250. The increase in the number of participating companies will bring ...
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The Vision Expo West fair in Las Vegas closed on...
The Vision Expo West fair in Las Vegas closed on Sept. 30 with more than 12,500 attendees, according to preliminary figures. It featured more than 450 brands. The annual New Product Showcase picked three winners. They were, in order, Amphibia Sports, Avantek Eyewear by Hoya and Specs of Wood.
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Flair is part of the “handmade in Germany” art exhibition,...
Flair is part of the “handmade in Germany” art exhibition, which presents a selection of contemporary high-quality products manufactured in Germany. Exhibitors include world-renowned luxury brands, manufacturers, individual designers and art studios. The exhibition, which will tour around the world for two years, opened on Sept. 19 in the St. ...