All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 16
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Britain's Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has signed a contract...
Britain's Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) has signed a contract with the Mark Allen Group (MAG), the new owner of the Optician magazine, for the organization of the Optrafair show until the year 2020. FMO said it signed the deal after a successful edition of the trade show in Birmingham ...
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Registration is open for the Vision Expo West, running in...
Registration is open for the Vision Expo West, running in Las Vegas on Sept. 15-17. A $25 discount on the registration fee will apply if the booking takes place by Aug. 18.
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Invu by Swiss Eyewear Group participated in the final show...
Invu by Swiss Eyewear Group participated in the final show of Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) on the occasion of the fourth edition of the Swiss Cross Textile Award both as a partner and as a member of the jury. The event was held at the National Science and Technology ...
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The Silmo Academy plans to award a €10,000 grant to...
The Silmo Academy plans to award a €10,000 grant to a research project in the field of optics and science during its 2016 scientific symposium. Proposals for the grant may be submitted up to Sept. 6 by any individual or team doing research in these fields and living in the ...
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Exhibitors registered to participate in the next Opti show in...
Exhibitors registered to participate in the next Opti show in Munich are invited by its organizers to a series of preparation workshops in Munich and on the internet to help them maximize their presence at the fair. They can sign up before June 14 for an all-day seminar that will ...
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A new Indian trade show, In-Optics 2016, will be held...
A new Indian trade show, In-Optics 2016, will be held in Kolkata on Aug. 13-15. It will be hosted by RSD Expositions, a sister company of The Indian Optician, and The Calcutta Optical Association. RSD has reported more than 14,000 visitors at Optics India, the show it organized in Mumbai ...
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The Association of Optometrists (AOP) in the U.K. has decided...
The Association of Optometrists (AOP) in the U.K. has decided to expand the annual AOP Awards ceremony and to run it on Sunday, Feb. 5 next year at the ExCel exhibition center alongside the now three-year-old 100% Optical show in London. The AOP Awards were previously held during the National ...
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The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show and...
The organizers of the International Vision Expo East show and conference have reported more than 16,000 attendees at the event, matching the record levels attained in 2012 and 2014, when they topped 16,800. Excluding sponsors, exhibitors and their staff, the number of visitors had dropped to 15,504 in March 2015. ...
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Doug Perkins, the founder of Specsavers, has been confirmed as...
Doug Perkins, the founder of Specsavers, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for Optrafair 2016, which will be held at the Birmingham NEC on April 9-11. He will address visitors on the opening Saturday of the show. Perkins co-founded Specsavers with his wife Mary in 1984. The optical retail ...
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Vision Expo East will be offering new lounge space for...
Vision Expo East will be offering new lounge space for its visitors next month. The upcoming edition of the trade show, which will take place in New York on April 15-17, will feature the new “Take 30” lounges, providing Wi-Fi hotspots, charging stations, access to food and beverages, and a ...
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The organizers of the recent 100% Optical trade show, held...
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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Silmo is apparently extending further its international reach with the...
Silmo is apparently extending further its international reach with the planned launch of Silmo Sydney in February 2017. We hope to get more information on this at Mido tomorrow. At its second session last December, Silmo Istanbul registered a 12.9 percent increase in visitors, comprising 8,405 Turkish professionals and 565 ...
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Mido's president, Cirillo Marcolin, says that the trade show opening...
Mido's president, Cirillo Marcolin, says that the trade show opening in Milan tomorrow had to add exhibit space to accommodate confirmed exhibitors as well as 106 new companies. The big news at the fair will be the launch of More!, a satellite area of the Design Lab, connected to it ...
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The Visual Expo show in Hammamet, Tunisia, has confirmed its...
The Visual Expo show in Hammamet, Tunisia, has confirmed its schedule for March 11-15, 2016. On the other hand, the organizers of the Optics Eurasia fair have cancelled this year's edition of the show, due to be held in Novosibirsk next November. Only six exhibitors participated in the last edition ...
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Attendance grew by 12.9 percent at last month's Silmo Istanbul...
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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Registration has opened for the 30th edition of the International...
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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Essilor, Birmingham Optical and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)...
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 Actman ...
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Essilor and other companies in the lens segment were heavily...
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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Eyezone, the optical magazine from Kuwait, opened a school for...
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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The organizers of Silmo have signed a partnership with Premiere...
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 ...
