All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 18

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    If you are visiting the International Vision Expo fair in...

    2015-03-18T00:00:00Z

    If you are visiting the International Vision Expo fair in New York and are interested in design, you may want to attend a panel discussion on the subject from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM at The Galleria, followed by a reception with the participating eyewear designers until 6:30 PM. The ...

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    The organizers of Mido, the international trade show starting in...

    2015-02-27T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Mido, the international trade show starting in Milan tomorrow, have reported a 10 percent increase in the total exhibition space that has been rented out, as compared to last year. While others have pulled out, 150 companies will be new at the fair. As previously reported, the ...

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    Bettina Reiter is the new manager of the International Trade...

    2015-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Bettina Reiter is the new manager of the International Trade Show for Optics & Design in Munich, also known as Opti. At GHM, the organizer of the show, she replaces Melanie Binder, who held this position since the middle of 2013. Reiter, 50, has worked for several B2B and B2C ...

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    Brille & Co., the trade show for the northern German...

    2015-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Brille & Co., the trade show for the northern German market staged in Dortmund on Jan. 17-18, welcomed about 100 exhibitors and 2,100 visitors. The next show will be held on Aug. 22-23.

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    Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear show, is moving to new and...

    2015-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Abióptica, the Brazilian eyewear show, is moving to new and larger premises in the Transamérica Expo Center of Sao Paulo for its 13th edition on April 15-18. The show has been overbooked for many years because of growing demand for exhibition space from the market, which has risen by 89 ...

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    International Vision Expo East has announced that for 2015, The...

    2015-02-27T00:00:00Z

    International Vision Expo East has announced that for 2015, The Galleria and The Underground will be elevated to a new location on level three, taking over the south side of the exhibition floor. The move will include a special entrance, décor treatments created for the frame pavilions and a new ...

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    The next Mido fair in Milan, which is scheduled to...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2015-01-23T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-12-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-12-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-12-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-12-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-12-22T00:00:00Z

    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...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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,...

    2014-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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 ...