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An American professor, Sarita Soni, will be one of the...
An American professor, Sarita Soni, will be one of the speakers at the Silmo Academy during the Silmo fair in Paris on Sept. 28 and 29. Together with other leading specialists in the field, she will coordinate a scientific symposium on “eye strain,” particularly among children and young adults. In ...
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Bernard Maitenaz, inventor of the progressive lens and chairman and...
Bernard Maitenaz, inventor of the progressive lens and chairman and chief executive of Essilor from 1980 to 1991, received the prestigious Apollo Award at this year's 117th Annual American Optometric Association Congress. The Apollo Award honors individuals or organizations for distinguished service to the visual welfare of the public. In 1959, ...
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More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended...
More than 50 vision industry professionals from 11 countries attended the first convention of the new European Sunglass Committee of the Vision Council in Budapest last month. The convention had been previously organized directly by the former European Sunglass Association, which merged into the Vision Council in October 2012. Besides ...
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The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called...
The organizers of Mido are launching a new project, called Pop-Eye, in connection with the Pitti Uomo show in Florence on June 17-20. It will be a dedicated eyewear section of the menswear fair, intended to persuade the more sophisticated buyers to add eyewear to their lifestyle offerings. Carolin Abram, ...
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The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC,...
The first congress for contact lenses in Germany, named DCC, welcomed a total of 542 participants from Austria, Switzerland and Germany. The event was organized by Spectaris, the German optical industry association, in cooperation with ten companies from the German contact lens industry on May 25-26 in Munich. It was ...
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More than 4,600 people showed up at the first edition...
More than 4,600 people showed up at the first edition of Optrafair London on April 11-13. More than 160 firms participated in the event, presenting some 500 brands, and many of them expressed satisfaction, including some that had already exhibited at the new 100% Optical fair in February. Officials of ...
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The recent edition of International Vision Expo & Conference East...
The recent edition of International Vision Expo & Conference East in New York attracted at least 6 percent more visitors than a year ago, according to preliminary data. Reed says that attendance was driven at Vision Expo by exclusive programs developed for specific segments of the ophthalmic profession such as ...
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The British Contact Lens Association will hold a clinical conference...
The British Contact Lens Association will hold a clinical conference and an exhibition in Birmingham on June 6-9. The exhibition will feature more than 40 stands. An exhibition-only preview and a drinks reception will be held on the first day.
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The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition...
The organizers of Out of Mido described its second edition last April 8-13 as an enormous success. Almost 18,000 consumers and retailers visited a showroom in downtown Milan where 15 companies displayed highly creative eyewear styles during the big International Furniture Fair in the city. The exhibitors included companies such ...
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More than 60 companies are going to participate in the...
More than 60 companies are going to participate in the Expoóptica fair in Madrid on Apr. 4-6, which will coincide with an international scientific convention on optometry, contact lenses and ophthalmic optics
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The Silmo trade show in Paris is changing its four-day...
The Silmo trade show in Paris is changing its four-day schedule to start on a Friday rather than on a Thursday, hoping to attract more professional visitors on Monday, when stores are closed in France. It will run from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29. The location of various industry segments ...
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The Vision Council and its recently formed European Sunglass Committee...
The Vision Council and its recently formed European Sunglass Committee (ex European Sunglass Association) have opened registrations for their annual spring conference. After the successful event in Portugal in May 2013, this year's convention will be held in Budapest on May 15-16. The presentations and debates will cover topics such ...
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The organizers of the Mido fair in Milan have reported...
The organizers of the Mido fair in Milan have reported an increase of 5.4 percent in the total number of visitors at its latest edition at the beginning of this month as compared to one year ago. More than 45,000 people visited the trade show and about 25,000 came from ...
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The organizers of the new 100% Optical fair in London...
The organizers of the new 100% Optical fair in London say that it is “here to stay” after it welcomed a total of 5,483 professional visitors including 250 buyers from major retail accounts including Specsavers and Vision Express. More than 3,200 attended its education sessions. A 3D Frame Factory was ...
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International Vision Expo East will welcome more than 100 affiliate...
International Vision Expo East will welcome more than 100 affiliate partners and alumni groups at its new Education & Partner Pavilion, which will open for the first time at this year's edition of the trade show, to be held on March 26-30 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New ...
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Ital-Lenti has announced that this year's theme for its participation...
Ital-Lenti has announced that this year's theme for its participation at Mido will be “Colors&Co – Conversazioni tra i sensi.” The concept embodies the idea of the dominance of vision over the other senses, combined with an emphasis on the key role of the color, which enables us to create ...
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Hoya has decided not to exhibit at the next Silmo...
Hoya has decided not to exhibit at the next Silmo fair in Paris and to privilege instead the organization of local events with opticians
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The projected “Look Istanbul - Design Optics Order Show” will...
The projected “Look Istanbul - Design Optics Order Show” will not take place this year. GHM, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich since 2009, had planned to organize a new eyewear event in Istanbul on May, 5. Although frame manufacturers from Germany expressed their desire for a trade ...
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The forthcoming edition of Mido, running from March 1 to...
The forthcoming edition of Mido, running from March 1 to 3 in Milan, will have 121 more exhibitors than last time. While some are new to the show, others are former exhibitors who have chosen to return. The latter include Essilor, Rodenstock, Logo and Sama. The organizers of Mido have ...
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The Hong Kong Optical Fair reports an 8 percent increase...
The Hong Kong Optical Fair reports an 8 percent increase in the number of buyers to 14,000 for its last edition of Nov. 6-8, compared with the previous one. Most of the buyers came from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, the U.S., Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Australia. The organizers noted major ...
