All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 21
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The recent IOFT show in Tokyo received a total of...
The recent IOFT show in Tokyo received a total of 13,801 visits daily over its three-day duration, which compares with 14,389 a year ago. Fleye and Oko Eyewear reported receiving awards at the show in the women's and children's categories. IOFT also announced the following Grand Prix winners: Taniguchi Optical, ...
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GHM, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich since...
GHM, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich since 2009, plans to organize a new eyewear event in Istanbul next year. The event, which is going to be called LOOK Istanbul – Design Optics Order Show, will be held on May 16- 17 in the Turkish metropolis. Frame manufacturers ...
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The HKTDC Hong Kong Optical Fair, which is opening its...
The HKTDC Hong Kong Optical Fair, which is opening its doors on Wednesday, will feature two new zones for reading glasses and “3D & Kids Eyewear.” It will have a record of 650 eyewear exhibitors from 24 countries and regions. Exhibitors from Israel, Macau, New Zealand and Thailand will show ...
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Reed Exhibitions and The Vision Council, organizers of the International…
Reed Exhibitions and The Vision Council, organizers of the International Vision Expo East and West shows in the U.S., announced a multi-year partnership with the British Contact Lens Association to develop a Global Contact Lens Forum, which will make its debut next March 26 and 27 during the fair in ...
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Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the...
Essilor had previously announced that it would exhibit at the Opti show in Munich every other year, but it has changed its mind. It will be among other major players at the Jan. 10-12 edition of the fair including Luxottica or Safilo, which are not showing at every international fair. ...
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The 25th edition of the Vision Expo West show in...
The 25th edition of the Vision Expo West show in Las Vegas reported a 5 percent increase in overall attendance last month as compared to its previous session in 2012. A total of around 13,000 visitors from 89 countries went to the fair, which hosted more than 425 exhibitors. Next ...
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Starting tomorrow, the Silmo show near Paris' Charles de Gaulle...
Starting tomorrow, the Silmo show near Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport will welcome visitors to new spaces designed to provide more information about exhibiting brands and the style trends. A “Fashion Style” area in Hall 6 will show the combination of clothing with eyewear on a podium through about 100 ...
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As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is...
As every year, Spectaris, the German optical industry association, is organizing its Trend Forum in Berlin. This year's Trend Forum, to be held on Nov. 11, will be tackling the subject of improving sales, with experts from the industry and sales experts providing visitors with tips and tricks, which can ...
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The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next...
The online ticket sale for Opti 2014, to be held next Jan. 10-12 in Munich, has just started. Visitors can check on the English website opti.de/en for additional information about the fair and how to get there. Tickets are €7 cheaper online than at the show. Lufthansa is offering discounts of up ...
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The organizers of Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry fair...
The organizers of Expoóptica, the international optics and optometry fair in Madrid, have introduced a series of new features for its upcoming edition, aimed at raising the fair's profile. The first change involves the dates of the trade show. In order to adapt to the international fair calendar, and following ...
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Melanie Binder has replaced Claudia Weidner as manager of the...
Melanie Binder has replaced Claudia Weidner as manager of the Opti trade show in Munich at GHM, the association that owns the fair. The organizers of the show have decided to raise the number of Opti Boxes from eight to ten to give a place at an affordable price to ...
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The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has reported new records...
The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) has reported new records at its latest exhibition and convention in Manchester last June 6-9. It was attended by 1,242 delegates, up from 1,203 a year ago. They included 100 sponsored first-time attendees. The U.K. contingent remained the largest with 471 people, and the ...
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After a long absence, a couple of major Italian companies...
After a long absence, a couple of major Italian companies are coming back to Silmo next Sept. 26-29 along with one of the three major suppliers of contact lenses, CooperVision. Marcolin's new management has agreed to take a stand of 100 square meters in Hall 6 for its newly licensed ...
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Lola González has become the manager responsible for Expoóptica, the...
Lola González has become the manager responsible for Expoóptica, the Spanish eyewear show in Madrid. She has been with Ifema, which organizes this and many other trade and consumer shoes in the Spanish capital, since 1991. She was previously involved in the promotion of Spanish tourism.
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Media 10, which wants to organize a new 100% Optical...
Media 10, which wants to organize a new 100% Optical show in London next Feb. 16-18, says it has signed a five-year deal with the ExCel exhibition center to host it annually for the next five years until 2018. The proposed show, which takes place of the still-born Eye Show, ...
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Wearlite, a Swiss lens manufacturer, won this year's Swiss Innovation...
Wearlite, a Swiss lens manufacturer, won this year's Swiss Innovation Prize, awarded by Idee-Suisse, a non-profit organization for the promotion of innovation and the management of innovative concepts. Idee-Suisse said it was rewarding Wearlite's sustainable technologies for the manufacture of lenses. They are made with energy-efficient and environmentally friendly processes ...
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Eyewear will have its place for the first time at...
Eyewear will have its place for the first time at the Tortona Design Week, a series of consumer-oriented events held in Milan during the big annual International Furniture Fair. Fifteen Italian and foreign eyewear producers including Alain Mikli, Charmant, Oliver Peoples, Silhouette, The Quiet Before (see the related article on ...
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The recent edition of the Mido trade show recorded a...
The recent edition of the Mido trade show recorded a 3 percent increase to about 43,000 in the total number of visitors as compared to one year ago. There was growth in the number of Italian and foreign visitors, but the latter represented 60 percent of the total attendance, up ...
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With the new backing from The Vision Council, the European...
With the new backing from The Vision Council, the European Sunglass Association is resuming its traditional annual convention. It will also be open to non-members and there will be no registration charges. This time it will take place next May 23-24 at the Marriott Praia D'el Rey in Portugal. ...
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Marcolin has entrusted the Luz photo agency with the production...
Marcolin has entrusted the Luz photo agency with the production of 15 images taken by 15 different photographers in the world to show different realities of arts and crafts of excellence, associating them with its own penchant for craftsmanship. The photos are on display at the Sguardi d'Atelier exhibition at ...
