All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 22
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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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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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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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According to preliminary figures, last month's edition of the International...
According to preliminary figures, last month's edition of the International Vision Expo East fair in New York attracted nearly 15,500 attendees from more than 90 countries, which would compare with 16,317 a year ago. The organizer, Reed Exhibitions, will provide more accurate attendance figures after an independent audit later this ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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On March 1, the day before the start of Mido,...
On March 1, the day before the start of Mido, Jörg Spangemacher and his trade magazine MAFO, short for Manufacturers Forum, will host an annual conference for the international optical industry in Milan. Industry professionals from the U.S., Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. will discuss modern technologies for the production ...
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Some 23,000 industry professionals from over 60 countries are expected...
Some 23,000 industry professionals from over 60 countries are expected at Opti 2013, which will take place on Jan. 25-27 in Munich. Many exhibitors are reacting to the large number of international visitors, which has been growing over the years, by providing adequate multi-language services. For example, 15 languages will ...
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Altogether 629 exhibitors, whose offerings included those of 166 international...
Altogether 629 exhibitors, whose offerings included those of 166 international brands, presented their new products and technologies at the Hong Kong Optical Fair, HKTDC, which took place on Nov. 7- 9 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, encompassing 25,000 sqm. A total of 12,836 visitors came this year ...
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Many Italian visitors will be able to travel to the next Mido...
Many Italian visitors will be able to travel to the next Mido show in Milan by train free of charge. On Sunday March 3, the second day of the Italian fair, which closes on March 4, people will be able to take a train directly to the showground. The organizers have hired a ...
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The upcoming Odma 2013 trade show in Australia has already...
The upcoming Odma 2013 trade show in Australia has already allocated 90 percent of its floor space more than 10 months before the event, which is scheduled to take place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre at Southbank on July 5-7 next year. That translates into 90 percent of ...
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This year's edition of the IOFT show, which was held...
This year's edition of the IOFT show, which was held in Tokyo on Oct. 22-24, featured 520 exhibitors and 14,389 visitors. The previous edition, in October 2011, attracted 521 exhibitors and 16,292 buyers. The trade show mainly targets the Japanese market, but according to its organizers, it is increasingly becoming ...
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The “Nation of Fashion” exhibition, which was inaugurated at the...
The “Nation of Fashion” exhibition, which was inaugurated at the Krasny Oktyabr site in the center of Moscow on Nov. 7, celebrates the Italian eyewear industry. The exhibition is the third step of Exhibitaly, a larger project aimed at promoting the key sectors of Made in Italy in Russia, organized ...
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Contrary to the information in the 2013 international calendar of...
Contrary to the information in the 2013 international calendar of optical trade shows sent to you, next year's edition of the Indian In-Optics fair will take place next Feb. 2-4 in New Delhi, not in Mumbai. It will feature 200 exhibition booths on 10,000 square meters. Out of these, 1,000 ...
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Registrations have opened for The Vision Council's 2013 Executive Summit,...
Registrations have opened for The Vision Council's 2013 Executive Summit, the annual event bringing together industry leaders around the latest trends in the sector. The upcoming edition of the summit will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 16-18. Organizers expect more than 250 top ...
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Rodenstock invited clients, distributors and the press to its biannual...
Rodenstock invited clients, distributors and the press to its biannual conference at its new headquarters in Munich. As Rodenstock did not exhibit at this year's Silmo show in Paris, it demonstrated its new eyewear collections to 100 international guests during the order event in Munich. In addition to product news, ...
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The Eye Show, the new international eyewear show planned for...
The Eye Show, the new international eyewear show planned for next Feb. 12-14 in London, reports that Marchon has agreed to be one the exhibitors, as well as sponsor of the Champagne Bar at the fair and a participant in its catwalk show. Other important companies that are planning to ...
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The 22nd edition of the annual Tour Auto Optic 2000,...
The 22nd edition of the annual Tour Auto Optic 2000, scheduled for Apr. 22-27 next year, will see two new sponsors joining the Optic 2000 chain: the private Edmond de Rothschild bank and a Swiss watchmaker, Hublot. A combination of tourism and motor racing, the event continues the tradition of ...
