All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 23
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Unaudited figures from International Vision Expo West, held Sept. 5-8...
Unaudited figures from International Vision Expo West, held Sept. 5-8 in Las Vegas, show that 8,209 people visiting the exhibition hall, about the same figure as last year. Adding in the 3,868 eye care professionals who took advantage of the 350 hours of continuing education, the total number of eye ...
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Charmant, Face à Face, Ic! Berlin, Lindberg and Marius Morel...
Charmant, Face à Face, Ic! Berlin, Lindberg and Marius Morel are among the winners of the annual “Eyewear of the Year” awards handed out by IOFT, the eyewear exhibition due to take place in Tokyo on Oct. 22-24. The management of the fair is expecting 350 premium buyers from other ...
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The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, BMWi, will...
The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, BMWi, will be supporting young and innovative eyewear companies with a special aid program. According to the GMH, organizer of the Opti trade show in Munich, which is being rebranded as Maximeyes Opti, the BMWi will be assuming up to €7,500 of ...
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The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen...
The winners of this year's Silmo d'Or will be chosen by a jury of exports, buyers and journalists among the nominees listed in the chart on the next page. They will be announced during a special gala evening that will be held in the Cité du Cinéma of Saint-Denis, the ...
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This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on...
This year's European Contact Lens Forum seminar will focus on how to increase the penetration rate of contact lenses in Europe. In most European countries, the penetration rate is low compared with Japan and the U.S. The speakers at the forum will explain why and outline what their respective organizations ...
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The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until...
The Silmo show starting in Paris tomorrow will last until midnight on Friday and Saturday to allow some exhibitors to stage events in the evening. The schedule of the shuttles has been expanded. A new smartphone app will allow visitors to check out any information immediately. Silmo will showcase at ...
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This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through...
This week's International Vision Expo West, being held Wednesday through Saturday in Las Vegas, has more of a focus on social media than in previous editions. Twelve hours of its conference courses look at social media and internet marketing, and meet-ups are scheduled so members of online forums can connect ...
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The Eye Show; the new trade fair due to be...
The Eye Show; the new trade fair due to be staged in London next Feb. 12-14, will have a Korea pavillion under an agreement reached with Diops, the Daegu International Optical Show in Korea
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France is setting a group pavilion at the Hong Kong...
France is setting a group pavilion at the Hong Kong Optical Fair next Nov. 7-9
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The 13th edition of Vision-X, the exhibition for the Middle...
The 13th edition of Vision-X, the exhibition for the Middle East optical and ophthalmic industry, which took place in Dubai on May 8-10, concluded with flat results from the 2011 edition. The fair drew 3,949 professionals, compared with 3,937 last year. Eighty-four percent of them were from the Middle East ...
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Opti 2013, the trade show due to be held in...
Opti 2013, the trade show due to be held in Munich next Jan. 25-27, is giving newcomers the possibility to show at a very low price through a so-called turnkey Opti-Box. The organizers are also offering to all exhibitors a one-day seminar on Oct. 9 on how to make the ...
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The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in...
The first edition of SIOM, the optical trade show in Morocco (“Salon International d'Optique au Maroc”), will take place in Marrakech on Nov. 1-4, upon the initiative of the national opticians federation. For the new fair, which is open to international exhibitors and reserved for professionals, organizers expect about 100 ...
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The German opticians' association, ZVA, has asked Essilor to reconsider...
The German opticians' association, ZVA, has asked Essilor to reconsider its decision not to exhibit at the next Opti trade show in Munich, alternating its presence every other year. Pointing out that the medium-sized retailers want a comprehensive offer at the leading trade fair for eyewear in Germany, the ZVA ...
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Next year's Optrafair, the British industry show organized by the...
Next year's Optrafair, the British industry show organized by the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians and held every other year in Birmingham, England, is already 60 percent booked. The space was taken by exhibitors from last year's show, who had first rights; the booking process is now open for anyone else ...
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“Maximeyes” is the new claim of the Opti fair in...
“Maximeyes” is the new claim of the Opti fair in Munich, indicating that the growing event at the beginning of the calendar year is intent on further enhancing and optimizing the performance of the exhibitors and its trade visitors. The show is also sporting a fresh new logo for its ...
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The Vision Council is moving its 2013 Executive Summit back...
The Vision Council is moving its 2013 Executive Summit back a week, now scheduled for Jan. 16-18 in Key Biscayne, Florida
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Next year's Mido exhibition has been moved back a few...
Next year's Mido exhibition has been moved back a few days, now scheduled for March 2-4 instead of March 8-10, after the organizers held discussions with exhibitors and analyzed visitor data from this year's fair. The Milan show will thus return to a weekend schedule, starting on a Saturday and ...
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British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the prescription manufacturing division...
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the prescription manufacturing division of Noville Group in Gloucester on April 23
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Reed Exhibitions, the co-owner of International Vision Expo, has formed...
Reed Exhibitions, the co-owner of International Vision Expo, has formed a medical advisory panel to engage contact lens, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies at the East and West Vision Expos. The new panel held its inaugural meeting on March 22 during International Vision Expo East. It is made up of the ...
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Essilor has decided to exhibit only once every other year...
Essilor has decided to exhibit only once every other year at the Opti fair in Munich, skipping the next session in 2013
