All Trade fairs & Events articles – Page 25
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IOFT, the international eyewear show in Tokyo, will add a...
IOFT, the international eyewear show in Tokyo, will add a new exclusive area, called “Tide,” featuring high-end international eyewear designer brands
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The imaginative and successful “Less Squinty” advertising campaign conducted by...
The imaginative and successful “Less Squinty” advertising campaign conducted by Transitions in Australia and New Zealand last year has moved to the U.S., with billboards in major cities since last May
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MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first...
MAFO will organize a convention in Beijing for the first time next Sept. 13, on the eve of the CIOF fair in the Chinese capital. MAFO, which already stages similar conferences at Mido in Milan, will work through the Chinese edition of its Focus magazine, which started last year, and ...
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The technical team and member services of The Vision Council...
The technical team and member services of The Vision Council hosted two seminars in Hong Kong and Xiamen in June, discussing U.S. standards and regulations for optical manufacturers. The Vision Council worked with the Hong Kong Optical Manufacturers Association and the Xiamen Optical Association to set up the seminars, which ...
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Italian organizations took to the road to promote the country's...
Italian organizations took to the road to promote the country's eyewear industry at an exhibition in Istanbul from June 30 to July 14. The exhibition, called “Eyewear, a Never-Ending Italian Story,” featured more than 100 pairs of eyeglasses, tracing their evolution from their origins to today's latest trends. It was ...
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Small German start-ups are going to get for the first...
Small German start-ups are going to get for the first time a subsidy of up to €7,5000 from the German government to show at the Opti '12 show running next Jan. 13-15 in Munich. Among the conditions for this grant, they will have to be based in Germany, they will ...
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A management team from Luxottica got to visit the New...
A management team from Luxottica got to visit the New York Stock Exchange on June 30 as part of their 50th anniversary celebration, and Andrea Guerra, the chief executive, rang the exchange's closing bell
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The next edition of the international Silmo trade fair, scheduled...
The next edition of the international Silmo trade fair, scheduled to be held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for the second time at the Villepinte fairgrounds near Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, will deliberately take place at the same time as the Paris ready-to-wear fashion shows of well-known designers, ...
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Anfao, the Italian Association of Optical Goods Manufacturers, had a...
Anfao, the Italian Association of Optical Goods Manufacturers, had a presence at the Vision X show held May 24-26 in Dubai. Thirteen Italian companies exhibited at the show, considered the most important eyewear event in the Middle East. Anfao is working to boost the presence of Italian companies in the ...
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There will be no national eyewear show in Denmark this...
There will be no national eyewear show in Denmark this year. The Drommesyn trade show has been postponed to a still-unspecified date in March 2012. At its last edition in Copenhagen in March 2010, it hosted 48 exhibitors and welcomed about 1,500 visitors.
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Silmo is organizing an exhibition of posters at the next...
Silmo is organizing an exhibition of posters at the next show that would convey information to visitors about scientific studies made on any subject related to vision care. The initiative will run in parallel with the Silmo Academy, a scientific convention being held for the second time during the fair, ...
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The preliminary figures are in for the 25th anniversary edition...
The preliminary figures are in for the 25th anniversary edition of International Vision Expo East, held last month in New York. They indicate that total attendance was up by 7 percent. The show featured 565 exhibitors and more than 300 hours of continuing education classes. Final figures should be available ...
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Salmoiraghi & Viganò had its first open day for the...
Salmoiraghi & Viganò had its first open day for the year on March 14, drawing more than 160 opticians from Southern Italy to Bari to discuss the market and the future of the industry. Market experts and various company executives talked about the recession, customer evolution, retail development, the latest ...
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The organizers of Mido have announced that next year's show...
The organizers of Mido have announced that next year's show will be held on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, instead of starting on a Friday, to give more time to retailers who don't work on Sundays and Mondays. The fair will run on March 11-13 at the same location as before ...
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Inviting members and non-members, the European Sunglass Association is organizing...
Inviting members and non-members, the European Sunglass Association is organizing its annual conference next May 19-20 at the Green Park Resort in Pisa, Italy. Aside from networking opportunities across the eyewear sector, including sports eyewear, delegates will get market intelligence from GfK, which is going to hold a speech on ...
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Dr. Carl Kupfer, who ran the National Eye Institute...
Dr. Carl Kupfer, who ran the National Eye Institute for 30 years after it was established by the U.S. Congress in 1970, has passed away at the age of 83, following a long illness
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Featuring 85 new exhibitors and a new layout, the 25th...
Featuring 85 new exhibitors and a new layout, the 25th edition of International Vision Expo East started with a 4% increase in attendance on its first day last Friday
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The European Sunglass Association is organizing its annual convention in...
The European Sunglass Association is organizing its annual convention in Pisa on May 19-20 for members and non-members. Some of the key speakers will come from RealD, Shamir, GfK and Fitting Box. More about the convention and the organization behind it at www.esa-sunglasses.com.
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“Si On Faisait Confiance aux Entrepreneurs” (if we trusted entrepreneurs),...
“Si On Faisait Confiance aux Entrepreneurs” (if we trusted entrepreneurs), a book written by Essilor's chairman, Xavier Fontanet, was voted best economics book at the 13th edition of the awards of economic excellence (prix de l'excellence économique)
