The Vision Council and RX, the organizers of Vision Expo announced that ShopVISION, the global digital sourcing platform for the vision care community, has doubled in size following its launch in June 2021 with over 4,600 products and 390 brands available on the platform. Following two successful hybrid events through Vision Expo+, a digital extension…
EnChroma – creators of glasses for color blindness – released the results of a landmark study that demonstrates the negative effect color blindness has on learning for millions of students. The data strongly indicates that schools are failing to identify color blind students and that parents, educators and legislators need to better support these students. In…
Starting October 6 on the MIDO website , visitors to the international eyewear show ‒ buyers, designers, entrepreneurs, opticians, ophthalmologists and eyewear supply chain professionals ‒ can register for the forthcoming edition of the show, set to take place February 12-14, 2022. The premier global B2B eyewear show is coming back, with in-person participation in…
The trade fair SILMO was eagerly awaited and, due to the corona pandemic, could not be organized without a certain amount of tension, but it took place and exceeded the expectations of the organizers: SILMO Paris brought together satisfied professionals who were happy to meet again to share their knowledge and ideas and to share…
Coburn Technologies, Inc. is pleased to welcome Diego Jimenez to their sales team as their new Sales Manager for the Latin America market. Coburn Technologies, a leading provider of innovative, end-to-end customer solutions to the world’s ophthalmic lens processing industries and eye care professionals, continues to expand their presence and service in Latin America, and…
Vision Expo West 2021 concluded on Saturday, September 25. The four-day event, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Sept. 22–25 at The Venetian Convention Center & Expo, brought together thousands of members of the industry. Vision Expo West 2021 featured more than 280 exhibiting companies across several distinct neighborhoods and offered cutting-edge continuing…
CIOF2021, the 33rd China International Optics Fair, shall continue the legend in making breakthroughs and presenting the latest array of worldwide and Chinese optical products and technologies to quench the thirst of buyers from all over China, the biggest optical consumer market of the world, this autumn. CIOF invites everybody to attend this sizeable and…
MEI, the global leader for lens edging machines, won the SILMO d’OR 2021 in the ‘Material / Equipment’ category with the new EasyFit Trend. In the ceremony, which took place in Paris during the international optical show, MEI received the prize awarded by a jury composed of journalists and optical experts. “With the new EasyFit…
The Vision Council and RX, the organizers of Vision Expo, today announce that Vision Expo+, a free digital extension of the Vision Expo experience that debuted at Vision Expo East 2021, will be offered next week following Vision Expo West from September 27 to October 3 and will feature online showrooms from Vision Expo West’s…
At Silmo 2021 in Paris (France), Schneider unveiled the “next revolution in lens manufacturing”, the new CSI Modulo ONE. For the first time, a system sees what only experts see: CSI Modulo ONE reliably detects cosmetic defects fully automatically and absolutely dependably, at the highest level. The optical system screens the surface for irregularities,…
