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March 17, 2016May 19, 2026

SILMO 2016, Experience Optics in Focus

After a 2015 event characterised by an extremely positive business climate and a rise in visitor numbers, the “OPTICS INDUSTRY’S LARGEST FLAGSHIP STORE” announces that continuity will be the Silmo 2016’s theme. Organised even more effectively around four complementary categories – fashion, health, innovation and training –, the key will be to ensure synergy with optics and eyewear industry requirements. The goal is to combine business and creativity, constantly seeking to provide meaningful services for attending professionals, visitors and exhibitors alike.

The various exhibition areas represent the entire industry (optical frames, sunglasses, lenses, contact lenses, low vision, equipment, optical instruments, store layout etc.). They bring together 900 exhibitors from across the globe along with 1,350 designer brands divided into twelve clearly identified segments, enhanced by an updated setting.

Highlights of the 2016 exhibition:

Trends Pop-Up Store
Secret Store or Commerce 3.0
Silmo TV
Trends Mag by Silmo
Low Vision stand
Ab Fab Lab stand dedicated to new technologies
Silmo Academy on the theme of “READING”
Silmo d’Or Awards

From September 23 to 26 2016, the entire optics and eyewear world will be gathered in Paris, a unique experience for the development and international standing of the entire industry.

March 16, 2016May 20, 2026

Koali Dahlia: Pure and Colourful!

Sold as an ornamental flower, the dalhia comes in an impressive range of shapes and colours. The Koali designer has used it as a source of inspiration. The balance and harmony of the dahlia’s colours are replicated on the temples. Striking in its purity and realism, petals in semi-cylindrical shapes are overlaid to create a slim, pure temple in soft or contrasting colours.

The temple is made up of three separately coloured and overlaid stainless steel petals brought together at the end tip which leads into a multicolored, patterned temple of floral purity.

Systematically fitted with three-colour temples, the concept is offered in both pastel and bright shades that are easy to wear:

old rose/marron glacé/plum, ochre/olive/black, putty/strawberry/brown, coral/turquoise/anthracite gray, violet/electric blue/anthracite gray, violet/celadon green/pine green, etc., with the brightest colour being used for the front.

Available in 9 models (3 acetate, 3 rimmed metal, 3 semi-rimless metal), Dahlia comes in a wide range of sizes (50 to 55) and high and soft rectangular shapes.

www.rlanctot.com

March 14, 2016May 20, 2026

Take Off With Carrera 113/S

An iconic reinvented pilot frame is the core of the new Carrera signature Maverick collection. This feather-light laser cut frame in stainless steel is complemented with a matte finish, matching the heritage with the contemporary.

www.safilo.com

March 11, 2016April 24, 2018

Study Finds Link Between ADHD and Vision Problems

A survey of 75,000 children, conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and published in Optometry and Vision Science, shows that children with vision impairment uncorrectable through glasses or contacts are at nearly double the risk of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

“Uncorrectable” vision problems, including colour blindness, lazy eye, and other impairments, were associated with a 15.6% risk of ADHD, compared with 8.3% for normal vision, though the researchers caution that the results of the study do not mean that vision problems cause ADHD.

“Because we do not know if the relationship is causal, we have no recommendations for prevention,” Dawn DeCarlo, O.D., director of the UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation and lead investigator of the study, said. “I think it is more important that parents realize that children with vision problems may also have attention problems and that both require professional diagnosis and treatment.”

Further information: https://www.uab.edu/news/innovation/item/7038-new-study-shows-link-between-adhd-and-vision-impairment-in-children

March 9, 2016May 19, 2026

ZEISS Expands OCT Portfolio for Small Eye Care Practices with Primus 200

PRIMUS 200 is a versatile optical coherence tomography (OCT) system designed to help eye care providers expand their practices and raise their level of clinical care. As OCT is the standard of care for many types of eye diseases, PRIMUS, with key applications for the posterior and anterior segment of the eye, enables practices to broaden their in-house services to a greater range of patients.

The Primus 200 is available to order in Canada and many countries in Europe. The device is not approved for sale in the United States.

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