Between September 26th and September 29th, the 2025 edition of SILMO Paris will occur. The event location will be at the Paris Nord Villepinte and will be face-to-face.
SILMO Paris is an international trade fair founded in 1967. It is the highlight of the event calendar for the optical & eyewear industries. The fair is hosted in an exposition area of 80 000 m2. The event allows visitors to learn about the latest advancements in manufacturing eyewear. It occurs in the Paris Nord Villepinte. SILMO Paris is an international event with high attendance. One edition, for instance, received over 37 000 visitants. During the iteration, 1000 exhibiting firms showcased their wares. Attendees represented 42 countries. Among them were the Czech Republic, Thailand, Japan, and others.
SILMO Paris has several goals. This includes expanding the knowledge of specialists. Another goal is the strengthening of business relations through networking opportunities. Additionally, the event helps to promote the industries through media coverage.
The fair meets its goals by including a diverse program and various areas of interest. One such area is the Material Library, which shows the latest eyewear material innovations. This allows visitors to learn about significant changes in vision defect correction methods. It can also help in improving the development of special equipment. Another area of interest is the SILMO Academy. It grants attendees an opportunity to expand their knowledge via lectures and grants recognition via an award ceremony. During the ceremony, start-up companies and specialists receive scholarships for their contributions. The fair furthermore includes the SILMO Next. This is an exhibition area for the showing of the latest manufacturing innovations.
Similar is the NANTES Atlantique School, where students show the latest frame improvements. SILMO Paris additionally includes an area known as the Agora. The Agora is a meeting area where visitors can create and learn valuable information. It often features conference lectures held by leading figures in the industry. One such figure is Virginie Corbasson de Carlin, Consulting Director of CARLIN. There is also the Trends Forum for displaying the most recent design trends. Completing the areas is the SILMO d’Or. This is a competition where specialists receive an international award for their inventions.
SILMO Paris aids the optics and eyewear industries in evolving and adapting. Many branches and related industries also attend the exhibition. These include health and pharmacy. Likewise, they incorporate optometric instruments, glass manufacturing (including for glasses), packaging materials, and machine manufacturing.
SILMO Paris' exhibitor list features notable, such as:
BenQ Materials Corporation;
Bevel;
Carl Zeiss;
Hugo Vision;
Seiko Optical France.
Procure suitable accommodation for SILMO Paris with Travel 2 Fairs Ltd. All that is necessary is to inform us about the rooms you need, how much you wish to spend, and your desired location. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd manages the rest. Reserve lodgings adjacent to Paris Nord Villepinte and gain valuable access to public transport. We can advise you on the best routes to take to the venue. Aside from affordable hotel accommodation for exhibitions, we also provide transport services. One way to travel to your hotel is to have a rent-a-car wait for you at the airport. Another is to schedule an airport transfer in both directions.
Event information might be outdated because of the coronavirus pandemic. More information is available from the organiser.
The 2021 edition of SILMO Paris took place as a live event between the 24th and 27th of September 2021. The event was hosted at the Paris Nord Villepinte amidst strict coronavirus safeguards. This included attendees needing to show health check documents, such as negative test results, before entering. Despite the pandemic, the edition featured 19,000 visitants and 500 exhibiting firms attending. Of the visitors, 37% were from countries such as Germany, the UK, and others.
SILMO Paris 2022 occurred as a face-to-face event between the 23rd and 26th of September 2022. It attracted more than 1 000 exhibiting firms from over 30 nations.
SILMO Paris 2023 occurred as a live trade exposition between the 29th of September and the 2nd of October 2023. The iteration featured approximately 950 exhibitants from 46 nations. They presented their wares to more than 35 000 visitants.
Salon SILMO Paris 2024 occurred as a live trade exposition between September 20th and September 23rd 2024. The iteration was attended by more than 900 exhibiting firms from 144 nations and 32 125 visitants from 42 countries on 75 000 m2. The exhibitants presented 1 500 trade brands.
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Good morning,
Thank you very much for your services. We were very satisfied with the hotel.
The only problem was the lack of parking - we had to use offsite car parks. We need to take this into account in our future arrangements.
Pozdrawiam / Best regards
Anuga 2023
Tom was perfect and it was easy working with him.
My colleagues are Very satisfied and are happy with the hotel they stayed.
Marmomac 2023
Fantastic hotel placed in the city centre of Hannover. Very nice and very big and confortable rooms. Very good breakfast service too. Best hotel I never stayed in Hannover. We stayed there for profesional reasons and in the case to come to Hannover again, we will repeat!
Tom,
Thank you for all your help and support in organising a suitable hotel for our stay during the SPE Offshore Show 2015 I Aberdeen. It was ideally located for our weeks stay.
Megan Moore was grand to work with... We had on-off-on again hotel guests. She found the highest quality hotel at the lowest price for us in a popular Paris neighbourhood - 5 stars at 2 star prices! Megan also found some great deals for us in other tier one cities as well - low prices, high quality - during peak exposition times. Will certainly use her again!
Hello Megan,
Here is the feedback I got from the guests:
•Nice, clean rooms
•Breakfast OK
•Good parking facility
•Bar : no ice, red wine in fridge, white wine not chilled….
Very pleased with your services; always fast and to the point communication. Best regards, Heidi Van Haute Office Manager
Hi Jack,
The vicinity of the hotel was excellent and the people were friendly enough and the room was clean.
I did miss no air conditioning and there was only 1 power point which was nowhere near the desk which seemed strange.
The service from Jack was perfect and he kept me informed all the way so if I come across again I will use you guys again.
Regards,
Steve Turner
Director
ANUGA 2023
Tom and his team have been very helpful by finding a good hotel option close to the fair by train with affordable prices. Good job and let's keep in touch for the next fair
Dear George,
last week when we came back after Fairs was very busy and I did not replay when it comes to our stay.
We are pretty happy with our stay, rooms were spacious and clea, service was also good.
Although we have some reamarks:
1) Parking - we were staying 7 nights and each and every time when we need to leave parking we had to ask for the new parking card. They were not able to issue a card that opens the gate every time. That was inconvience for us, and they should change it.
2) Breakfast buffet - there was good chioce however not enough vegetables. There were only tomatos and cucumber, no green mix, radishes, bell pepper, we really missed that.
Service were relly nice and supportive.
Best regards,
Honorata Michalik
Wire 2024
Mark,
Thank you for all your support. It has been a great pleasure working with you! Our team spent one week in Swissotel in Dusseldorf/Neuss for MEDICA 2015. Service, rooms, assistance really outstanding. Mark always response to our requests on time. Go fair will be the reference for coming exhibition.
Thank you
Hello Tess,
I'm satisfied with our stay at Holiday Inn hotel in Dusseldorf :-).
Could you send offer for 2 single rooms + breakfast for the Medica fair 2024?
Best regards,
Beata Rynarzewska
Medica 2023
Dear Tom,
We had a good stay. The hotel is clean and people are friendly and helpful but it is really very old fashioned! The furniture and decoration 1970, could become very fancy again in a few years maybe? I recommend to take your own body wash etc with you while theirs isn't good quality. Breakfast is very correct Have a nice day and I will certainly contact you again for a next fair.
Best regards
Martine Achy
