SILMO ISTANBUL 2024 Türkiye Istanbul Optics and Optics Fair

SILMO ISTANBUL, the Turkish Optical and Eyewear Fair, started in 2013. It is the only professional trade fair in the field of optical eyewear in Turkey. It is committed to providing business channels across Asia and Europe for all companies in the Turkish optical eyewear industry. It has become the leading platform of the Turkish optical industry, a must-see market in the national and international arena. The exhibition brings together professional buyers from more than 30 countries including EMEA (Europe, Central Asia, North Africa), the Balkan countries, the Turkic Republics and Russia, providing the Turkish optical industry with new business opportunities, networking with new customers and establishing a presence in the international market presents its innovations and technologies in its product supply chain.

SILMO Association, founded in 1967, brings together the leading manufacturers of the French optical eyewear industry. It owns the SILMO Paris Optics Fair brand. After ten years of polishing, Silmo Istanbul has become a very mature and professional optical company. eyewear exhibition. The exhibition presents professional optical eyewear, eyewear accessories and a professional exhibition of the glass industry. During the exhibition, the exhibition attracted not only professional buyers from Turkey, but also buyers from neighboring Eurasian countries. Visitors to the exhibition are opticians, glassmakers, frame manufacturers, spare parts exporters and sellers, machinery importers and dealers, retail stores and chain stores, material companies, companies wishing to obtain distribution rights, designers, industrial organizations, ophthalmologists, eyewear. institutions and organizations, eyewear accessories manufacturers.

According to official statistics, Silmo’s direct contribution to Turkish exports exceeds 25%. The business relations established by Turkish manufacturing companies in the exhibition area increase their production capacity, quality, development, brand awareness and number of employees.

The exhibition is jointly organized by 22 chambers of commerce, including the Turkish Ministry of Commerce, the Turkish Ministry of Economy, the Turkish Ministry of Health, the Federation of Turkish Chambers of Commerce and Commodity Exchanges, the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, the Turkish Opticians Association and the Turkish Eyeglass Manufacturers Association.

Turkey is a peninsula-shaped country spanning Europe and Asia, surrounded by sea on three sides. It is an important node along the Belt and Road and has very close economic and trade exchanges with China. Restrictions on Chinese products entering Turkey are relatively relaxed, and China is Turkey’s main source of imports.

Silmo Istanbul Optical Expo 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the exhibition. It was held at Istanbul Expo Center (Yeşilköy) from 23 to 26 November 2023. The venue covers an area of ​​25,000 square meters.

It is worth mentioning that 2023 is the first year that Chinese exhibitors will participate in the Turkish exhibition. On-site sales are booming and the response is enthusiastic.

From January to June 2023, China’s total exports of eyeglasses and related products (excluding instruments and equipment) to Turkey amounted to 27.0336 million US dollars, accounting for 0.73% of total exports. The export value ranked 26th among all exporting countries, ranking “twelfth among the exporting countries of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Eyewear and processing technology: various types of finished eyewear (sunglasses/optical glasses/reading glasses), spectacle lenses, contact lenses and care solutions, precision eyewear, protective eyewear, sunglasses/sports glasses

Accessories: lenses, eyeglass frames, eyeglass cases, eyeglass cloths, eyeglass bags, eyeglass parts and accessories, eyeglass chains, associated decorations, raw materials, spare parts, sports and protective frames

Equipment: optical equipment, instruments and tools, microscopes, hearing aids, eyeglass-related equipment, eyeglass spare parts, eyeglass-specific tools, eyeglass manufacturing equipment, optometry and ophthalmology equipment, raw and auxiliary materials for eyeglasses, vision correction instruments, optical instruments, eyeglass maintenance products, optical stores Equipment, software and hardware