The 2025 German International Optical Glasses Exhibition Opti (hereinafter referred to as the German Glasses Exhibition) will be grandly opened at the Munich Exhibition Center from January 31 to February 2. The German Glasses Exhibition Opti will use four exhibition halls including C1-C4 to grasp the pulse of the industry, explore future development trends, and showcase the entire industry chain. The exhibition will focus on eight major themes: eyewear trends, health, vision care trends, myopia management, sustainability, vocational training, sales and digitalization, and show the audience a wealth of products and services.
Opti, the German optical exhibition, started in 1998. It is an important exhibition in the international optical glasses and design industry, and one of the three largest optical exhibitions in Europe. The exhibition covers the entire industry chain of optical glasses products and services, providing a professional platform for information sharing and trade cooperation. From January 31 to February 2, 2025, Opti will be grandly opened at the Munich Exhibition Center. By then, the exhibition will start a new journey for the optical industry with well-known companies in the industry and explore new trends in the development of the industry.
The 2024 German Eyewear Exhibition Opti was grand in scale, with an exhibition area of 44,000 square meters, attracting more than 400 exhibitors from 28 countries and regions, and more than 21,000 visitors from 70 countries and regions. In addition, the internationalization of the audience reached a new high, with overseas visitors accounting for 23%, and 97% of the visitors gave high praise to Opti 2024 and said they would participate in the exhibition again in the future.
Market Background
The global eyewear market size in 2022 is $169.82 billion, and the revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 8.1% by 2032. As a gathering point for global innovation inspiration and technological development, Europe has achieved remarkable development results in the optical eyewear industry, with significant achievements in market size, strategic planning, and R&D investment. From 2024 to 2030, the compound annual growth rate of the European eyewear market size is expected to reach 7.3%. Among them, the revenue of the German eyewear market in 2024 is expected to reach $8.55 billion, and the annual growth rate of the market will reach 1.90% (compound annual growth rate from 2024 to 2028).
In 2019, Germany announced the draft plan of the National Industrial Strategy 2030 (Nationale Industriestrategie 2030), which includes the optical industry as a key industry for policy support.[4]As a leader in the development of the optical industry, Germany’s eyewear industry is currently in a stage of rapid development and technological innovation. In the future, the optical eyewear industry will gain more room for development in the German market.