Optical Glasses Exhibition in Las Vegas, USA

Why attend Vision Expo West, the international optical eyewear trade show in Las Vegas, USA?

1. Vision Expo West, the international eyewear trade show in Las Vegas, USA, is one of the world’s leading eyewear trade shows and the largest eyewear industry show in America, held twice a year. Launched in 1986, it is held annually in the eastern United States (New York) from March to April and in the western United States (Las Vegas) from September to October. Eyewear manufacturers from all over the world actively participate in the exhibition. and buyers mainly come from South America and North America, mainly in the Caribbean region, it is a bridge for global eyewear manufacturers to develop the American market.

2. The United States is a major consumer of eyewear products. Currently, 172.1 million people wear vision correction products, and an average of 44.3% of the population undergoes eye exams each year. The country sells an average of 80 million pairs of lenses and 75 million pairs of frames per year. The average annual sales of sunglasses in the United States are 110.3 million pairs, worth more than US$2.16 billion; 38.3 million pairs of reading glasses are sold (the average replacement cycle is 9 to 10 months). According to statistics, the total amount spent by Americans on eyewear reaches US$16 billion.

3. The latest US Customs statistics on lenses and frames show that lenses, sunglasses and resin safety glasses (without glass) constitute the bulk imports, with Asia becoming the main production site. Contact lenses remain a market for world-class manufacturers, mainly imported from Europe. In addition, the market for eyeglass frames is quite huge, with the total import value of plastic and non-plastic eyeglass frames exceeding US$800 million.

Eyewear and eye care products: Sunglasses, sports and protective eyewear products, eye consumables and eye protection products, etc.;

Accessories: Glasses and eyeglass accessories, artificial eyes, viewing glasses and lenses, etc.;

Production of medical fabrics and equipment: Lens cutting equipment, eyeglass instruments and equipment, ophthalmic surgery equipment, diagnostic equipment and instruments, refraction instruments and equipment, visual axis correction equipment, eyeglass displays, etc.;