opti 2024 was a great success. For exhibitors in particular, the attractiveness of this leading trade show for optics & design as an outstanding industry and networking platform has been further consolidated.
The opti trade fair team under Cathleen Kabashi has capitalised on this momentum, and the booking portal for exhibitors has been wide open since last week:
The opti exhibitor portal 2025 is live and open for registrations.
“We want everyone to be part of opti again in 2025. We want our visitors and, of course, our exhibitors to be able to use opti to their very best advantage: Writing orders, strengthening their brands, making new business contacts, meeting the most important decision-makers in optics in person or networking with experts in the industry. opti is diversity, opti is the place to be.”
Upcoming opti dates for your calendar:
opti 2025: 31 January – 2 February 2025
opti 2026: 16 – 18 January 2026
opti 2027: 29 – 31 January 2027
opti 2028: 14 – 16 January 2028
About Opti
opti is the international trade show for optics & design which takes place annually as the industry kick-off in January in Munich. It offers trade visitors the complete spectrum of ophthalmic products, from spectacle frames and lenses, contact lenses, refraction, diagnosis and low vision to shopfitting and technical equipment. opti is the order platform and the location for product premières by international market leaders and start-ups alike. The event was first held in 1998, and since 2008 has been organised by GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH.
Every year at opti, experts and creatives in the optics industry display their newest products. As an international trade show for optics and design, opti represents the whole visual-optical spectrum.
What can you expect at opti 2025? The product areas range from lenses and frames to diagnostics. As the first order fair of the year, all trends and innovations from the field of ophthalmic optics will be presented as well as product premieres from international market leaders and start-ups alike.
Read more about this show on TEF Magazine or register for free at their website.
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opti 2025 // New campaign, New faces
Following the great success of the opti Faces for opti 2024, the WE ARE opti 2024/2025 campaign is entering its second round: curtain up on the new brand ambassadors! Three women, three men, six personalities from the optical industry lend their faces to opti 2025.
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