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NEW OPPORTUNITIES

FOR THE REGION AT

SILMO

ISTANBUL

urkey’s largest city is The seventh edition of the
strategically located to serve as optical and ophthalmological
Ta bridge between Europe, the products international trade
Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia exhibition, hosted at the Istanbul
and North Africa, which holds true Expo Center, attracted 11,370 visitors
for all business ventures, the optical from around the world. It was indeed
industry as well. This was reiterated encouraging to note that national
at the annual Silmo Istanbul, held attendance had gone up to 9,278
from 21 to 24 November 2019, which visitors, an increase of 7.5 per cent
enjoyed a good turnout of optical compared to the 2018 edition. The
professionals from the Middle East number of international visitors too
and North Africa (MENA) region, as has been increasing year on year, and
well as from many other regions and at the 2019 fair, had grown to 2,092,
countries, including India. up by 8 per cent.

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