SILMO is the international optics and eyewear trade show, held annually at Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte since 1967; the 2026 edition runs 25 to 28 September 2026, with organiser figures citing more than 950 exhibitors from over 1,500 brands and nearly 34,000 visitors.
SILMO is the international optics and eyewear trade show, held annually at Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte and running since 1967, making the 2026 edition roughly its 60th year. The show gathers eyewear and optical brands, manufacturers and distributors for the industry's global meeting point at the opening of each new season (per silmoparis.com and trade listings including fair-point.com and eyecarebusiness.com, checked 21 September 2026).
The 2026 edition runs 25 to 28 September 2026. The venue is Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte, in Villepinte, a Paris-region exhibition park distinct from the central-Paris venues used by several other events in this batch.
Not documented with a source this research could open directly; search summaries describe SILMO as an established international event without naming a specific operating company. WebFetch (direct page retrieval) was blocked network-wide throughout this session, so the organiser's own "About" or copyright page could not be read directly. This entry should be corrected once that page can be read.
The organiser's 2026 figures, per eyecarebusiness.com's preview, cite nearly 34,000 visitors and 950-plus exhibitors from more than 1,500 brands (unverifiable information, organiser figures not independently audited). The audience is the international eyewear and optics industry: opticians, manufacturers, distributors and brand buyers.
Not documented in detail against the 2025 edition in the sources checked this session.
Not fully documented in this research pass; the show is described as presenting creativity and innovation for the eyewear and optics season, with a full exhibitor and session programme published on the organiser's own site.
Documented format: exhibitor stands across the show floor. No further structural detail (conference tracks, stage count) was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No separate satellite programme was found in the sources checked.
Not publicly disclosed in the sources checked this session.
Not publicly disclosed. No call-for-speakers route was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed with a specific contact in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No named sponsor list for 2026 was found in the sources checked.
No independently audited breakdown was found. The organiser's own framing points to eyewear and optical brands, manufacturers and distributors across more than 1,500 brands.
Not publicly disclosed. No press accreditation page was found in the sources checked.
Coverage found includes an Eyecare Business preview of the 2026 edition and trade-listing entries (fair-point.com, parisjetaime.com, jufair.com), naming dates and organiser-supplied figures without an independent audit of their own.
Mixed. Eyecare Business is an independent optical-industry trade publication, but its 2026 preview restates organiser-supplied attendance figures without its own count. No media partner is recorded against this event in the database. Treat the 34,000-visitor and 950-exhibitor figures as organiser estimates.
Buyers outside the eyewear, optics or ophthalmic industry: the show is scoped specifically to that sector.
SILMO runs 25 to 28 September 2026 at Paris Nord Villepinte, the same week as Le Printemps des Etudes (24 to 25 September, central Paris) and just ahead of the BATIMAT construction cluster (28 September to 1 October, Porte de Versailles), both tracked elsewhere on EventsIndex. Note the venue difference: SILMO is the only event in this batch held at Paris Nord Villepinte rather than a central-Paris site.
Not documented in the sources checked this session; no non-Paris edition was found.
Not explicitly documented; as an international trade show with exhibitors from more than 1,500 brands, French and English are both likely working languages, but no organiser statement confirming this was found.
Not publicly disclosed. No livestream or on-demand offer was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No refund or cancellation clause was found in the sources checked.
Not publicly disclosed as an event-specific policy. No accessibility statement specific to SILMO was found in this research pass.
Paris Nord Villepinte is served by RER B (Parc des Expositions station) from central Paris and Charles de Gaulle airport. No further detail specific to SILMO was found in this research pass.
Because it is the season-opening international meeting point for the eyewear and optics industry, run continuously since 1967, and organiser figures put more than 1,500 brands on the floor in one visit rather than requiring individual brand appointments across the year.
Because the nearly-34,000-visitor and 950-plus-exhibitor figures found in this research are organiser figures repeated in a single trade preview, without an independent audit found in the sources checked, and the operating company itself was not confirmed by a source this research could open directly.
Official site: silmoparis.com. This research could not fetch silmoparis.com directly (see Notes); readers should treat the official site as the primary source ahead of anything summarised here.