PARIS – The organizers of Silmo, the eyewear/ophthalmic trade exhibition, have announced new timing and dates for the 2009 edition of the show.

The new dates are Thursday, September 17th to Sunday, September 20th at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center here.

Silmo has historically been held in October.

The announcement was not accompanied by any statement and VMail did not receive any further replies to its request for more details by presstime.

However, the new move is possibly prompted by other international optical show organizations’ changes in their 2009 dates, which are shifting the traditional timing of eyewear events.

This year’s Silmo event dates remain October 30th to November 2nd at the Porte de Versailles center.