Nothing to beef about at this year's Silmo exhibition in Paris

French frame manufacturer Logo launched the Elite line of frames and sunglasses with a catwalk show IDC designers Lionel Bellet and Pascal Lacotte pose with their collection of Silmo awards Exhibiting for the first time at Silmo was the Association of British Dispensing Opticians French ophthalmic lens manufacturer BBGR won a Silmo gold award for the Sunsoft Additions contact lens. Pictured are Patrick Goutel, BBGR sales manager, Peter Day, European sales and marketing manager, with BBGR's Dominique Pasquet and Patrice Mongeot Blocker buyers: Batemans Laboratory lab manager Derek Bond (centre) and managing director of the GC Bateman Group Nicholas Bateman (right) visit LOH Alexandre Asseraf, divisional manager optical, vice president Corning Europe, shows off the Silmo gold award for GlareCutters. Corning also launched the SunSensors photochromic which is being trialled by the Signet group in France and north America Paul Wignall (right) mans the Hilco Europe stand British firm Booth & Bruce was shortlisted for a Silmo award. The company's Jeremy Setton is pictured (seated left), while Peter Booth is standing (right)