Optrafair to host CET event again

Next year's Optrafair will again offer a major forum for CET with more than 75 hours of education over the weekend (April 21-23).

Malcolm Polley, chairman of the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians said: 'We were delighted that the ACE campus worked so well within the show last year. It is natural that education should play a major part in the leading UK optical show for all that is new in our industry.'

Some exhibitors in 2005 expressed concerns that the CET area was drawing visitors away from the main exhibition but an Optrafair spokeswoman pointed out that the CET forum is designed to enhance the show as a whole including its exhibition: 'The benefits of having CET at Optrafair are so enormous and most people feel that the addition enhances the show.'