The international trade show for optics & design, which was planned for 14 to 16 January 2022 at the Fairground Munich, will not take place at the beginning of the year. Uncontrolled rapidly increasing infection rates in the coronavirus pandemic and changes to government requirements at short notice make reliable planning impossible. The organiser has therefore decided to postpone Opti until May: it will take place from 13 to 15 May 2022 in Munich.

"It is currently impossible to predict whether the situation will ease again by January. Our primary goal was and remains to organise an Opti 2022, which promises success for all participants. In this increasingly acute situation, we can no longer guarantee this for the planned time slot of the event," explained Klaus Plaschka, Managing Director of GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH. The unpredictability has reached its peak, not least with the latest federal and state regulations, and the resulting U-turn regarding the previously applicable government guidelines.

"Just like we were, the exhibitors and opticians alike were looking forward to seeing each other again! Especially in these difficult times, opti remains an efficient marketing platform. Our aim is to reliably enable the exhibiting companies and opticians to achieve economic success – we want to offer the Page 2/2 trade show public a great product experience. Until recently, this was possible under the previously applicable conditions. However, all the underlying new facts and developments, taken together, make postponing Opti the only sensible course of action. As the trade show organisers, I am sure that the exhibitors and visitors will understand this difficult decision. And all the more, we look forward to seeing everyone again in May," said Bettina Reiter, director of Opti.