Latest News Silmo d’Or 2017 Honorees Announced During Event at the Grand Palais By Staff Monday, October 9, 2017 12:33 AM Amelie Morel, president of Silmowelcomes everyone to the 2017Silmo d’Or awards. PARIS—The 2017 Silmo d’Or award winners were announced on Oct. 7 during a night of entertainment and festivities at the exquisite Grand Palais. The 24th Silmo d'Or awards panel of judges for the jury was led by the designers Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov of On Aura Tout Vu. The 2017 edition of Silmo Paris, held Oct. 6 to 9 at the Paris Nord Villepinte center, commemorated the show’s 50th anniversary. This year’s edition hosted a series of special celebrations to honor this Silmo milestone.The winners of the 2017 Silmo d’Or awards are: Vision CategoryEssilor for Varilux XNovacel with BINOVA IFLEX multifocale sclérale Material/ Equipment Category Nidek with TS-310Low Vision CategoryAB Vision with SeeBoost Children Category ADCL APlus with PiwatooOptic Frame Trend Category Marchon with Chloe, Palma CE 2134Optic Frame Design Category Lio with IVM 1048 Sunglasses Trend Category Grosfilley with Aari Bostroem, Metropolitan Sunglasses Design Category Veronika Wildgruber with Arthur from Gramercy Eyewear Sport Category SK-X Optical with SK-X Optical SolutionFrame Technological Innovation Category Rolf with Deville Prix Premiere ClasseFleye with Fox Jury Special PrizeBlackfin with Arc Additionally, VMail reported the announcement of the full 2017 nominees last month. Look for more scenes from Silmo 2017 on VMail and VisionMonday.com in the coming days.