This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 30th September – Friday02nd October, 2026
at the Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool
Exhibition
The exhibitors will be located in the Rum Warehouse. Please take time to visit the stalls. Details of companies exhibiting at this year’s BIPOSA listed below
Platinum exhibitor
Uniphar Medtech | Ophthalmic
Attending Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Meet Kev Chauhan, Clare O’Neill and Jake Tranter
Uniphar Medtech Ophthalmology provides a comprehensive portfolio of ophthalmic solutions across Ireland and the UK, supporting cataract, vitreoretinal, glaucoma, oculoplastic and corneal care. Partnering with healthcare professionals in surgical, clinical and optometry settings, our team delivers advanced technologies, expert support and innovative solutions that help improve clinical efficiency and patient outcomes.
Platinum exhibitor
Santen
Attending Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Sharon Farwell and Martin Morris
Santen have a growing range of products to treat allergy and infection as well as DED and glaucoma. Recently they are moving into the Myopia space.
Exhibitors
Birmingham Optical
Attending Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Meet Helen Derbyshire
With over 60 years of experience, Birmingham Optical are positioned as a key supplier in the optical industry. We provide equipment, services and expertise, offering a market leading portfolio at all price points along with unrivalled levels of service. Birmingham Optical’s passion for superior quality products and long lasting partnerships is reflected in the brands offered which include NIDEK, Frastema and Keeler. These exclusive partnerships enable us to provide industry leading technology which in turn will enable you to offer the best possible customer experience
Carleton Optical Equipment
Attending on Friday
Meet Paul Hampshire and Andrew McWhirter
Carelton will be exhibiting the Neolight ICON Piadiatric Retinal Camera. Available in either Cart form or the GO enabling transportability to serve a wide array of clinical sites. Also on show will be PlusOptiX providing easy, reliable vision screening from 6 months.
Entera
Attending Thursday only
Meet Hamed Moghadam
Entera Medical Ltd is a specialised Medical Device Distributorship with a key focus on the sale and promotion of the full HEINE Optotechnik range of products produced in Gilching, Germany. We pride ourselves on a dedicated, tailored, customer-focused, and consultative service. Our partners at HEINE strive to produce the most accurate and high-quality diagnostic tools across a wide range of therapies and have become known for their German precision and engineering throughout the decades. Entera Medical aims to match the HEINE name for quality and reliability by providing the best in class expertise across the HEINE range and maintaining some of the most competitive pricing for HEINE products in the UK
Grafton Optical
Attending Thursday only
Meet David Thickens and Jon Lines
Grafton Optical is a leading supplier of ophthalmic equipment, supporting independent practices, major retail chains, universities, and hospitals across the UK and Ireland. Established in 1982, we source high-quality technology globally, offering diagnostic and refraction equipment, furniture, consumables, and practice essentials. As an independent company, we partner with leading manufacturers to deliver innovative, reliable solutions without compromise. Our growing online shop makes ordering simple, while our highly skilled service team provides expert installation, maintenance, and repairs. Backed by trusted customer support and training, we help eye care professionals deliver the highest standards of patient care.
Haag Streit UK Ltd
Attending on Wednesday and Thursday
Meet Nicky Carr and Angela Masson
Haag-Streit UK, part of the Haag-Streit Group, based in Bishop’s Stortford, is a leading UK provider of general and speciality diagnostic and surgical equipment for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, including slit lamps, biometers, surgical microscopes, and simulators for medical education to the UK market. In addition to sales, marketing, and service support for the entire product portfolio, Haag-Streit UK also offers slit lamp, biometry, and bespoke training courses through Haag-Streit Academy. It is also an Authorised UK Distributor for a number of surgical brands, including; John Weiss instruments, iTrack, FEATHER, MedOne, Lacrivera, SPIGGLE & THEIS and MORCHER.
As part of the Haag-Streit Group, we are proud to develop innovative and progressive solutions of the highest quality for eye care specialists. www.haagstreituk.com.
Hanson Medical Instruments Ltd
Attending on Wednesday and Thursday
Meet Roger Lang and Pete Downing
Established in 1996 we supply instrumentation for Optometrists and Ophthalmologists and provide service support to our customers based all over the UK, Europe and the US. Not everything we hold in stock is listed on this website. If you can’t see what you want telephone 01527 501077 and we will give you all the help you need. Anything you decide to purchase comes to you with a no quibble comprehensive parts and labour warranty.
Kay Pictures
Attending on Wednesday
Meet Hazel Kay and Seb Gibbs
Providing paediatric vision tests and accessories for more than 40 years. The Kay Picture Test vision testing system enables earlier visual acuity measurements of very young children and those with learning disabilities. Our Kay Fun Patch range of high-quality, medical fabric eye patches ensures safe, comfortable, and effective occlusion by offering specific designs for babies, children, and adults. See our full portfolio of tests, fixation tools, patches, occluders and accessories by visiting our website.
Keeler
Attending on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Meet Nick Hamlett and Joe Roberts
With over a century of expertise, we’re dedicated to supporting the evolving needs of your practice. Keeler products are crafted with exceptional optics, ergonomic design and intuitive controls, delivering reliability, comfort and confidence in every examination. From slit lamps and binocular indirects to ultrasound and tonometry, our portfolio is built to power clinical excellence. Everything we create is shaped by what eye‑care professionals value most: precision, durability and ease of use. At Keeler, we turn your everyday challenges into inspired solutions.
Orthoptic Supplies
Attending on Friday
Meet Gil Smith
Orthoptic Supplies is the sole UK distributor for Trusetal GMBH of Germany. We provide eye patches for children who have been diagnosed with strabismus and amblyopia. This condition is also known as a squint or lazy eye. Our specialised eye patches are designed to encourage the weaker eye to function better and thus improve the vision in that eye. A child with amblyopia usually has reduced vision in one eye. Occasionally children are allergic to some eye patches. At Orthoptic Supplies our eye patches provide a comfortable solution by using non-allergenic, gentle adhesive. Furthermore our colourful, patterned eye patches can help make occlusion therapy fun
R B Medical
Attending on Wednesday and Thursday
Meet Ian Simpson and Chad Harris
RB Medical is delighted to introduce the new innovative ‘Yeo Strabismus Forceps’ at BlPOSA. This new Forceps allows you to grip and position the patient’s recti muscles during injections of therapeutics. It is possible to lock the forceps in position – this allows for a change of grip or hands without losing the hold of the rectus muscle.
Stepper Eyewear
Attending on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Meet Peter Reeve and Terry Nelson
STEPPER EYEWEAR is proud to showcase STEPPER Start, our paediatric eyewear collection developed specifically for growing faces. Unlike adult frames scaled down for children, STEPPER Start is designed using dedicated paediatric fit principles to support comfort, stability and precise lens positioning. Informed by facial-fit research undertaken by Dr. Alicia Thompson, the collection recognises the importance of anatomically fitting eyewear during key developmental stages. Lightweight, hypoallergenic materials provide day-long comfort, while child-friendly features offer reassurance for parents and practitioners alike. Built on STEPPER EYEWEAR’s World Fit philosophy, STEPPER Start helps children see, learn and thrive with confidence.
Sun Kingdom / BIB Ophthalmic Instruments
Attending on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Meet Richard Stevens
The SK-8000B is a medical-grade wide-field pediatric retinal camera manufactured by Sunkingdom Medical (distributed as the SK-MED SK-8000 ROP Camera), designed specifically for screening and diagnosing Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and other fundus diseases in infants and children
Surgitrac
Attending on Thursday
Meet Scott Shipley and Jacqui Miller
Surgitrac Instruments manufactures single-use and reusable ophthalmic surgical instruments and procedure packs. CE-marked and designed to internationally recognised standards, their products deliver reliable, consistent performance in clinical settings. Committed to advancing patient care through precision engineering and innovation, Surgitrac Instruments provides healthcare professionals worldwide with dependable instruments that support safe and effective surgical outcomes.
TRB Chemedica UK Ltd
Attending on Wednesday
Meet Jo Cook
TRB Chemedica (UK) Ltd is the official UK Distributor of Clarius Ultrasound Scanners, and VISMED Eye Drops. TRB Chemedica (UK) provides proprietary, ethical, and research-based products for use in rheumatology, ophthalmology, and orthopaedics in the UK and Ireland. The company provides a high quality service throughout all its business operations.
Visufarma
Attending on Wednesday
Meet Harriet McConnell
We offer a complete portfolio of products in the areas of: dry eye, eyelid hygiene, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis and demodex management, retinal health, food supplements and glaucoma.
Our growing portfolio of innovative products, and our commitment to ocular health, will bring new therapeutic solutions from around the world to help patients across Europe and in 20+ countries worldwide through exclusive distributors.