Artexis Easyfairs – 5 acquisitions in Q1 2015

April 14, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

artexis easyfairsArtexis Easyfairs has announced 5 acquisition in the first quarter of 2015.

1. Easyfairs acquires Pack&Move Basel
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Artexis Easyfairs, through its Easyfairs Switzerland GmbH subsidiary, has acquired Pack&Move Basel from MCH Messe Basel. Easyfairs plans to bring together the two trade shows Pack&Move Basel and Transport&Logistics Bern, which will be co-located with Easyfairs’ three packaging events in Zürich. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The new Swiss logistics event will take place annually at Messe Zürich, with the first edition on 6th & 7th May 2016, alongside the established packaging events Empack, Packaging Innovations and Label&Print.

Belgium, Brussels & Switzerland, Basel

2. Easyfairs acquires Northeral
20th March 2015

Easyfairs has acquired Northeral, organiser of Algiers based Maghreb Pharma Expo, the largest pharmaceutical technology trade show in Africa. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Matt Benyon, Head of UK and Global at Easyfairs, added, “We were very impressed by the rapid success of Maghreb Pharma Expo. Since its launch in 2012, it has grown to attract 167 international exhibitors and over 1600 visitors. We see great synergies in combining Northeral’s local expertise with Easyfairs’ experience in launching and geo-cloning events.”

Belgium, Brussels and Algiers

3. Easyfairs acquires Tank Storage Magazine
10th March 2015

Easyfairs has acquired Tank Storage Magazine. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Tank Storage Magazine is a publication for the tank storage market, covering breaking news, market analysis, policy and regulations affecting the industry as well as new products and equipment. The print edition is sent to readers in 80 countries globally including Oiltanking, Peter Cremer, BP, Morgan Stanley, Flint Hill Resources, Macquarie and Rubis.

It is a good strategic fit for Easyfairs, which delivers a portfolio of tank storage events. These take place in the bulk liquid storage hubs and strategic ports of Abu Dhabi, Antwerp, Singapore, Hamburg and Rotterdam and include StocExpo, which the company acquired from Horseshoe Media in 2011.

Matt Benyon, Managing Director, Easyfairs UK & Global, said: “When we bought StocExpo it was always part of the strategy to acquire the magazine when the moment was right. Tank Storage Magazine is the most respected and influential publication in the sector so we’re absolutely thrilled to have acquired it. It’s a very natural development and provides great continuity and more marketing opportunities for all those involved in the magazine or events.”

Belgium, Brussels & UK, London

4. Artexis Easyfairs acquires Dry Cargo Europe Conference & Exhibition
10th March 2015

Artexis Easyfairs has acquired the management of the Dry Bulk Conference and Exhibition from the publishers of Dry Cargo International. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The event will be rebranded the Dry Cargo Europe Conference and Exhibition and will open its doors to visitors on 30 September and 1 October 2015 at Ahoy Rotterdam in The Netherlands, alongside Artexis Easyfairs’ trade show for powder and bulk technologies, Solids.

Jason Chinnock and Andrew Hucker-Brown, joint publishers and owners of Dry Cargo International commented,

Bas van Gent, Group Event Director of Artexis Easyfairs said: “Dry Cargo Europe is going to be a great addition to the Solids. The international visitors and delegates will be able to get an overview not only on what is happening in dry cargo logistics, but also in the treatment, storage, handling and processing of powders and bulk solids. We are delighted that we will be welcoming many new exhibitors and delegates to Rotterdam, the world’s fourth largest port complex.”

Belgium, Brussels & The Netherlands, Rotterdam

5. Artexis Easyfairs acquire FACTS
29th January 2015

In late December 2014, Artexis Easyfairs reached an agreement with company Con-Fuse about the acquisition of FACTS, the comics, sci fi and anime festival in the Benelux held annually at Flanders Expo in Ghent, which is also run by Artexis Easyfairs.

Dirk Van Roy, CEO of Artexis Easyfairs Benelux said: “With FACTS, we diversify again within our events portfolio. For several years already, FACTS has experienced significant growth in a segment that is new to us. As a market leader in the organisation of ultimate meeting & market places, our aim is to increase the experience of this close-knit community even more”.

In October 2014, FACTS was organised for the 24th time. Since its inception, FACTS has developed into a successful, 2-day event of 250 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors. It is not only the oldest, but also the biggest comics, sci fi and anime festival in the Benelux.

Emmanuel, Koen, Jörgen en Stefaan will certainly continue to provide their expertise for the next 3 editions of the festival and will be cooperating closely with Artexis Easyfairs Benelux.

The cooperation will start effectively from the next edition of FACTS, which will be the 25th already. This anniversary edition will take place on 26 and 27 September 2015 at Flanders Expo in Ghent.

Belgium, Brussels & Ghent

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LRP Conferences acquires education technology events from 1105 Media

April 2, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

LRPLRP Conferences, LLC, an affiliate of LRP Publications, has acquired the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), FETC Virtual Conference, Campus Technology Conference and the Campus Technology Forum from 1105 Media, Inc., a California based multimedia B2B company backed by Alta Communications and Nautic Partners. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

1105Campus Technology Conference, Campus Technology Forum, FETC, and FETC Virtual attract thousands of attendees seeking to understand the future of education technology. FETC, the largest of the four acquired events, hosts more than 9,000 professionals annually.

Ken Kahn, President of LRP Publications, said: “As LRP grows, we continue to seek out innovative products that can help us transform. We know FETC, FETC Virtual, Campus Technology Conference, and Campus Technology Forum can help us do that. With their addition we saw a great opportunity to reach a wider education audience, as well as build on our existing HR Technology market, offering a broader audience to our technology exhibitors.”

1105 Media will continue to operate its publishing and digital products in the education marketplace, including Campus Technology and THE Journal. Mike Eason, President of the 1105 Education Events group will join LRP and continue to oversee the business.

USA, Palm Beach, FL & Irvine, CA

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A Fusion Deal: Sale of 50.1% stake in Global Pacific & Partners’ worldwide conference portfolio to ITE Group plc

March 13, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

22 AOWFusion Corporate Partners are pleased to announce the sale on behalf of its client Global Pacific & Partners (GPP) of a 50.1% shareholding in their worldwide oil & gas event portfolio to ITE Group Plc, a major London-listed international events company with significant capacity in global oil and gas.

The portfolio of events includes GPP’s market leading Africa Oil Week (AOW) conference held in Cape Town for the last 21 years. AOW incorporates Africa Upsteam and the Africa Independence Forum, other events in the portfolio include established oil & gas events in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

ITE2The cash consideration paid on completion for 50.1% is £16 million, with put and call options in place over a maximum of ten years, to enable ITE to acquire the remainder of the shares. The overall consideration to be capped at a maximum of £50 million.

Fusion acted exclusively for the shareholders of GPP. The shareholder founders and existing organisers of the event, will remain with the portfolio for the next few years at least.

GPP Chairman, Dr Duncan Clarke and CEO, Babette van Gessel said “We are all delighted to join forces with ITE to work together on developing the events in our conference portfolio. ITE has significant capacity and an excellent reputation in global oil and gas to carry forward the growth achieved over the last two decades for our portfolio in Africa, Asia and Latin America.”

ITE Oil &Gas Portfolio Director, Daniel Read said “I am very pleased with the acquisition of a majority stake in a series of events that includes Africa Oil Week/Upstream Africa. It is the jewel in the crown of GPPs portfolio and takes our services to a number of new territories. We have a global network of staff, exhibitions and conferences that will promote Africa Oil Week to a huge worldwide audience. The scale of the industry in Africa and its potential for future growth is enormous. It’s great to know that we will be involved in keeping the leading stakeholders in the continent’s energy community connected and informed. I’m also looking forward to working closely with the team at GPP who have created and nurtured the growth of what has become the leading event for the industry in Africa.”

paul-slight_f_1_120_1Paul Slight, Director at Fusion, said “We were delighted to have worked with Duncan Clarke and Babette van Gessel and the rest of the team at GPP. The Africa Oil Week/Africa Upstream Conference is the longest-running and most prominent event held worldwide for Africa’s fast-growing oil, gas, LNG and energy industry. It will be an excellent fit with ITE’s events portfolio.”

The 22nd Africa Oil Week/Africa Upstream Conference, with the 13th Africa Independents Forum, takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 26th-30th October 2015 at the CTICC, with over 100 speakers, 150+ Exhibitors, and around 1,600 delegates.

UK, London & Africa, Cape Town & The Netherlands, The Hague

Other Fusion Deals:

Media & Business Information

Business Support Services and Energy & Environmental Services

Exhibitions & Conferences

Healthcare

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A Fusion Deal: UK Health IT exhibition EHealthLIVE sold to Informa PLC

February 26, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

Informa plc recently purchased EHealth Media and their events: the EHI Awards and the EHI LIVEUK, London Conference and Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham. The UK team is based in London.

Fusion Corporate Partners acted as corporate advisor for EHealth Media. The Fusion team was led by Paul Slight, Director at Fusion. The terms of the deals were not disclosed.

E-Health Media organises high quality events for the UK healthcare IT community. Our expert team creates wide ranging events from small bespoke roundtable discussions up to the UK’s largest exhibition and conference, EHI Live at the NEC, Birmingham. We produce events with fresh, topic driven agendas, which bring together our key industry stakeholders. We create great environments in which our clinical, IT and ehealth professionals can meet up, network and learn and share best practice.

Informa Life Sciences lead the market in providing quality, expert-led conferences; delivering the expert knowledge our clients need to excel in their professional roles and guaranteeing a competitive advantage for their organisations.

As well as the UK IT Healthcare events, our diverse portfolio covers the pharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics, fine chemicals and agrochemicals and veterinary medicine sectors. Informa also operates the world’s second largest healthcare exhibition. Arab Health first ran in 1975 and has gone on to be a global must-attend event attracting 66,000 professionals from over 145 countries.

UK, London

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The Montgomery Group acquires AidEx

February 11, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

Exhibition News is reporting that The Montgomery Group has acquired AidEx, from Centaur Media. AidEx is an international event that brings together the international aid and development community. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The AidEx portfolio comprises two annual events; its flagship conference and exhibition in Brussels (November) and a conference in Nairobi (June).

The exhibition in 2014 attracted more than 200 exhibitors and organisations including the EU, Red Cross, UN and Oxfam, and companies offering a range of products from 4×4 vehicles to medical supplies, shelter products, logistics, short-wave radios and satellite communications.

UK, London

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Providence Equity acquires Clarion Events for over £200M

January 14, 2015 — Fusion DigiNet

Providence EquityExhibition news is reporting that Clarion Events has been sold to global asset management firm Providence Equity in a deal thought to be worth just over £200 million.

ClarionThe report says Providence competed in a second round of bidding against ITE Group, Penton Media, Charterhouse Capital Partners and Carlyle Group LP. Providence are expected to invest in further acquisitions for Clarion.

Read the story here.

UK, London

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ITE Group acquires transportation and logistics exhibition business Breakbulk

December 23, 2014 — Fusion DigiNet

ITEITE Enterprises Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITE Group Plc, has acquired Breakbulk Holdco UK Ltd and its subsidiary companies from Electra backed, AXIO Data Group for up to $42 million (c.£26.8 million).

Breakbulk consists of a series of exhibitions, serving the transportation and logistics market for large scale project equipment, which are held annually in Houston, Antwerp, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Istanbul and Sao Paulo. In addition, the acquisition brings to ITE a magazine in print and digital format with expanded industry coverage along with its exhibition websites which serve the global breakbulk community.

breakbulkThe transaction is financed out of the Group’s existing cash and bank facilities and is expected to be earnings enhancing in the current financial year. Out of the total consideration of c.$42 million, $40 million was paid on completion with the balance payable once Breakbulk’s results for the period ended 31 December 2015 are available. The value of the gross assets being acquired is around $14m. The total profits generated by the assets acquired in the period ended 31 December 2013 was $2.6m. The Group anticipates that the purchase price equates to circa 8.5x expected FY15 EBITDA.

Breakbulk’s main events take place in Shanghai in March, Antwerp in April and Houston in October. Forward bookings for these 3 events for FY2015 are currently c90% of budget.

The current management team including Breakbulk’s Managing Director, Alli McEntyre will stay with the business.

Commenting on the acquisition, ITE’s Chief Executive Officer, Russell Taylor, said:

“ITE is continuing to build businesses in strategically important industry sectors and the acquisition of Breakbulk increases our presence in the global transportation and logistics sector. This complementary move represents progress in achieving the Group’s ambitions to expand its operations in markets and geographies with further potential for growthas well as continuing to diversify the geo-political risk in our portfolio.

UK, London

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Euromoney Institutional Investor completes Dealogic transaction

December 18, 2014 — Fusion DigiNet

dealogic_logoEuromoney Institutional Investor PLC, the online information and events group, has completed the acquisition of a 15.5% equity stake in New Dealogic for £59.2 million. For the year to December 31, 2013, Dealogic achieved adjusted earnings before interest, depreciation and amortisation of $66.7 million on $152.3 million of revenues, and at that date had gross assets of $127.7 million. The transaction takes effect from December 18.

See also: Euromoney to acquire a strategic shareholding in Dealogic: Sells Capital DATA and Capital NET posted on November 5, 2014

New Dealogic is a new company incorporated by The Carlyle Group to acquire Dealogic Holdings plc alongside Carlyle and Dealogic’s founders.  Euromoney’s investment in New Dealogic has been funded through the sale to New Dealogic of its interests in two businesses, Capital DATA and Capital NET, which Dealogic and Euromoney had operated jointly since the 1980s. The transaction values Euromoney’s participation in these two businesses at $85 million.

Dealogic provides data and analytics, market intelligence and capital markets software solutions to investment banks to help them manage their workflows, assist with deal origination and execution, and optimise productivity across their equity capital markets, fixed income, investment banking and research, sales and trading businesses.

UK, London

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POLITICO and Axel Springer acquire EUROPEAN VOICE

December 17, 2014 — Fusion DigiNet

POLITICO, the Washington-based political news organisation, and Axel Springer, the owners of the POLITICO joint venture in Europe, have acquired EUROPEAN VOICE and will rebrand the Brussels publication as POLITICO in the spring of 2015.

The owner and publisher of the EUROPEAN VOICE, Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson, will become managing director of POLITICO’s European operation, in charge of business operations. POLITICO’s European news operation will be led by Executive Editor Matthew Kaminski, a senior journalist and commentator on international affairs with The Wall Street Journal.

POLITICO’s European editorial operations will launch in spring 2015 with a website, POLITICO.EU; a weekly newspaper with circulation in Brussels; conferences and events in Brussels, Paris and Berlin; and a European edition of POLITICO Pro, a subscription-based news service covering major European policy coverage areas, such as financial services, technology, health care and energy.

Kaminski will report to POLITICO co-founder and Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris, who will be overseeing the vision and execution of POLITICO’s European newsroom in his position as chairman of the joint venture’s editorial committee. As editor in chief, Harris will be a regular presence in Brussels as the joint venture takes one of the most influential brands in American journalism to the European arena. Bill Nichols, POLITICO’s editor-at-large, will serve as the joint venture’s founding editor-at-large. Florian Eder, EU correspondent for DIE WELT, will become a managing editor. Carrie Budoff Brown, senior White House reporter for POLITICO, will become associate editor and senior reporter. POLITICO’s Gabe Brotman will oversee strategy and business development.

The EUROPEAN VOICE website, newspaper and events will all be integrated with POLITICO at the time of the spring launch. The joint venture will also take ownership of Paris-based Development Institute International (DII), France’s event promoter in the public affairs space, a business Semsar-de Boisséson co-founded in 1993. DII will continue to operate as a standalone business led by its Managing Director and co-founder Stephane Baudoin.

Semsar-de Boisséson will report to a management committee in which Axel Springer and POLITICO are equally represented.

“We see EUROPEAN VOICE, a familiar and well-respected platform in Brussels, as giving our joint venture an invaluable head start in establishing POLITICO as the new media agenda-setter at this historic moment in European politics,” said Ralph Büchi, President of Axel Springer International. “From the moment we met Shéhérazade, it was clear that her strong personality, energy and experience made her exactly the right person to lead this business.”

Germany, Berlin & Belgium, Brussels

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ITE acquires Eurasia Rail exhibition in Turkey

December 2, 2014 — Fusion DigiNet

ITEITE Group plc, the international exhibitions group is acquiring TF Fuarcilik ve Organizasyon Anonim Sirketi (TFF) for around £8 million through its  wholly owned Turkish subsidiary, E Uluslar Arasi Fuar Tanitim Hizmetleri. As part of the transaction, TTF has acquired the Eurasia Rail exhibition from Turkel Fuarcilik Anonim Sirketi (“Turkel”), a company controlled by Mr Hasim Korhan Yazgan and Ms. Isil Yazgan.

The Eurasia Rail exhibition serves the rolling stock and railway infrastructure industries in Turkey and the surrounding region and is held each year at the IFM (World Trade Center) in Istanbul. The upcoming exhibition will be held in March 2015, marking the 5th edition of this event, which is expected to sell more than 10,000m2 net and be attended by around 20,000 professional visitors over 3 days.

ITE’s Chief Executive Officer, Russell Taylor, said, “I am pleased to welcome the Eurasia Rail exhibition into ITE’s Turkish business. This move represents progress in achieving the Group’s aims to strengthen and  expand its operations in sectors with further potential for growth and diversifying the geopolitical risk in our portfolio.

UK, London & Turkey, Istanbul

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