DEALMAKERS
Energy Events , which runs Low Carbon Agriculture consisting of Energy Now Expo , Environmental Business Expo , Farm Technology Expo , and Low Emissions Vehicle Expo and will become part of the Agriconnect business . The Agri portfolio includes Farmers Guardian and LAMMA , which kickstarted the whole Arc buy and build journey in August 2021 . US B2B media company WTWH Media has signed an agreement to acquire Aging Media Network , a digital platform for the senior care and behavioural health sectors . WTWH runs events and provides marketing solutions across the Engineering , Healthcare and Life Sciences , and Foodservice , Retail , and Hospitality verticals . It ’ s heartening to see familyowned companies pave the way for the younger talent to take charge . Eljays44 is a prominent media and events company in the landscaping and green space industry organising the Futurescape exhibition and publishing Landscaper Pro magazine . Co-founder Jamie Wilkinson has acquired the majority shareholdings of Lisa and Jim Wilkinson who are retiring , giving him 100 % ownership of the business . Look out for increased collaboration within the sector to achieve additional growth . Messe München and NürnbergMesse have created YONTEX , a joint venture company that runs the network for the beverage and liquid food industry . Under the JV , Munich ’ s drinktec and Nuremburg ’ s BrauBreviale now have common ownership representing the largest merger of two trade fairs in Germany . As well as running the shows in Germany ( drinktec every four years and BrauBeviale annually , except in the drinktec year ), the JV also owns drinktec technology India and China Brew & China Beverage . EN
A summary of other transactions since the last edition of EN :
Buyer Business Country Sector Informa Winsight USA Food
Informa spends $ 380m on a US-based event organiser and digital information services group for the food sector .
Questex
NYU Int ’ l Hospitality Investment
USA
Hospitality
US acquisition joins International Hospitality Investment Forum ( Berlin ) and the Annual Hotel Conference in Manchester in its Hospitality Investment events portfolio .
Arc Group
Marketing in Partnership
UK
Investment
Yet another acquisition from Simon Foster ’ s Arc operating in the asset management sector and complementing brands from previously acquired Incisive Media .
Datateam Business Media
Sign & Digital UK UK Visual Comms
The organiser of Printwear and Promotion Live ! Exhibition acquires 34 edition SDUK , the UK ’ s biggest and longest-running trade show for the visual communication sector .
Nineteen Group
Lone Worker Safety Live
UK
Safety
Long term partnership turned acquisition co-located alongside its Health and Safety Event
Raccoon Media Group
Allergy and Free From & Just V
UK
Nutrition
Outdoor sports show specialist makes its 2nd acquisition to move healthy lifestyles and nutrition
Hamburg Messe / Transglobal Events ( Partnership )
Hydrogen Tech Expo
Germany
A long-term partnership will see the show move from Bremen to Hamburg .
Messe Frankfurt Middle East / 1st Arabia ( Partnership )
Intersec Beautyworld Automechanika
Saudi Arabia
Science Tech
Various
1st Arabia will act as the local partner for Messe Frankfurt Brands Intersec , Beautyworld and Automechanika
Koelnmesse
Buy out of minority stake
India
Koelnmesse buys out Ashwani Pande , its JV partner in India since 2008 , to create a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary company .
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