UBM Canon (formerly Canon Communications), founded in 1978 was a diversified business-to-business media company which is now part of

Informa Informa plc is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has offices in 43 countries and around 11,000 ...

that publishes and produces 13 magazines, 54 trade shows & events and 21 web sites. In April 2005, Apprise Media, a niche media company backed by

Spectrum Equity Investors Spectrum Equity is an American growth equity firm that invests in businesses related to the information economy. The company operates out of offices in Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA. The company was an early investor in Ancestry.com and Gr ...

bought Canon from

Veronis Suhler Stevenson Veronis Suhler Stevenson, known by its initials, VSS, is a private investment firm that invests in the information, business services, healthcare IT, education, media and marketing industries in North America and Europe. Since 1987, VSS has mana ...

for $200 million. In September 2010, Canon announced that it had agreed to be acquired by

United Business Media UBM plc was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London, England, before its acquisition by Informa in 2018. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its main focus was on B2B events, but its pr ...

and the deal was completed in October 2010 at which point the company was renamed UBM Canon. UBM Canon has purchased several tradeshows and publication groups over the past several years including Engel Publishing's ''

Med Ad News ''Med Ad News'' is a magazine, publishing pharmaceutical business and marketing news. It was started in 1982 and the first issue appeared in September 1982. Its headquarters is in Livingston, New Jersey Livingston is a township in Essex Coun ...

'' from

Euromoney Institutional Investor Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is one of Europe's largest business and financial information companies which has interests in business and financial publishing and event organization. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a c ...

and ''Powder Bulk Solids'' magazine and tradeshows from

Reed Business Information RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British Multinational corporation, multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal i ...

in May 2006 Canon picks up Reed Elsevier title Powder Bulk Solids
/ref> In 2010, Canon bought four more RBI titles: '' EDN'', ''

Design News ''Design News'' () is a monthly US trade publication published by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. Design News serves the information needs of the field of design engineering. The editorial director is William Ng, with the e ...

'', ''

Test & Measurement World ''Test & Measurement World'' () was a magazine published from January 1981 to July 2012 and website that was stopped in June 2013 by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. Former owner Reed Business Information sold the magazine to ...

'' and ''

Packaging Digest ''Packaging Digest'' is a trade publication and web site owned by Informa. It services the packaging information needs of manufacturing companies who produce consumer packaged goods and products for other markets, such as healthcare. The execut ...

''.

References

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External links

UBM Canon corporate web site

UBM corporate web site
Publishing companies established in 1978 Magazine publishing companies of the United States 2010 mergers and acquisitions Informa