UBM Canon (formerly Canon Communications), founded in 1978, was a diversified business-to-business media company which is now part of
Informa 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 bought Canon from
Veronis Suhler Stevenson for $200 million. In September 2010, Canon announced that it had agreed to be acquired by
United Business Media 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'' from
Euromoney Institutional Investor
Delinian (formerly Euromoney Institutional Investor) is a British financial media company that has interests in business and financial publishing and event organisation.
, it was one of Europe's largest business and financial information comp ...
and ''Powder Bulk Solids'' magazine and tradeshows from
Reed Business Information 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 business-to-business media brand covering news, trends, and technology insights for the engineering community. Owned by Informa Markets — Engineering, it is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The brand has been in p ...
'', '' Test & Measurement World'' and '' Packaging Digest''.
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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