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 Grub ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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

in May 2006 Canon picks up Reed Elsevier title Powder Bulk Solids
/ref> In 2010, Canon bought four more RBI titles: '' EDN'', '' Design News'', '' Test & Measurement World'' 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 execu ...

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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