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closed 9/4/2007 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Engel Publishing Partners

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, an Apprise Media portfolio company, has acquired Engel Publishing Partners from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Engel is a niche B2B media company serving the $634 billion global pharmaceutical market. Engel’s array of print, online and data products and conferences–i
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target parent: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
target: Engel Publishing Partners
Engel Publishing Partners publishes well-established business magazines. Through PharmaLive.com, we offer several interactive products, including the eKnowledgebase, PharmaSentry, the PharmaLive.com eNewsletter Series and Therapeutics Daily eNewsletter Series, and OnDemand Special Reports.
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announced 9/19/2008 via PR Newswire

Perseus, L.L.C., will acquire Physicians Interactive

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synopsis: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Physicians Interactive(R) business unit to a fund managed by Perseus, L.L.C., a merchant bank and private equity fund management company.
buyer: Perseus, L.L.C.
Perseus, L.L.C. is a merchant bank and private equity fund management company with offices in Washington, D.C., New York and Munich. Since its inception in 1995, Perseus has invested in numerous buyout and growth equity transactions in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.
target parent: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
target: Physicians Interactive
Physicians Interactive builds an electronic dialogue with healthcare professionals by utilizing technology platforms and online interactive programs to deliver valuable education and promotion about medical products and disease states.
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closed 5/3/2010 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, LLC, acquired Pharmalot

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, announced that it has acquired Pharmalot. As part of the acquisition, Pharmalot’s founder, Ed Silverman, will join Canon as an Editor at Large in the Pharmaceutical Media Group and will continue as Pharmalot’s Editor.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: Pharmalot
Pharmalot is an influential blog focused on news and information in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmalot is written by Ed Silverman, a prize-winning journalist who has covered the pharmaceutical industry for the past 15 years.
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closed 1/22/2008 via PR Newswire

Elsevier Business Information, acquired Edra S.p.A

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synopsis: Elsevier has acquired Edra S.p.A, an online publishing company in the healthcare field. Together, Elsevier and Edra will be able to provide professional and promotional support to pharmaceutical companies by combining Elsevier's content and services with Edra's electronic capabilities and online delivery channel.
buyer parent:Reed Elsevier plc
buyer: Elsevier Business Information
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year.
target: Edra S.p.A
Edra S.p.A., based in Milan, provides e-pharma promotional services and is Continual Medical Education provider certified by the Italian Ministry of Health and the region of Lombardy, both for residential and distance learning.
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closed 8/17/2009 via BNC Analysis

Anthem Media Group, acquired Ascend Allied Healthcare

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synopsis: Ascend Media Holdings announced the sale of its Allied Healthcare Group to Anthem Media Group. Allied Healthcare serves ten healthcare markets with eleven magazines, ten websites and ten weekly digital newsletters.
buyer: Anthem Media Group
Anthem Media Group, is a rapidly-growing, full-service agency that creates engaging on and off line experiences for the world's leading companies. AMG has played key roles in the branding and lead-generation activities of thousands of recognizable companies.
target parent: Ascend Media, Inc.
target: Ascend Allied Healthcare
Ascend Allied Healthcare division serves the information, news, product development and continuing education needs of professionals in the areas of medical imaging, hearing, respiratory care, physical therapy and rehab, sleep, plastic surgery, aesthetics and more.
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closed 6/16/2010 via Market Wire

Cliff Rock Resources, merged with Virtual Medical Centre Ltd

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synopsis: Cliff Rock Resources ("Cliff Rock") is pleased to announce it has completed a reverse merger transaction resulting in the acquisition of Virtual Medical Centre Ltd, Australasia's leading online medical information website. Cliff Rock has submitted to have its name changed to Virtual Medical Center I
buyer: Cliff Rock Resources(CLFR:$0.00)
Cliff Rock Resources Corp. (Cliff Rock) is an exploration-stage company. The Company's principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral resources. As of September 30, 2009, the Company had not identified any reserves of these minerals on the IQUE Claim.
target: Virtual Medical Centre Ltd
Virtual Medical Centre ("VMC") provides online medical information. VMC provides accurate, timely, accredited and free medical information to a rapidly increasing consumer and professional audience of over 750,000 unique visitors a month.
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closed 9/9/2009 via Company Press Release

PDR Network, acquired Health Care Notification Network

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synopsis: PDR Network acquires Health Care Notification Network (HCNN), the only network that delivers FDA-required drug alerts to physicians and other prescribers online.
buyer parent:Lee Equity Partners, LLC
buyer: PDR Network
PDR Network includes the Physicians' Desk Reference, the most commonly used drug information reference available in the US, and the Health Care Notification Network, the only service that provides electronic delivery of important FDA-mandated and product-related patient safety alerts to physicians.
target parent: Medfusion, Inc.
target: Health Care Notification Network
The Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) delivers important patient safety alerts to providers securely online, in a manner that is faster, more efficient and more reliable than the current paper-based systems that typically use the U.S. mail. The HCNN is a free service for healthcare providers.
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closed 12/14/2010 via PR Newswire

Everyday Health, Inc., acquired MedPage Today Inc.

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synopsis: Everyday Health, Inc., a leading provider of online health solutions, announced that it has acquired MedPage Today, LLC, a news organization serving healthcare professionals. The acquisition immediately provides Everyday Health with a significant offering for healthcare professionals.
buyer: Everyday Health, Inc.
Everyday Health is a leading provider of health solutions. The company provides consumers, healthcare professionals, and brands with content and advertising-based services across a broad portfolio of over 25 websites that span the health spectrum.
target parent: Milestone Venture Partners
target: MedPage Today Inc.
MedPage Today is a news organization serving healthcare professionals. The company's daily, peer-reviewed news coverage delivered via the web and several mobile applications allows healthcare professionals to put breaking medical news into practice.
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closed 8/20/2010 via Market Wire

WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd., acquired VIPMEDRx, Inc.

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synopsis: WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd., a facilities-based digital media company, announced the acquisition of VIPMEDRX, a digital telemedicine company providing personal, remote monitoring services, education and social networking capabilities to chronically ill patients.
buyer: WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd.(WDMG:$0.00)
WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd. was founded to create a new global communications infrastructure for the delivery of converged communications services i.e. voice, audio, video, data, streaming media and broadcast content over protocol independent multi-layered communication systems.
target: VIPMEDRx, Inc.
VIPMEDRx, Inc., doing business as VMRx, along with its subsidiaries, develops and sells multimedia Web-based healthcare applications to patients, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers.
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closed 5/5/2010 via Company Press Release

Kenneth Getz, acquired CenterWatch, Inc.

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synopsis: Ken Getz, the founder of CenterWatch—an industry-leading clinical trials information services company—along with private equity investors has purchased the company from Jobson Medical Information.
buyer: Kenneth Getz
Ken Getz founded CenterWatch in 1994 and established the company as a leading provider of operating and business information on the $40 billion global clinical trials industry. Getz sold the company to the Thomson Corporation in 1998.
target parent: Wicks Group of Companies
target: CenterWatch, Inc.
CenterWatch is a trusted source and global destination of clinical trials information for both professionals and patients. CenterWatch provides a wide variety of information services including grant leads for investigative sites, data about the global clinical trials industry and more.
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closed 12/31/2007 via Berkery

Jobson Medical Information LLC, acquired CenterWatch, Inc.

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synopsis: The Thomson Corporation announced the sale of CenterWatch to Jobson Medical Information, a portfolio company of The Wicks Group, LLC. CenterWatch is a trusted source and global leader in providing proprietary data and information about clinical trials to both professionals and patients.
buyer parent:The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C.
buyer: Jobson Medical Information LLC
Jobson Medical Information is a leading specialty healthcare communications, publishing, and medical education company. Jobson Medical Information produces a broad range of publications, educational programs, enduring educational materials, live events, symposia and websites.
target parent: Thomson Corporation
target: CenterWatch, Inc.
CenterWatch is a trusted source and global leader in providing proprietary data and information about clinical trials to both professionals and patients.
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closed 7/22/2010 via Company Press Release

CT Corsearch, acquired Edital

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synopsis: CT Corsearch, the premier provider of clearance and protection solutions for trademark and brand professionals, announced it’s acquired Edital, the Questel trademark branch. This acquisition will create best-in-class solutions for managing a brand lifecycle globally—from creation to watching to protecting, maintaining and renewing a brand.
buyer parent:Wolters Kluwer NV
buyer: CT Corsearch
CT Corsearch provides high-quality, intuitive tools and expertise that trademark professionals need to effectively manage the trademark screening, search review and watching processes.
target parent: Questel
target: Edital
Edital was established in Brussels in 1982 and acquired by Questel, a world leader in Intellectual Property in 2005. Its sole purpose has been to create global solutions for the Intellectual Property professional.
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closed 9/27/2007 via PR Newswire

Thomson Pharma, acquired Prous Science

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synopsis: The Thomson Corporation, a leading provider of information solutions to business and professional customers worldwide, today announced that it has acquired Prous Science, a global leader in the provision of life sciences information solutions. Prous Science will become part of Thomson Scientific.
buyer parent:The Thomson Corporation
buyer: Thomson Pharma
Thomson Scientific & Healthcare provides integrated information solutions to researchers and librarians, physicians and pharmacists, and other professionals worldwide.
target: Prous Science
Prous Science is a trusted source of information on which science depends to discover safer and more effective medicines. The company's products have evolved through the years from print journals to sophisticated electronic products incorporating the latest advances in IT.
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closed 9/15/2007 via Company Description

MergerMarket, acquired Infinata, Inc.

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synopsis: In September 2007, Mergermarket acquired Infinata, an information solutions and marketing analytics provider to the global financial service, life science, and high technology industries.
buyer parent:Pearson plc
buyer: MergerMarket
MergerMarket, part of Pearson's Financial Times Group, is an unparalleled, independent M&A intelligence tool used by the world's foremost financial institutions to originate deals. It provides proprietary intelligence on potential deal flow, potential mandates and valuations.
target: Infinata, Inc.
Infinata is an innovative provider of information solutions and marketing analytics to the global financial service, life science, and high-tech industries. Our information suites include: BioPharm Insight, High Net Worth Insight, and Corporate Tracker.
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closed 7/10/2007 via

Providence Equity Partners Inc., acquired Decision Resources, Inc.

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synopsis: Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, announced today that Providence Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm with more than $21 billion under management, will acquire majority control of the Company.
buyer: Providence Equity Partners Inc.
Providence Equity Partners Inc. is a private investment firm specializing in equity investments in communications and media companies around the world. The principals of Providence Equity manage funds with approximately $21 billion in equity commitments.
target parent: Boston Ventures Management, Inc.
target: Decision Resources, Inc.
Decision Resources, Inc. is a world leader in research publications, advisory services and consulting designed to help clients shape strategy, allocate resources and master their chosen markets. Decision Resources consists of the medical technology business unit and the biopharma business unit.
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closed 1/6/2004 via PR Newswire

Boston Ventures Management, Inc., Castanea Partners, acquired Decision Resources, Inc.

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synopsis: Castanea Partners and Boston Ventures Limited Partnership VI today announced the recapitalization of Decision Resources, Inc., with a total transaction value of $58 million. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company is best known for its therapeutically-focused analyses of global pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets.
buyer: Boston Ventures Management, Inc.
buyer: Castanea Partners
Boston Ventures Management, LLC is a private equity firm that has been an active investor and financial partner to management teams in the media, entertainment, publishing and information and communications sectors since 1983, earning the firm a franchise position in the private equity community.
target: Decision Resources, Inc.
Decision Resources, Inc. is a world leader in research publications, advisory services and consulting designed to help clients shape strategy, allocate resources and master their chosen markets. Decision Resources consists of the medical technology business unit and the biopharma business unit.
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closed 2/24/2010 via PR Newswire

U.S. Oncology, Inc., acquired CURE Media Group, L.P.

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synopsis: US Oncology, Inc. announced that it has acquired Dallas-based CURE Media Group. With a mission to make cancer easier to understand for patients, CURE magazine and the curetoday.com Website each provide rich, patient-focused content regarding all aspects of cancer care, research, and other patient issues.
buyer parent:Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
buyer: U.S. Oncology, Inc.
US Oncology, Inc., is the leading oncology services company uniting the nation's largest cancer treatment and research network to expand patient access to high-quality, cost-effective cancer care and advance the science of cancer care.
target parent: Providence Equity Partners Inc.
target: CURE Media Group, L.P.
CURE Media Group has become the source of information and inspiration for those on the cancer journey. CURE Media Group's flagship product, CURE magazine, is the indispensable guide for every stage of the cancer experience.
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closed 5/15/2012 via BusinessWire

Alliance Health Networks, acquired Medify

See 97 Comparable Transactions
synopsis: Alliance Health Networks, the leading social networking company serving consumers and the healthcare industry, announced that it has acquired Medify, a leading provider of data-driven treatment information, to offer patients and caregivers the industry’s most comprehensive social engagement platform.
buyer: Alliance Health Networks
Alliance Health Networks is building a free and independent social engagement platform that gives people the power to navigate their personal health journey. The company owns and operates more than 50 social networks and 20 mobile versions serving over 1.5 million registered members.
target: Medify
Medify is revolutionizing online health search by making it uniquely personal, visual and social. The company’s proprietary, patent-pending technology mines millions of real patient experiences from disparate data sources that are backed by medical professionals.
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closed 12/2/2005 via BNC Analysis

WebMD Corporation, acquired Conceptis Technologies Inc.

See 34 Comparable Transactions
synopsis: Extending its leadership in mergers and acquisitions among online healthcare information providers, Berkery, Noyes & Co., LLC represented Conceptis Technologies Inc., and its flagship cardiology portal www.theheart.org, in its sale to WebMD Health.
buyer parent:Emdeon Corporation
buyer: WebMD Corporation(WBMD:$438.54)
WebMD is a leading provider of health information services to consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans.Through our public online portals, WebMD enables health-involved consumers and clinically active physicians to readily access healthcare information.
target: Conceptis Technologies Inc.
Conceptis Technologies, a Montreal-based company, produces top-of-the-line vertical portals that open the door to a world of medical knowledge. Noted for their in-depth content, these portals, or websites, are managed and continuously updated by a distinguished editorial committee of world-renowned
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closed 8/12/2009 via BusinessWire

MDLinx, Inc., acquired The SmartestDoc, LLC.

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synopsis: So-net M3, a leading eMarketing company in oncology and other medical specialties, acquires The SmartestDoc LLC, which operates the popular daily oncology quiz service, The Smartest Oncologist in America. The combined memberships of SmartestDoc and So-net M3's MDLinx Oncology constitute more than 7,000 US oncologists.
buyer parent:Sony Corporation
buyer: MDLinx, Inc.
MDLinx is an award-winning, practical tool that busy physicians and healthcare professionals use to stay up to date with the latest research in the medical field. The company aggregates medical articles and research from more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals and leading news media on a daily basis.
 target: The SmartestDoc, LLC.
The SmartestDoc LLC was founded by Dr. Stan Winokur in 2007. Its unique daily quiz offering, The Smartest Oncologist in America, rapidly became a tremendously popular quiz contest among US oncologists. Its growth was driven almost completely through oncologists inviting their peers to participate.
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closed 9/4/2007 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Engel Publishing Partners

See 35 Comparable Transactions
synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, an Apprise Media portfolio company, has acquired Engel Publishing Partners from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Engel is a niche B2B media company serving the $634 billion global pharmaceutical market. Engel’s array of print, online and data products and conferences–i
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target parent: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
target: Engel Publishing Partners
Engel Publishing Partners publishes well-established business magazines. Through PharmaLive.com, we offer several interactive products, including the eKnowledgebase, PharmaSentry, the PharmaLive.com eNewsletter Series and Therapeutics Daily eNewsletter Series, and OnDemand Special Reports.
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closed 10/22/2010 via Company Press Release

United Business Media Limited, acquired Canon Communications, LLC

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synopsis: UBM announces it has acquired Canon Communications LLC from Spectrum Equity Investors and Apprise Media LLC for $287 million. Canon is a leading provider of tradeshows and related media products to the global medical device design industry and advanced manufacturing markets.
buyer: United Business Media Limited(UBMJF:$972.30)
United Business Media Limited ("UBM") is a London Stock Exchange-listed global media business focusing on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets.
target parent: Spectrum Equity Investors
target: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC is the producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the $3 trillion advanced, technology-based design and manufacturing industry, including medical device, pharmaceutical, electronics, design engineering, process technology and plastics processing.
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closed 5/3/2010 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, LLC, acquired Pharmalot

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, announced that it has acquired Pharmalot. As part of the acquisition, Pharmalot’s founder, Ed Silverman, will join Canon as an Editor at Large in the Pharmaceutical Media Group and will continue as Pharmalot’s Editor.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: Pharmalot
Pharmalot is an influential blog focused on news and information in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmalot is written by Ed Silverman, a prize-winning journalist who has covered the pharmaceutical industry for the past 15 years.
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announced 2/16/2010 via Market Wire

Canon Communications, LLC, will purchase 4 media brands from Reed Business Information

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC announced a definitive agreement to acquire four key media brands serving the advanced design engineering sector. Included in the purchase from Reed Business Information-US are the worldwide assets of Electronic Design News (EDN), Design News, Test & Measurement World, and Packaging Digest.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller parent: Reed Elsevier
seller: Reed Business Information
Reed Business Information is a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals in targeted industry sectors. Our market-leading properties include more than 135 business-to-business publications and over 125 Web sites.
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closed 5/6/2008 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Stamping-Days

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, the leading producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the €2 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, announced its acquisition of Stamping-Days, a biannual exhibition serving the high precision stamping technology industry in Germany.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: Stamping-Days
Since 2003, Stamping Days has grown to become the key event for the stamping technology marketplace in Europe and is held amidst the most intensive hub of high technology manufacturing industry in Europe.
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closed 2/6/2008 via Company Press Release

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Pharmapack

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, the leading producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the $3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, today announced its acquisition of the Pharmapack trade show from French organizer Oriex which begins today in Paris.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target parent: Oriex
target: Pharmapack
Pharmapack serves Europe’s $9 Billion pharmaceutical packaging marketplace with a focus on the sectors fastest growth area—drug delivery packaging. While the overall European pharmaceutical packaging industry is expanding at 6% per year, advanced packaging is experiencing double-digit increases.
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closed 10/9/2007 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired K & R Messe GmbH & Co.

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synopsis: Canon Communications, the leading publisher, trade show producer, and digital media company for the world's $3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, has acquired two leading trade shows in Germany, INTERPART and SURFACTS, as part of its expansion in the European market.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: K & R Messe GmbH & Co.
The K & R Messe GmbH & Co. KG is a specialist in trade fairs and exhibitions. INTERPART is a trade show for manufacturers in Southern Germany while SURFACTS serves European companies providing mechanical, chemical, or thermal surface treatment.
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closed 9/4/2007 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Engel Publishing Partners

See 35 Comparable Transactions
synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, an Apprise Media portfolio company, has acquired Engel Publishing Partners from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Engel is a niche B2B media company serving the $634 billion global pharmaceutical market. Engel’s array of print, online and data products and conferences–i
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target parent: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
target: Engel Publishing Partners
Engel Publishing Partners publishes well-established business magazines. Through PharmaLive.com, we offer several interactive products, including the eKnowledgebase, PharmaSentry, the PharmaLive.com eNewsletter Series and Therapeutics Daily eNewsletter Series, and OnDemand Special Reports.
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closed 5/9/2007 via Company Press Release

Canon Communications, Inc., purchased four special-focus manufacturing technology events from Trident Exhibitions Limited

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synopsis: Canon Communications has acquired four special-focus manufacturing technology events from Devon, UK-based Trident Exhibitions Limited. The acquisition brings the number of Canon’s trade show events to 43 while also introducing its highly successful co-location strategy to Europe, a key market for advanced design and manufacturing industries.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller: Trident Exhibitions Limited
Trident Exhibitions Limited has created and run successful shows targeting many niche areas in the manufacturing industry both in the UK and overseas. Trident has worked closely with prestigious trade associations as well as leading trade publications such as Industrial Technology magazine.
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closed 3/13/2007 via Company Press Release

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Dana Chase Publications, Inc.

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC has acquired Appliance magazine from Oak Brook, IL-based Dana Chase Publications, Inc. The acquisition includes the Appliance News e-newsletter, and the ApplianceMagazine.com Web site that draws more than 40,000 unique visitors each month.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: Dana Chase Publications, Inc.
Dana Chase Publications' Flagship Publication, APPLIANCE Magazine is read every month around the world in over 110 countries. Our subscribers are engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and management personnel, working for companies making consumer, commercial, business, and medical appliances.
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closed 2/14/2007 via Company Press Release

Canon Communications, Inc., purchased Plastics USA trade show from Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC and the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) announced today that the two organizations have agreed to align SPI’s Plastics USA with Canon’s PLASTEC trade show. For its part, Canon will provide a broad array of financial incentives to exhibiting SPI members and purchase the Society’s Plastics USA trade show.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller: Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. is the only national trade association representing the U.S plastics industry, which employs 1.1 million workers and provides nearly $341 billion in annual shipments.
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announced 5/10/2006 via PR Newswire

Canon Communications, Inc., will purchase eight trade shows and one magazine from Reed Exhibition Companies

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, an Apprise Media Company, today announced an agreement in principle to acquire eight trade shows and one magazine dedicated to the US advanced, technology-based manufacturing sectors from Reed Elsevier.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller parent: Reed Elsevier
seller: Reed Exhibition Companies
Reed Exhibition Companies is one of the world’s leading organisers of trade and consumer events with a portfolio of over 350 events in 27 countries. Each year, we bring together over 100,000 suppliers and 5.5 million buyers from around the globe, facilitating billions of dollars in business.
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announced 4/21/2005 via BusinessWire

Apprise Media LLC, will acquire Canon Communications, Inc.

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synopsis: Apprise Media LLC, a niche media company backed by Spectrum Equity Investors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Canon Communications, a leading producer of print publications, trade shows and digital media for the high-growth $200 billion medical device manufacturing market.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Apprise Media LLC
Apprise Media concentrates on niche media, a fast growing segment in the media industry. Apprise Media identifies businesses in which our core management strengths and experience can combine to create value for our investors and enhanced competitive positioning for our portfolio companies.
target parent: Veronis Suhler Stevenson
target: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
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announced 4/19/2013 via PR Newswire

Global Sources, will acquire Shenzhen International Machinery Manufacturing Industry Exhibition

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synopsis: Global Sources Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire an ownership interest in the Shenzhen International Machinery Manufacturing Industry Exhibition and its related shows (SIMM). The acquisition of SIMM will allow Global Sources to establish a strong presence in China's machinery industry.
buyer: Global Sources(GSOL:$231.74)
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business facilitates trade between Asia and the world using English-language media such as online marketplaces and print/digital magazines.
target: Shenzhen International Machinery Manufacturing Industry Exhibition
SIMM is held annually in Shenzhen, one of the major manufacturing cities in China. In 2013, the event included the categories of mold manufacturing technology and products, cutlery and tools, machinery automation, and metal processing, with approximately 4,600 booths and over 75,000 visitors.
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closed 10/22/2010 via Company Press Release

United Business Media Limited, acquired Canon Communications, LLC

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synopsis: UBM announces it has acquired Canon Communications LLC from Spectrum Equity Investors and Apprise Media LLC for $287 million. Canon is a leading provider of tradeshows and related media products to the global medical device design industry and advanced manufacturing markets.
buyer: United Business Media Limited(UBMJF:$972.30)
United Business Media Limited ("UBM") is a London Stock Exchange-listed global media business focusing on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets.
target parent: Spectrum Equity Investors
target: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC is the producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the $3 trillion advanced, technology-based design and manufacturing industry, including medical device, pharmaceutical, electronics, design engineering, process technology and plastics processing.
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closed 5/6/2008 via BusinessWire

Canon Communications, Inc., acquired Stamping-Days

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, the leading producer of trade events, publications, and electronic media for the €2 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry, announced its acquisition of Stamping-Days, a biannual exhibition serving the high precision stamping technology industry in Germany.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
target: Stamping-Days
Since 2003, Stamping Days has grown to become the key event for the stamping technology marketplace in Europe and is held amidst the most intensive hub of high technology manufacturing industry in Europe.
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closed 5/9/2007 via Company Press Release

Canon Communications, Inc., purchased four special-focus manufacturing technology events from Trident Exhibitions Limited

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synopsis: Canon Communications has acquired four special-focus manufacturing technology events from Devon, UK-based Trident Exhibitions Limited. The acquisition brings the number of Canon’s trade show events to 43 while also introducing its highly successful co-location strategy to Europe, a key market for advanced design and manufacturing industries.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller: Trident Exhibitions Limited
Trident Exhibitions Limited has created and run successful shows targeting many niche areas in the manufacturing industry both in the UK and overseas. Trident has worked closely with prestigious trade associations as well as leading trade publications such as Industrial Technology magazine.
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announced 5/10/2006 via PR Newswire

Canon Communications, Inc., will purchase eight trade shows and one magazine from Reed Exhibition Companies

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC, an Apprise Media Company, today announced an agreement in principle to acquire eight trade shows and one magazine dedicated to the US advanced, technology-based manufacturing sectors from Reed Elsevier.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, Inc.
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller parent: Reed Elsevier
seller: Reed Exhibition Companies
Reed Exhibition Companies is one of the world’s leading organisers of trade and consumer events with a portfolio of over 350 events in 27 countries. Each year, we bring together over 100,000 suppliers and 5.5 million buyers from around the globe, facilitating billions of dollars in business.
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closed 11/18/2004 via BNC Analysis

Reed Exhibition Companies, acquired Automated Manufacturing & Productivity Expositions

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synopsis: Reed Exhibitions has acquired the Automated Manufacturing & Productivity Expositions (AM EXPO) from Technical Exhibitions and Conferences, Inc. (TEC). The regional events, which have been held in Greenville, SC; Worcester, MA; and Cincinnati, OH, focus on automated manufacturing, assembly systems and manufacturing information technology.
buyer parent:Reed Elsevier plc
buyer: Reed Exhibition Companies
Reed Exhibition Companies is one of the world’s leading organisers of trade and consumer events with a portfolio of over 350 events in 27 countries. Each year, we bring together over 100,000 suppliers and 5.5 million buyers from around the globe, facilitating billions of dollars in business.
target parent: Technical Exhibitions and Conferences, Inc.
target: Automated Manufacturing & Productivity Expositions
Automated Manufacturing & Productivity Expositions is focused on automated manufacturing, assembly systems and manufacturing information technology.
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closed 6/14/2010 via

United Business Media Limited, acquired Navalshore

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synopsis: United Business Media Limited announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 60% interest in Navalshore, a Brazilian shipbuilding industry tradeshow and conference, from its private owners.
buyer: United Business Media Limited(UBMJF:$972.30)
UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets.
target: Navalshore
Navalshore is the leading annual tradeshow for the maritime industry in Brazil. Navalshore brings together suppliers of marine and shipbuilding technology, products and services with shipbuilders, subcontractors and companies ordering new ships.
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closed 12/5/2006 via Company Press Release

Society of Manufacturing Engineers, purchased Canadian Manufacturing and Industrial Portfolio from Reed Exhibition Companies

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synopsis: The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has purchased: Plant Maintenance & Design Engineering; Western Manufacturing Technology Show; Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show; Advanced Manufacturing Expo; Montreal Manufacturing Technology; Southwest Ontario Industrial Show; and Canadian Manufacturing Week from Reed Exhibitions.
buyer: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world’s leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Through its member programs, publications, expositions and professional development resources, SME keep manufacturing professionals up to date on leading trends and technologies.
seller parent: Reed Elsevier
seller: Reed Exhibition Companies
Reed Exhibition Companies is one of the world’s leading organisers of trade and consumer events with a portfolio of over 350 events in 27 countries. Each year, we bring together over 100,000 suppliers and 5.5 million buyers from around the globe, facilitating billions of dollars in business.
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closed 12/22/2008 via PR Newswire

Autodesk, Inc., acquired BIMWorld, LLC.

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synopsis: Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BIMWorld, a privately-owned business specializing in the production and distribution of branded BIM content for building product manufacturers.
buyer: Autodesk, Inc.(ADSK:$2,312.20)
Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital prototyping solutions.
target: BIMWorld, LLC.
BIMWorld™ is a privately-owned business specializing in the production and distribution of branded BIM content for building product manufacturers.
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closed 8/20/2010 via PR Newswire

Alliance Communications, Inc., purchased Fabricating & Metalworking from Cygnus Business Media

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synopsis: Cygnus Business Media announced the sale of Fabricating & Metalworking to Alliance Communications, Inc. The publication is a well established and is considered to be a premiere voice of the metal manufacturing industry.
buyer: Alliance Communications, Inc.
Alliance Communications offers many ways you can prepare for communicating effectively. Their consulting services offer many options to provide you with a strategic plan, social media and new media strategic plan, crisis communications plan, branding workshop, article bank, and media training.
seller parent: ABRY Partners
seller: Cygnus Business Media
Fabricating & Metalworking (F&M) magazine provides essential information reaching fabricators and metalworkers from machinists and welders to engineers and managers providing a unique and distinctive connection.
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closed 8/20/2010 via PR Newswire

Source360 Media LLC, purchased Two Manufacturing Magazines from Cygnus Business Media

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synopsis: Cygnus Business Media announced the sale of Industrial Machinery Digest and Total Industrial Plant Solutions advertising deck to Source360 Media LLC.
buyer: Source360 Media LLC
Source360 Media LLC is a publication company. It reaches job shops, machine shops, fabricating shops, machinery dealers and wholesalers, pipe and tube manufacturers, industrial warehouses and distribution centers, and retrofitting & rebuilding machine maintenance.
seller parent: ABRY Partners
seller: Cygnus Business Media
Industrial Machinery Digest is the only sectionalized mutlimedia trade publication serving the new and surplus machine tool market and Total Industrial Plant Solutions (TIPS) is the only independent card deck providing quality sales leads throughout multiple layers of the manufacturing industry.
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closed 6/13/2006 via Mins b2b

Davison Publishing Co. merged with Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation,

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synopsis: In a merger of two of the nation’s oldest business publishers, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp. said Monday that is has acquired the assets of Davison Publishing Co. Financial terms were not disclosed.
buyer: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
Simmons-Boardman publishes six monthly trade magazines that are widely perceived to be leaders in their fields. Railway Age, founded in 1856, is America¹s oldest transportation periodical. Railway Track & Structures (1905) and International Railway Journal (1961) also serve the rail sector.
target: Davison Publishing Co.
Davison Publishing is one of the oldest industry directory publishers in the country and is able to trace its roots back to 1866. Davison Publishing produces the most comprehensive books for the Textile, Fence, Commercial Marine, and Corrugated Box & Folding Carton industries.
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closed 1/7/2008 via BusinessWire

Oliver Wyman, acquired Harbour Consulting

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synopsis: Oliver Wyman, a leading international management consulting firm, has acquired Harbour Consulting, the world’s leading advisory firm on manufacturing performance and competitiveness in the automotive industry.
buyer parent:Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.
buyer: Oliver Wyman
With more than 2,500 professionals in over 40 cities around the globe, Oliver Wyman is the leading management consulting firm that combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation, and leadership development.
target: Harbour Consulting
Harbour Consulting is a manufacturing and management consulting firm focused on improving the overall competitiveness of manufacturing companies. Harbour Consulting publishes The Harbour Report™, the annual study of automotive manufacturing performance.
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announced 2/16/2010 via Market Wire

Canon Communications, LLC, will purchase 4 media brands from Reed Business Information

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synopsis: Canon Communications LLC announced a definitive agreement to acquire four key media brands serving the advanced design engineering sector. Included in the purchase from Reed Business Information-US are the worldwide assets of Electronic Design News (EDN), Design News, Test & Measurement World, and Packaging Digest.
buyer parent:Spectrum Equity Investors
buyer: Canon Communications, LLC
Canon Communications LLC produces tradeshows and conferences for both U.S. and international markets. Canon also publishes magazines and digital media for medical devices, microelectronics, plastics processing, packaging, and other advanced design and manufacturing markets.
seller parent: Reed Elsevier
seller: Reed Business Information
Reed Business Information is a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals in targeted industry sectors. Our market-leading properties include more than 135 business-to-business publications and over 125 Web sites.
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closed 5/15/2006 via PR Newswire

Metropolis International, Ltd., purchased Industrial Equipment Market and The Trader from CMP Information Ltd

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synopsis: United Business Media plc announced today that CMPi, UBM's UK and European professional media business, has sold Industrial Equipment Market and The Trader to Metropolis International (UK) Limited for GBP9m.
buyer: Metropolis International, Ltd.
Metropolis International Limited is a UK publisher.
seller parent: United Business Media PLC
seller: CMP Information Ltd
Operating internationally, CMP Information provides professional media solutions to around 20 industry sectors. Its products include exhibitions, conferences, awards events, magazines, data and information products and websites.
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$17
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closed 2/22/2011 via GlobeNewswire

3D Systems Corporation, acquired Quickparts.com, Inc.

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synopsis: 3D Systems Corporation has announced that it has acquired Quickparts, a leading custom parts services company based in Atlanta, GA. Quickparts is dedicated to providing its customers with best in class e-commerce procurement and delivery services.
buyer: 3D Systems Corporation(US:DDD:$353.63)
Founded in 1986, with the invention of the first Stereolithography Rapid Prototyping system, 3D Systems has grown into a global company delivering advanced solid imaging solutions to every major market around the world.
target parent: Frontier Capital
target: Quickparts.com, Inc.
Quickparts is a custom manufacturing services company dedicated to providing customers with online, high touch customer care to procure low and high-volume custom parts.
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$16
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closed 12/14/2011 via Company Press Release

SFW Capital Partners, acquired Buyers Laboratory Inc.

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synopsis: SFW Capital Partners (SFW) announced that it has completed a majority investment in Buyers Laboratory, Inc., the leading provider of analytical testing and competitive intelligence services to the digital imaging and document management industry.
buyer: SFW Capital Partners
SFW Capital Partners is the leading private equity firm investing with management in mid-sized companies providing analytical tools and related services, including instruments, information and software, and outsourced analytical services.
target: Buyers Laboratory Inc.
Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) is the leading authority and provider of critical intelligence on the imaging industry. BLI's comprehensive array of products and services provide clients with the most credible source for global competitive intelligence.
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