2009 News Releases
23 March
CMP Asia changes its name to UBM Asia
CMP Asia, a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited (UBM) today announced that with effect from March 23, 2009, it will change its name to UBM Asia. Jimé Essink, CEO of CMP Asia, will adopt the new title of President & CEO of UBM Asia. Peter Sutton, former President of CMP Asia, has taken on an advisory role for 2009.
Jimé Essink, President and CEO of UBM Asia, said: “In the past, UBM’s professional B2B media activities operated under the CMP brand as one of UBM’s three core businesses, alongside news distribution and market research. In the course of the last four years UBM has substantially redeveloped its businesses, focusing on news and information distribution services and serving specific professional and commercial B2B communities worldwide. Today UBM’s businesses offer comprehensive product and service portfolios which include world-renowned events, online, print, business information products and news distribution services designed to meet the needs of B2B markets and industries worldwide. UBM is a leading global brand for professional B2B media and information products and services.”
“The key value of the new name is that it highlights our UBM identity and the fact that we are part of UBM. UBM has a global portfolio of leading events serving vertical industries in different geographical markets. When attendees come to the CPhI series of pharmaceutical exhibitions in China, India, Japan or to CPhI Worldwide, the world’s largest pharmaceutical event, they realise that these events are organised by the same company and feel more comfortable,” continued Mr. Essink.
UBM Asia is the largest private trade fair organiser in
China. In China and Hong Kong, UBM Asia events are the
largest of their kind in the country or in Asia. Among them
are the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, Furniture
China in Shanghai, Cosmoprof Asia, the beauty fair in Hong Kong,
Marintec China in Shanghai, Fashion Access in Hong Kong and Hotelex
in Shanghai. “The year-on-year strong growth of our
jewellery and furniture fairs has outpaced the capacity of the
single largest venue in the host city. In Hong Kong, our
jewellery fair is the first and still the only exhibition that
spreads over the two exhibition centres in the city. Due to its
leading position among the world’s jewellery trade fairs, the
Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair is expecting a 25% increase in
space in 2009 despite the economic downturn.” Mr. Essink
said. “Under our new name, UBM Asia will continue to
offer the same professional services with the same management team
and staff of over 650 people in 15 major cities in
Asia.”
UBM Asia operates in 13 market sectors throughout Asia and has its headquarters in Hong Kong. The key industries covered by UBM Asia are: jewellery & gift, beauty & health, furniture, leather & fashion, information technology, hotel & leisure, pharmaceutical, industrial technology and security, cruise and maritime, food, building, paper and nonwovens and aquatic trades.
UBM Asia has over 130 media products in three categories: trade
fairs, print and B2B portals. It stages the leading events of their
kind across Asia, attracting 30,000 quality exhibitors and
1,270,000 visitors from all over the world to meet their target
business partners face-to-face for business matching and
networking. It publishes high-quality trade publications for
191,000 industry professionals to capture the market trends and
industry news. Complementing UBM Asia’s exhibitions and
publications are round-the-clock and industry-specific online B2B
portals that provide a series of online trading networks, industry
news hub and sourcing and marketing platforms for the world’s
trade buyers and suppliers.
UBM focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and
monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM’s businesses
inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from
doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders,
from farmers to pharmacists – with integrated events, online,
print and business information products. Its 6,500 staff in more
than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve
these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping
them to do business and their markets to work effectively and
efficiently.
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A downloadable version of the press release is available at UBM Asia's website at: www.ubmasia.com
For press enquiries, please contact:
Jennifer Law, Director of Communications, UBM Asia
Tel: +852 2516 1691
Fax: +852 3749 7342
Email:
jenniferlaw@cmpasia.com
