Reed Exhibitions has acquired India’s leading event for Electronics manufacturing, Componex, from Electronics Today Magazine. Componex is the leading regional trade show for electronics components and electronic production technology, and has been serving the electronics industry in India for nearly 15 years. The 2007 edition attracted over 20,000 visitors and 826 exhibitors drawn from more than 25 countries.
From 2008 the event will be branded as Componex/Nepcon, signifying that the event will benefit from membership of Reed Exhibitions’ global electronics portfolio joining some of the industry’s most well known events; Nepcon Shanghai & Nepcon Shenzen, Globaltronics Singapore, and Nepcon UK. Componex/Nepcon will continue to address both the production equipment and components elements of the global market. In addition to acquiring the trade show, the company has also signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with S. Swarn, CEO & Editor in Chief of India’s leading publication for the electronics industry, Electronics Today. Under the agreement Electronics Today will continue its association with Componex by providing exclusive support and endorsement to Componex/Nepcon India, further guaranteeing the continued success of the event in the future.
Componex/Nepcon 2008 will take place in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan exhibition centre from 20 to 22 February 2008 and will be organised by Reed Exhibitions’ wholly-owned business in Delhi. The event organiser has been present in India since January 2006 and already operates a portfolio of 6 events. Commenting on the acquisition, Mike Allsopp CEO of Reed Exhibitions India stated: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to acquire Componex, which is a market-leading event in an industry where India is fast becoming a world-leading player. We are immensely grateful for the tremendous work Mr S. Swarn has done in building up the reputation of Componex over the past about 15 years, and are delighted that we will be continuing that association through our partnership with him and Electronics Today”.
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