BRUSSELS, September 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
- easyFairs(R) Extends Leadership of Belgian Industrial Technology Trade Show Market
easyFairs, Europe's leading organiser of time & cost-effective trade shows, has announced the acquisition of the Belgian business-to-business exhibition organiser, Fairtec. The move brings together an impressive portfolio of industrial technology shows in sectors such as measurement and control instrumentation, pumps and valves, subcontracting, welding, safety and security. Koen Damman, who has led Fairtec since November 2000, will stay on during the transition period until 2011.
Fairtec was founded in 1991. It successfully pioneered time-saving innovations such as the "one-day fair" formula, making it a good fit for easyFairs. "Customer friendliness, service orientation and excellent content for exhibitors and visitors are the hallmarks of a Fairtec event. easyFairs convinced us that they are well positioned to build on this tradition of qualitative contact and 'exhibitions with character' while making things even more time & cost-effective for our exhibitors and visitors," commented Damman.
easyFairs CEO Jean-Francois Quentin explained that, following a period of rapid international growth, the time was right for a strategic acquisition in easyFairs' home market. "The Fairtec portfolio complements the current easyFairs offering extremely well, consolidating our position as the leading brand within the industrial technologies exhibitions sector in Belgium," he said. "This is a growth, not a consolidation. The acquisition demonstrates our commitment to the Belgian market, where easyFairs started in 2004, and where we are very well known for successful industrial technology shows such as SOLIDS, MOCON and EMPACK, PROCESSING, INDUSTRIE + ENVIRONMENT" added Quentin.
The Fairtec exhibitions, which attract a total 850 exhibitors and nearly 30,000 visitors, will be integrated under the direction of easyFairs Belgium's Managing Director, Philippe Willegems. "Fairtec shows are already similar to our own. I am looking forward to working with Koen over the coming months and getting to know the Fairtec exhibitor, visitor and partner communities," said Willegems.
Information about easyFairs(R)
easyFairs runs time & cost-effective trade shows in Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
easyFairs brings sales-focused trade shows to the heart of buyer markets. For further information, please visit http://www.easyFairs.com
SOURCE Easyfairs
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