Canon acquires UK trade shows; launches new US show.

Canon Communications (Los Angeles, CA) has acquired four special-focus manufacturing technology events fromTrident Trident Exhibitions Ltd. (Devon, UK). No terms were given. The purchase brings the number of Canon's trade show events to 43.

The acquired shows include: IPOT, Machine Vision and Displays Technology, a resource for optical, photonics, vision and displays technology; MTEC, a show that focuses on sensors, measurement and instrumentation technology; Machine Building, Drives & Automation, an event for design-build technologies and systems integrators; and, Practical Vacuum, an exhibition that covers all aspects of vacuum technology and semiconductor processing.

The four Trident shows have been running concurrently with two of Canon's events at the UK's National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, MEDTC UK (Medical Equipment Design Technology Exposition & Conference) and 3C: Contamination Control and Cleanroom Products Exhibition. Canon said the co-location of the shows demonstrates the natural affinity and synergy between and among all six of the events and that it plans to further "develop, position and promote the shows as a coordinated, full-featured, total resource" for the UK's advanced design and manufacturing industries.

Also, Canon will launch Process Technology Expo International, an all-industry umbrella event designed to meet the needs of processing, production and packaging engineers, and facilities and operations managers who are responsible for materials processing, handling, testing and tracking, as an expansion of the company's Powder & Bulk Solids Exhibition. The three-day, biennial event will be held May 6-8 in Rosemont, IL.