Cygnus Bus. purchases construction and industrial mags from Vulcan.Cygnus Business Media Cygnus Business Media is an American magazine publisher, internet information developer, exposition management provider and custom marketing services company. It was founded in 1966 with the initial acquisition of Photo Trade News, a magazine founded in 1937 which continues to (Westport, CT) has acquired the construction and industrial magazines, and their related Web sites and ad card decks, produced by Vulcan Publications (Tuscaloosa, AL). No terms were given. Vulcan was represented by The Jordan, Edmiston Group (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). The acquisition includes eight magazines, including Construction Site News, Electrical Contracting & Engineering News, Fabricating & Metalworking, Heavy Equipment News, Industrial Machinery Digest, iSource, Plant Safety & Maintenance and Transportation Equipment News. The titles have a combined circulation over 300,000. The related card decks are distributed to an additional 200,000 professionals several times a year, while the acquired online assets include NDX NDX Index NDX Index (File Name Extension) NDX Northern Document Exchange NDX Index File .com, a manufacturing Web portal See portal. , concretepaving.com, a site for the asphalt and concrete market, Heavyequipmentnews.com and iSourceonline.com. Cygnus chairman/ceo Paul Mackler said the acquired titles "align directly with several markets within the current Cygnus portfolio and provide our advertisers with expanded and diversified marketing opportunities." Cygnus president Richard Reiff said "the Alabama-based Vulcan acquisition will establish a third major publishing operation for Cygnus, joining our Melville (NY) and Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson is the name of three locations in the United States:
Vulcan was established in 1984. The company will continue to produce Business Xpansion Journal and directories related to the equipment, construction and industrial sectors. Cygnus now publishes over 70 magazines, including such related titles as Construction Distribution, Equipment Today, Fleet Maintenance and Professional Tool & Equipment News. In related news, Cygnus' Automatic Merchandiser magazine has launched VendingMarketWatch.com, a new Web site that provides breaking news, special reports and related resources for the vending and office coffee service (OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard ) industries. Commentary will focus on trends and developments. |
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