PENTON ACQUIRES "CONTRACTOR" FROM CAHNERS & MEXICAN TRADE SHOW.Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. (Cleveland, OH) has acquired Contractor magazine from Cahners Business Information and "Expo Instalaciones Para la Construccion," a trade show for the installation market in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , from Agora agora (ăg`ərə) [Gr.,=market], in ancient Greece, the public square or marketplace of a city. In early Greek history the agora was primarily used as a place for public assembly; later it functioned mainly as a center of commerce. International (Mexico City). No terms for the deals were given. Launched in 1954, Contractor (Barrington, IL) is a monthly title for the domestic plumbing contractor market with a controlled circulation of about 45,000. Emphasizing job-site features and news stories, the title covers new methods, materials, labor and government relations, merchandising and new directives. It will move to Chicago. Penton Industry Media president James Zaremba said the acquired magazine is a good fit with Penton's current portfolio, including Contracting Business. Zaremba said the deal "allows us to further build our integrated package of magazines serving the residential, commercial and industrial construction and mechanical systems marketplace." "Expo Instalaciones" focuses on the installation of heating, ventilating ventilating Natural or mechanically induced movement of fresh air into or through an enclosed space. The hazards of poor ventilation were not clearly understood until the early 20th century. Expired air may be laden with odors, heat, gases, or dust. and air conditioning (HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free ), safety, surveillance, fire systems, elevators, escalators, plumbing and hydraulics. It will be co-located with "ACR See riser card. Expo" and becomes Penton's fourth trade show in Mexico, joining "International Industrial Show" and "Metalmecanica-USA." Cahners has now sold 20 magazines since the beginning of February, including 11 titles to Business News Publishing (Troy, MI) and four to Advanstar Communications (Cleveland, OH). |
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