dmg events announces further expansion in the Middle east & Asia with the acquisition of Gulf Glass and Gulfsol events

London/Dubai, 9 October 2014: dmg events, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.com), an international portfolio of digital, information, media and events businesses, has acquired the Dubai based Gulf Glass and GulfSol exhibitions from Bowhead Media Ltd. 

These two exhibitions will join dmg events' Middle East & Asia portfolio headed by Simon Mellor, dmg events President of Middle East Operations. Having already grown from 8 to 30 exhibitions in under 4 years this division has seen rapid and successful expansion both across the region and in new territories including North Africa and India.

Bowhead Media Ltd has operated the biennial Gulf Glass exhibition in the Middle East for 7 years and in 2013 added the GulfSol exhibition addressing the growing solar power and products market in the Middle East. The acquisition provides dmg events with a strategic position in the glass and solar markets and will become complementary sister events to the leading international building and construction event The Big 5 in Dubai

Simon Mellor, dmg events - President of Middle East Operations said: “Glass and Solar are fast growing specialist markets in the Middle East and we feel that with the knowledge, expertise and network of our Big 5 series of events we can take the shows to the next level, providing a truly international forum to address the issues and support the growth of these industries in the coming years.

“These exhibitions join a series of new and planned events that will explore vertical aspects of our generic construction event, The Big 5, offering more targeted industry specific events that provide innovation, knowledge and insight into specific sectors of the Middle East Market.â€'

Andy Skillen, Managing Director of Bowhead Media Ltd added: “Having launched and developed these two events we feel they are a tremendous fit with dmg who are in an excellent position to take forward and develop the shows.

 

“We look forward to focusing on the continued growth of our publications and other activities and will continue to support the events as media partners.â€'

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

 

For further information, high res images or to arrange an interview with Simon Mellor please contact April Whitehead – april@aprilcommunications.co.uk

 

 

About dmg events

 

 

 

An international exhibition and publishing company, dmg events produces market-leading exhibitions and conferences for the global energy, construction, digital marketing, coatings, hospitality and interior industries, with events in the Middle East, America, Europe and Asia.

 

As a leading supplier of face-to-face business information, with a customer-centric focus that localizes operations and relationships, our objectives are to keep businesses informed and connect them with relevant consumers to create vibrant marketplaces across multiple event platforms and communities.

 

About dmg events Middle East & Asia
 

 

Founded in 1989, dmg events has operated in the Middle East since 1995 and owns many leading brands such as The Big 5 construction events, ADIPEC the oil & gas exhibition and conference and INDEX the interior design exhibition. For more information visit www.dmgeventsme.com

 

dmg events is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT, www.dmgt.com), an international portfolio of digital, information, media and events businesses.

 

About DMGT

 

 

DMGT is an international business built on entrepreneurship and innovation.  We bring together leading companies and talented people to provide businesses and consumers with high-quality analysis & insight, information, news and entertainment.

 

Group revenues are split across our five operating businesses.

 

The B2B businesses are: 

•          Risk Management Solutions

•          dmg information

•          dmg events

•          Euromoney Institutional Investor 

 

The Consumer business, known as dmg media, comprises:

•          The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday

•          MailOnline

•          Metro

•          Evenbase (Jobsite & Jobrapido)

•          Wowcher

•          Zoopla Property Group* (Zoopla & Prime Location)

 

DMGT's ambition is to provide the highest quality content and services, across the most attractive growth markets in innovative, responsible and sustainable ways, building on its track record of earnings and dividend growth.

 

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