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Home Home About UBM UBM history About UBM UBM overview UBM business segments UBM events calendar UBM strategy UBM history UBM board UBM locations Contact us UBM history UBM: Championing business media since 1843 UBM was originally incorporated in 1918 as United Newspapers Limited, changing its name to United News and Media in 1995. The business kept this name until 2000 when United Business Media was formally adopted. In May 2011 UBM changed its name from United Business Media Limited to UBM plc. The history of the companies that now make up UBM stretches back over 150 years to titles launched in the 19th century such as Building Magazine and Chemist & Druggist, launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom. Over the last thirty years, UBM has owned, bought and sold a wide range of media businesses, including broadcast television (Meridian, Anglia, HTV), market research (NOP) and newspapers (Express Newspapers). PR Newswire, established in 1954, was acquired in 1982; CMP Media was acquired in 1999 (and subsequently renamed CMP Technology); CMPMedica was formed from a series of acquisitions made during 2004 and 2005; and CMP Asia, now UBM Asia, was formally founded in 1994, although UBM had developed a substantial business in Asia over the course of the preceding decade. Most recently in 2010 UBM acquired Canon Communications LLC, the leading media business dedicated exclusively to the global advanced manufacturing sector, with a particular focus on medical devices and pharmaceutical development. UBM plc has progressively focused on its global portfolio of industry-leading tradeshows, most recently through its disposal of its Data Services businesses. UBM is now the world’s second largest ‘pure play’ events organiser, and its largest international tradeshow organiser in China, India and in the ASEAN region. As a result UBM now describes itself as a global events-led marketing and communications services business. © UBM 2014 Contact UBM Disclaimer Privacy policy Accessibility