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News Release from: Foodex Meatex
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2005
Exhibition changes hands
William Reed, publisher of Food Manufacture and The Grocer, has acquired the leading trade show in the UK for meat and food processing, Foodex Meatex.
William Reed, publisher of Food Manufacture and The Grocer, has acquired the leading trade show in the UK for meat and food processing, Foodex Meatex Foodex Meatex runs alongside Food and Drink Expo, also owned by Wm Reed, at the NEC biennially in March
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The show will benefit from the broad breadth of marketing opportunities that arise from the William Reed stable.
Andrew Reed, Director of Events and Exhibitions at Wm Reed said: " We are very excited about the opportunities that this presents for the show".
"If we can do what we did with Food and Drink Expo last year, which is grow the attendance by 18%, we will be able to reignite the enthusiasm for a successful flag ship event in this vital industry sector".
"The key thing to a successful show is to ensure that the right people attend and are looked after in such a way that they have an enjoyable business experience".
"What everybody is interested in doing is making the show a must attend one".
Foodex Meatex was owned by its members, or exhibitors, who agreed to sell the show at their AGM in the interests of the show.
Jim Redman a former director of Foodex said: "We wish William Reed well and we will support them going forward".
Martyn Garrod of Hantmann also expressed his support for the arrangement by saying: "The AGM ended with a very positive outcome and we very much look forward to being part of the exhibition in the future".
"We welcome this opportunity to change way in which the show is run, to the benefit of all involved".
Jim Sydenham, of Interfood agreed: "All we want from an Interfood's point of view is to have a positive show where our existing and potential customers will be able to view our products and equipment".
"If William Reed can deliver this it has to be in all of our interests, we will be supporting them".
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