M&A Deal Summary

Emerald Acquires National Pavement Expo

On October 18, 2016, Emerald acquired media company National Pavement Expo from IRONMARKETS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerald’s 8th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Emerald’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Emerald’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-10-18
Target National Pavement Expo
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Emerald
Sellers(s) IRONMARKETS
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

National Pavement Expo

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
National Pavement Expo is the largest trade show specifically designed for paving and pavement maintenance professionals, bringing vendors and suppliers together with contractors who make their living from asphalt and concrete paving, infrared pavement repair, sealcoating, striping, sweeping, crack repair, pavement repair and snow removal. The next NPE event will be held in Nashville, TN from February 1-4, 2017, providing four days of seminars and workshops, plus a new Leadership Boot Camp on January 31, in addition to access to more than 150 exhibitors profiling products and services on the expo floor.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerald

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2013
Sector Business Services
Employees697
Revenue 399M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Emerald is an operator of large business-to-business tradeshows in the United States across 10 end markets. Emerald has two principal sources of revenue: tradeshow revenue and revenue from print and digital publications and select conferences. Emerald was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector: Media M&A 8 of 14
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 10
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 10 of 18
Year: 2016 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-11 Digital Dealer Conference & Expo

Raton, Florida, United States

Digital Dealer Conference & Expo is the retail automotive industry’s leading digital strategy conference and trade show focused on introducing, exploring and implementing the various digital components required to engage today’s modern automotive customer. Twice a year, this 3-day conference and exposition attracts more than 1,000 dealers and managers and over 100 exhibiting companies. The company also produces regional workshops that augment the national Expos. These events are known for providing the most progressive educational content focusing on digital business building tools.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-15 RFID Journal LIVE

Hauppauge, New York, United States

RFID Journal LIVE! is the world’s largest and most important event focused on radio frequency identification (RFID) and related technologies, bringing together buyers, sellers, researchers, academics, consultants and others interested in using RFID technologies to identify, track and manage assets and inventories. The global market for RFID hardware, software and services is estimated at approximately $10 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow rapidly, particularly in retail applications, over the coming decade.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

IRONMARKETS

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Marketing
DESCRIPTION

IRONMARKETS is a provider of integrated marketing solutions across five business-to-business media platforms including digital, print, mobile, live events and social media to the heavy construction and food & supply chain logistics industries. IRONMARKETS was founded in 2014 and is based in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-11 Cygnus Business Media - Heavy Construction and Logistics Groups

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States

Cygnus Business Media, Inc. - Heavy Construction and Logistics Groups is a provider of integrated media solutions with digital, print, event and social media platforms.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-06 Green Industry Pros

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States

Green Industry Pros is a publisher of lawn mower comparisons, reviews, professional landscape contractors and lawn equipment deals.

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