Version of Analytica Opens in Hanoi

The global inventory of tradeshows continues to grow, albeit at a slightly less dizzying pace than usual as the international exhibition industry takes a summer breather. In addition to the latest spin-off of Messe Munich's lab technology show launching in Vietnam, show news comes from Italy, India and Hong Kong.

• The first Hong Kong Intl. Building and Decoration Materials & Hardware Fair and the existing Hong Kong Intl. Furniture Fair will collocate Oct. 28-31 at AsiaWorld-Expo, with more than 500 exhibiting companies from the construction and furniture industries expected. The Intl. Building and Decoration Materials & Hardware Fair is the result of the merger between the Intl. Building Materials & Construction Equipment Fair and the Intl. Hardware & Home Improvement Fair. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the CIEC Exhibition Co. will organize the collocated shows.
• The second Ecomondo on material and energy recovery and sustainable development, to be held Nov. 5-8 at Rimini Fiera in Rimini, Italy, for the first time will include a tradeshow with exhibitors dealing with land regeneration.
• The London-based ITE Group acquired 75 percent of Primexpo of St. Petersburg, Russia, from the Restec Group, with ITE retaining the right to acquire the remaining 25 percent in the future. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition includes Primexpo's Interstroyexpo construction exhibition, held each April in St. Petersburg. ITE's autumn construction event, Balticbuild, has been held in St. Petersburg for more than 10 years. ITE also recently acquired Siberian Fair, an exhibitions business based in Siberia, for $12.1 million.