After more than a decade of cooperation in various trade exhibitions in Thailand, Vietnam and India,
VNU Exhibitions Europe from the Netherlands and TCC Exhibition and Convention Center from Thailand have entered into a company joint venture.

The new company is named VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. (VNUEAP) and will be based in Bangkok, Thailand.

The new Thai organiser expects to benefit from the combination of sales and marketing expertise and the international network brought in by VNU Exhibitions Europe with strong regional presence and local network of TCC Exhibition Convention Center Co., Ltd.

VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific will focus on the development of business to business exhibitions in the fast growing South East Asian region, in particular in the sectors agri-food, water & energy, sustainable building & construction and laboratory equipment.

The company will look for growth through new launches, project cooperation with third partners and acquisitions in the ASEAN-region. In 2012, several new exhibitions have been launched by VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific namely ILDEX Bangkok, Horti Asia, VIV/ILDEX India, Thailand Lab and PET-VET Asia Expo
(in cooperation with Asia Pacific Veterinarian Congress, APVC 2012).

The current partnership between TCC Exhibition and Convention Center and VNU Exhibitions Europe for the leading Asian trade show in the animal husbandry industry, VIV Asia, will continue. VNUEAP will take over the role of TCC. The same applies to the livestock trade exhibitions ILDEX Vietnam and VIV/ILDEX India.

Management of the new company will be in hands of Mr.Gerard Leeuwenburgh (Managing Director) and Mrs.Ladda Mongkolchaivivat (General Manager) who combined bring in more than 35 years of experience in managing international trade exhibitions.

http://www.vnuexhibitionsap.com/