SHANGHAI– Reed Exhibitions, part of RELX group hasannounced a new joint venture with the Shanghai Forever Exhibition.

7 December 2018SHANGHAI – Reed Exhibitions, part of RELX group has announced a new joint venture with the Shanghai Forever Exhibition. The new company, Reed Exhibitions Hengjin, will manage the Automotive Manufacturing Technology & Material Show (AMTS), China’s leading trade event in automotive engineering, as well as the co-located Assembly & Handling Technology Exhibition (AHTE). Reed Exhibitions Hengjin will in addition run a series of related conferences and seminars across China throughout the year covering the various automotive engineering and industrial assembly hubs.

AMTS and AHTE combined reached around 100,000 gross sqm and hosted more than 77,000 professional trade visitors in 2018, exceeding 2017’s visitors by 12%. The events also played host to 240 delegation groups from a number of premier automotive manufacturers with the high quality conference program well received and a main draw for visitors across China.

Michael Cheng, President of Reed Exhibitions Greater China shaking hands with Zhou Xiaochuan, Founder of Shanghai Forever Exhibition

Michael Cheng, President of Reed Exhibitions Greater China said: “The automotive manufacturing industry is a core pillar of China’s economy, contributing to 11% of China’s total GDP. This new venture enables Reed Exhibitions to expand further and establish a strong foothold in this market.”

Zhou Xiaochuan, Founder of Shanghai Forever Exhibition added: “This newly announced partnership with Reed Exhibitions will enable us to extend our reach into the international market. Reed Exhibitions’ strong global network, tradeshow expertise, marketing technology and matchmaking innovations, will make AMTS and AHTE even more successful for our exhibitors and visitors. It’s exciting to see what the future will deliver.”

The next edition of the annual event will be held from the 3 to 6 of July 2019 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

About Organizer - Reed Exhibitions Hengjin
Reed Exhibitions Hengjin Co., Ltd., a joint venture (JV) between Reed Exhibitions Great China and Shanghai Forever Exhibition Co., Ltd.. Reed Exhibitions Hengjin is also a member of Reed Exhibitions Greater China. As the organizer of AMTS & AHTE , the leading exhibition for Automotive Engineering and Assembly Industry, Reed Exhibitions Hengjin combines Reed's overseas and local resources and Forever's 15 years experiences to offer one-stop integrated solutions for automotive engineering and assembly industry. Reed Exhibitions Hengjin will in addition run a series of related conferences and seminars across China throughout the year covering the various automotive engineering and industrial assembly hubs.

About Reed Exhibitions

Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organiser, with over 500 events in 30 countries. In 2017 Reed brought together over seven million event participants from around the world generating billions of dollars in business for local markets and national economies. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 38 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
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About RELX Group

RELX Group is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs about 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.

The market capitalisation is approximately 1,969,930,909 £31.2bn, €35.1bn, $39.9bn.