Comexposium acquires France CE

EUROPE –Comexposium Group, which organises five of France’s 10 biggest events, has strengthened its position in the country’s private and public works’ councils sector through its acquisition of France CE. Comexposium, which is involved in 135 public and trade events covering 17 sectors, says it will now be better able to serve and cover demand from 35,000 of France’s work’s councils, with 54 major meetings per year in 33 cities. In 2015, the private and public sector works’ councils reached 12m employees, 25m consumers and involved budgets of some 13bn euros. France CE is based in Sophia Antipolis in the Alpes Maritimes. Renaud Hamaide, CEO of Comexposium said: “We can now offer the private and public sector works’ councils an exhaustive and comprehensive network of different formats which are adapted to local situations and services.”