UBM plc, the world’s largest pureplay business-to- business events organizer and marketing services organization, today announces that it has acquired MIREC (Mexico International Renewable Energy Congress) and AIREC (Argentinian International Renewable Energy Congress) from UK-based Green Power Global. Through this acquisition, UBM expands its presence in Latin America, launching its first event in Argentina, and further strengthens UBM’s events portfolio in the renewable energy sector.
MIREC, Mexico’s largest clean energy event, runs annually and is now in its seventh year. Known for connecting international equipment and service solution providers with power generation developers, MIREC is considered the must attend event for wind and solar farm developers, corporate and industrial consumers of electricity, utilities, government and service providers. The 2018 edition of MIREC will take place May 21-25 in Mexico City.
AIREC, Argentina’s leading annual clean energy congress and exhibition is now in its third year. At the forefront of Argentina’s renewable energy revolution, the event’s content covers the new regulatory environment in great detail and provides in-depth insight into legal and financing complexities. The 2018 edition of AIREC will take place October 22-25 in Buenos Aires.
“What is particularly exciting about the acquisition of MIREC and AIREC is that, in addition to building UBM’s presence in Latin America including our first event in Argentina, it helps establish the company in a space with so much promise—renewable energy. UBM is strengthening its commitment to the future of renewable energy and is focused on developing a global portfolio of events that serves and stimulates this exciting sector,” said Scott Schulman, CEO, UBM Americas.
Jaime Salazar Figueroa, Director General and Managing Director, UBM México, added, “Renewable energy in Latin America is an attractive new vertical for UBM Americas and we are excited to add the largest renewables events in Mexico and Argentina to our portfolio. AIREC and MIREC are highly complementary to UBM’s existing presence in renewable and energy-related markets, which currently includes the Renewable Energy India Expo, The Battery Show USA, which UBM acquired last year, and our renewable energy event series in Southeast Asia.”
Nadim Chaudhry, Founder and President of Green Power Global, commented, “MIREC and AIREC have been designed to help accelerate change in electricity markets and minimize the risk associated with strategic decision making. Both MIREC and AIREC are firmly focused on helping strategic decision makers identify opportunities in the transition to a clean, economical, flexible grid of distributed generation, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This new partnership with UBM will allow the events to benefit from the strength of UBM’s existing global portfolio of clean energy events, like Renewable Energy Expo India and the Battery Show, and to grow their level international participation.”
