Reed Elsevier, a world-leading publisher and information provider for the science and medical, legal, education and b2b sectors, has sold its US based industrial and manufacturing events portfolio and Powder/Bulk Solids magazine to Canon Communications, an Apprise Media company. The events sold included: Assembly Technology Expo; National Manufacturing Week; International Powder & Bulk Solids; Quality Expo; NEPCON East/Assembly East; Quality Expo Detroit; AM Expo; and Powder & Bulk Solids Southeast.

The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Reed Elsevier in this transaction.