The Association of Equipment Manufacturers and Hanley Wood LLC have agreed to co-locate two construction industry trade shows in China, with the first event scheduled for Beijing in May 2006. The co-located expositions will be titled ConExpo Asia and World of Concrete Asia.

AEM will own and produce Conexpo Asia while Hanley Wood will own and produce World of Concrete Asia. E.J. Krause & Associates, as one of China's leading and most experienced organizers, will provide exhibition management to the co-located shows and will hold an equity interest in both Conexpo Asia and World of Concrete Asia.

The AEM-Hanley Wood plan calls for the co-located Conexpo Asia and World of Concrete Asia shows to be held on a triennial basis beginning with the 2006 expositions. Show organizers intend the co-located expositions to be part of a three-year cycle of global construction industry shows alternating with Conexpo -Con/Agg in North America and Bauma in Germany.

AEM and Hanley Wood will also collaborate to develop and hold a combined education program featuring separate tracks for Conexpo Asia and World of Concrete Asia, based on the products represented in each show.

Beijing was chosen as the location for the first co-located event because of its importance as the economic center and capital of China, the largest market for the growth and development of the global construction industry.

" Conexpo Asia increases the scope of international marketing opportunities we offer to members,” said AEM chairman Charles Stamp, vice president public affairs worldwide for Deere & Company, Moline, Ill. “Our new show and its co-location will provide companies with a quality showcase to demonstrate their technologies and products to the burgeoning Chinese and Asian marketplace."

Exhibitors will include manufacturers of equipment, products and services related to the construction industry in China and Asia, and producers expect exhibitors from these regions as well as international companies.