DVV acquires Smart Rail World

Railway Gazette’s parent company DVV Media International has purchased events and digital media business Smart Rail World Ltd and its subsidiary Global Transport Forum Ltd. The London-based business manages a suite of international events in the rail and transport sector including Smart Rail, Smart Transit, Smart Metro, Safe Rail and the Transport Security Congress.

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Rheinische Post Mediengruppe acquires majority stake in DVV Media Group

Af­ter decades of serv­ing as Man­ag­ing Di­rec­tor and part­ner of DVV Me­dia Group and on the oc­ca­sion of his 80th birth­day, Dr. Hel­mut Schachen­may­er has de­cid­ed to re­tire from the firm’s group of part­ners. On Ju­ly 31, 2013, the Rheinis­che Post Me­di­en­gruppe ac­quired his shares and the shares of the for­mer man­ag­ing part­ner, Dr. Di­eter Flech­sen­berg­er (62), who ac­cord­ing to plan has now left the man­age­ment of the pub­lish­ing house, but will con­tin­ue to pro­vide con­sult­ing ser­vices

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