2012 Children-Baby-Maternity Expo (CBME) Innovation Product Awards Call for Nominations Now Open

    - Asia's largest and the world's second event for the Child, Baby and Maternity industry to hold fourth annual innovation product awards

SHANGHAI, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Now in its fourth year, the call for nominations for 2012 Children-Baby-Maternity Expo (CBME) Innovation Product Awards, is now open until 31st May. The CBME Innovation Product Awards celebrates the most innovative products across Asia in design from function to creativity. Industry and community members can also participate in the awards by voting online (www.cbmexpo.com) from early June to 17th July and onsite at the 12th Annual Children-Baby-Maternity Expo from 18th - 20th July. The winners and finalists will be announced on 20th July at CBME 2012 which will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).

Originally conceived to encourage independent research and development on safer quality products for mothers and babies, the CBME Innovation Product Awards continues the tradition by providing a platform for inspiring innovative products meeting the highest standards. Award Categories include:

• Baby and Maternity Products
• Babies' and Children's Furniture
• Babies' and Children's Apparel
• Toys, Educational Products and Souvenirs
• Children-Baby-Maternity Food, Health Care Items

Winners of the 2011 CBME Innovation Awards include Beijing's Inere International Trading Co. Ltd for their Lucky Rabbit Bed's unique design; Hangzhou Sunrise Trade Co., Ltd's MAM Perfect Pacifier with innovative "caressing" features; and Shanghai Les Enphants Children Articles Co,. Ltd's for their Joie Dining Chair and it's easy to use features and comfort for babies.

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"The Innovation Product Awards are one of the most popular activities onsite at CBME. Exhibitors and visitors alike participate actively every year in a combined goal to drive innovation and creativity for the children, baby, maternity industry," said Athena Gong, CBME General Manager. "Furthermore, we pride ourselves in producing an awards program and exhibition that upholds the highest quality of certified products which also adheres to intellectual property guidelines and laws."

For more information on the Child-Baby-Maternity Industry Expo, 2012 Children- Baby- Maternity Expo (CBME) Innovation Product Awards and view all previous winners, please visit www.cbmexpo.com.

For press enquiries, please contact:
Fanny Kwok, Marketing Manager, CBME
Tel: +86-20-86266235
Email: fanny.kwok@ubm.com

Notes to Editors:

1. About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)
Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia operates in 18 market sectors with headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia, including UBM China in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing. We have over 200 products including trade fairs, conferences, trade publications, B2B/B2C portals and virtual event services. As Asia's leading exhibition organizer and the biggest commercial organizer in the two fastest growing markets in Asia: China and India, we stage the leading events of their kind across Asia. Our 150 events, 24 publications and 18 vertical portals serve a 1,000,000 plus quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world with high value face-to-face business-matching events, quality and instant news on market and industry trends and round-the-clock online trading networks and sourcing platforms. We have 1,000 staff in 21 major cities across Asia, stretching from Japan to Turkey.

2. About UBM plc (www.ubm.com)
UBM plc is a leading global company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jeweler traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently