Messe Frankfurt has acquired LiGHT Expo London from [d]arc media, it has been announced.
Launched in 2022, LiGHT has become one of the UK’s leading events for the lighting specification community, with a show and expo running every November at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London.
The ILP has also brought its How To Be Brilliant programme of talks regularly to LiGHT as part of the CPD that normally takes place over the two days.
Bringing together architects, interior designers, lighting designers, engineers, specifiers and leading international lighting brands, the exhibition has become a valued platform for product discovery, learning, collaboration and networking, Messe Frankfurt said.
It added it intends to build on the strong foundations created by [d]arc media, while preserving the event’s distinctive community-focused identity and commitment to the lighting specification market.
[d]arc media will remain closely involved, continuing to support the event through promotional activity and the curation of its highly regarded content programme.
Messe Frankfurt UK CEO Simon Albert said of the deal: “LiGHT has become one of the most important meeting places for the UK lighting and design community in a remarkably short space of time. We have long admired what the [d]arc media team has built and the passionate community that has grown around the event.”
Paul James, MD of [d]arc media, added: “When considering the future of LiGHT, it was important for us to find a partner that not only had the scale and expertise to support the event’s growth, but also genuinely understood the lighting industry and the community we have built around it.
Messe Frankfurt UK shares our commitment to the sector and brings significant experience in delivering high-quality international events. We are excited to support the next chapter of LiGHT’s journey and look forward to seeing the event continue to flourish.”
LiGHT is part of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building Technology fair portfolio headed by the biennial Light + Building event in Frankfurt, Germany. The next edition of that event will be held from 5 to 10 March 2028.
Image: last year’s LiGHT25 at the Business Design Centre, image Parrot PR and Marketing
