Press Releases

Highest honour for Professor Da-Wen Sun
Author of the forthcoming book Computer vision technologies in the food and beverage industries, Professor Sun has been awarded membership of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in recognition of his More...
Posted on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 1:30PM

Woodhead Publishing acquires Horwood Publishing
Woodhead Publishing Limited in Cambridge UK has acquired the list of Horwood Publishing in Chichester. The deal was done just before Christmas, the second year running that Woodhead has completed an acquisition on Christmas Eve. The Horwood list comprises about 90 books in the fields of mathematics, engineering, biochemistry, chemistry and the environment. Commenting on the acquisition, Martin Woodhead of Woodhead Publishing said, 'The Horwood list fits very neatly with our existing strengths in engineering, materials science, food science and environmental technology but also brings with it a superb mathematics list of 30 titles including bestsellers such as Fundamentals of University Mathematics. We are delighted to add such a high quality list to our business.'
Posted on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:30AM

Woodhead Publishing acquires Chandos Publishing titles
Woodhead Publishing has acquired the backlist, future titles and imprint of Chandos Publishing in Witney, Oxford, UK, comprising over 250 books in the fields of library and information management. Also included is a new series of books on Asian Studies.
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Posted on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 11:30AM