Woodhead Publishing Limited was established in 1989 as an independent internationalpublishing company of science and technical books. The company publishes books in association with TheTextile Institute, Cambridge International Science Publishing. They have previously published books in association with TheInstitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³) and the European Federation of Corrosion.

In December 2008 Woodhead Publishing acquired thebacklist, future titles andimprint of Chandos Publishing inWitney,Oxford, UK, comprising over 250 books in the fields of library and information management, knowledge management and Asian Studies.^[1]

In 2011 they launched Woodhead Publishing Online, a resource of scientific, technical and information trends, comprising over 800 e-books, containing 12,000 chapters. This resource was hosted by MetaPress, a division ofEBSCO Industries Inc.^[2]

Woodhead (and its imprint Chandos) was acquired byElsevier in August 2013.^[3]

Its current areas of publication includefood science, technology and nutrition,materials engineering,welding andmetallurgy,textile technology, energy andenvironmental technology, watershed science, finance,commodities and business studies, mathematics andbiomedicine.

• Chandos Publishing
• Horwood Publishing^[4]
• Abington Publishing

In 2013, the company was announced as a contender for theFrankfurt Book Fair Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year award^[5] at this year's Independent Publishing Awards. Judges stated that "Woodhead has built up an unrivalled knowledge of its niche subjects and customers."

In 2012, the company was awarded theLondon Book Fair International Achievement Award^[6] by theIndependent Publishers Guild.

• Woodhead Publishing atElsevier
• Woodhead Publishing India
• "UKEN Corporate News - Woodhead Publishing".United Kingdom Environment News. 1 October 1999. Retrieved21 November 2008.
• "Share bonus for top five".Employee Benefits. 1 March 2001. Retrieved21 November 2008.
• "E-book platform". October 2008. Retrieved25 November 2008.Metapress And Woodhead Publishing Forge Partnership To Build New E-book Platform.
• "New offices open in the USA". September 2010. Retrieved27 January 2010.New office opens in Philadelphia, to handle the sales, marketing and distribution of its books on science and technology.

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