WTWH Media Acquires CFE Media, Establishing an Engineering B2B Media Powerhouse
May 01 2024 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
WTWH Media announced the acquisition of CFE Media, a leading B2B
media company focused on serving engineers across the
manufacturing, operational technology, and industrial automation
sectors. Combined with the recent acquisition of Engineering.com,
this partnership adds editorial excellence across critical
engineering disciplines, expands audience reach of technical
engineers and industry executives, and bolsters WTWH Media’s
offerings to support B2B marketers in reaching the right audience
at the right time.
CFE Media manages several industry-leading digital brands,
including Control Engineering, Plant Engineering,
Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and Industrial Cybersecurity Pulse,
as well as the Marketing to Engineers® event.
“We are thrilled to add the CFE Media team and brands to WTWH
Media to expand our engineering audience reach and offerings to
this growing and critical market. The addition of CFE Media will
help WTWH Media provide more relevant and critical news,
value-added insights, and skill-developing information to our
audience as well as new branding and demand generation
opportunities for our marketing partners,” said Scott McCafferty,
Co-Founder and CEO of WTWH Media.
“Our optimism for the future has never been stronger. We believe
the partnership with WTWH Media will benefit our team, audience,
and marketing partners. Together with WTWH Media, we are
strategically aligned in building the preeminent data-driven,
tech-enabled B2B media platform with a full suite of B2B demand
solutions. We are excited to help drive growth across several new
brands and strategic initiatives, including Packaging OEM,
Automated Warehouse, the Digital Transformation Forum event, and
WTWH’s Branded Content Studio”, said Patrick Lynch, CEO of CFE
Media.
“Since founding CFE Media in 2010, we have seen Control
Engineering, Plant Engineering, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and
Industrial Cybersecurity Pulse grow into the marquee brands in
their sectors. We are excited to join the WTWH family, which shares
our core values and mission”, added CFE Media Co-Founders Jim
Langhenry and Steve Rourke.
The transaction marks the fifth strategic acquisition for WTWH
Media since partnering with Mountaingate Capital, a Colorado-based,
growth-focused investment firm, in December 2022.
About WTWH Media
WTWH Media is an award-winning, digital-first B2B media and
marketing company that connects brand marketers with targeted,
hard-to-reach audiences of executives and industry practitioners.
The company serves three core industry verticals including
Engineering, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Foodservice, Retail,
and Hospitality. For more information on WTWH Media, please visit
wtwhmedia.com.
About CFE Media
CFE Media is a B2B media company focused on providing engineers
in manufacturing, operational technology, and industrial automation
sectors with knowledge they need to improve their operational
efficiency. The company maintains the Control Engineering, Plant
Engineering, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and Industrial
Cybersecurity Pulse brands as well as the Marketing to Engineers®
event. For more information on CFE Media, please visit
cfemedia.com.
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Marshall Matheson 805-895-3609 | mmatheson@wtwhmedia.com