WTWH Media Acquires CFE Media, Establishing an Engineering B2B Media Powerhouse

CLEVELAND, OHIO – May 1, 2024 – 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.