Berlin/ Munich — Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter has acquired eight academic journals from Munich-based Carl Hanser Verlag. Carl Hanser Verlag will transfer the journals “International Journal of Materials Research,” “International Polymer Processing,” “Kerntechnik,” “Materials Testing,” “Practical Metallography,” “Tenside Surfactants Detergents,” “ZWF-Zeitschrift für wirtschaftliche Fabrikbetrieb” and “HTM-Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials” to De Gruyter on January 1, 2021. Raue advised Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter on the transaction.
De Gruyter is an independent academic publisher with headquarters in Berlin and offices in Basel, Boston, Munich, Beijing, Warsaw and Vienna. De Gruyter publishes more than 1,300 new book titles and more than 900 journals a year, is a world leader in open access, and provides digital access to scholarly content to more than 12 million users a year on its website, degruyter.com.
Carl Hanser Verlag is one of Germany’s leading publishers of literature as well as applied engineering, technology, computer science and business.
Advisor Walter De Gruyter GmbH: Raue (Berlin)
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