John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa, JWb), announced today that it
acquired Structurae, a leading online structural and civil engineering
databasewww.structurae.de.
The acquisition aligns with the company’s long-term strategies to
support research, learning, and professional practice with content and
services that provide customers with information, learning resources,
and best practices to enhance their professional lives and realize their
career and personal goals.
“By combining Wiley’s Berlin-based Ernst & Sohn, the leading
construction publisher in German- speaking countries, with Structurae,
we will capitalise on both companies’ content, assets and relationships
to create a powerful portfolio that will provide civil/structural
engineers, architects and others in research and the industry around the
world with comprehensive solutions-oriented print and online resources,”
said Jon Walmsley, VP and Managing Director, Physical Sciences,
Wiley-Blackwell.
Karin Lang, Managing Director, Ernst & Sohn, added, “The
acquisition will boost Ernst & Sohn’s solid publishing foundations
online which includes books such as Beton-Kalender, Stahlbau-Kalender and Mechanised
Shield Tunnelling as well as Structural Concrete and Geomechanics
and Tunnelling journals; while enhancing the global reach of the
Structurae database.”
With more than 1 million page views a month from around the world,
Structurae is the largest online database for works of bridge, civil,
and structural engineering and is available in three languages, English,
French and German. The database contains structural, technological,
architectural, historic and social information about more than 60,000
new and historic bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, stadiums, towers
and other structures, as well as over 100,000 photos that document and
illustrate them. The database also provides information about more than
10,000 companies in the construction sector; bibliographic information
on more than 50,000 publications; and biographies of about 9,000
personalities related to construction. Helpful links and a product
database round off this online compendium.
“I am pleased to be joining Wiley as the chief editor of Structurae,”
said Nicolas Janberg who created Structurae in 1998 after
studying civil engineering at Princeton University. “Together we will
develop and expand this exemplary database, combining existing
resources, and providing new products and features, and as well as
best-practise solutions for construction engineers.”
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has been a valued source of
information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people
around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley
and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450
Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics,
Physiology/Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Peace.
Wiley’s core businesses include scientific, technical, medical and
scholarly (STMS) journals, encyclopedias, books and online products and
services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training
materials, online applications and Web sites; and educational materials
for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's
global headquarters are located in Hoboken, N.J., with operations in the
U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia. The company's Web site can be
accessed at www.wiley.com.
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols
JWa and JWb.
