They have previously published books in association with The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and the European Federation of Corrosion.
In December 2008 Woodhead Publishing acquired the backlist, future titles and imprint of Chandos Publishing in Witney, 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 of EBSCO Industries Inc.[2] Woodhead (and its imprint Chandos) was acquired by Elsevier in August 2013.
Judges stated that "Woodhead has built up an unrivalled knowledge of its niche subjects and customers."