WILEY NEWS RELEASE

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

December 15, 2006

For Immediate Release



Wiley-VCH Acquires Lipid Technology 

Expanding the publisher’s food and nutrition journal 

portfolio 



Weinheim, December 15, 2006— Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. 

KGaA announced today that it has acquired publishing assets 

from PJ Barnes & Associates and will assume publishing for 

the international news and review journal Lipid Technology 

as of January 2007. The acquisition enhances Wiley-VCH’s 

already impressive list of food and nutrition journals.



“We have had a very good relationship with PJ Barnes & 

Associates for many years and we are delighted to continue 

the publication of Lipid Technology and to further 

strengthen our food and nutrition journal portfolio”, says 

Dr. Carol Bacchus, Editorial Director for Life and Medical 

Science Journals, Wiley-VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA. “This 

acquisition enables us to expand our presence in this 

dynamic subject area and provide practical, must-have 

information to managers, technologists, engineers and 

scientists in academia and the industry.”



Lipid Technology offers the latest worldwide developments 

in the science, technology, markets and commerce of 

oilseeds, fats, oils, and other lipids. Lipid Technology 

also focuses on critical new technologies and products such 

as genetically-modified crops and foods, novel seed crops, 

functional foods, nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, 

biotechnology, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants, 

phytochemicals, bioactive lipids, medicine cosmeceuticals, 

renewable resources, biodiesel and many more topics. Lipid 

Technology also features news reviews presenting the latest 

news on lipids from around the world, as well as feature 

articles and research highlights.



Lipid Technology is published monthly and will be available 

in print and online via Wiley InterScience 

(www.interscience.wiley.com), Wiley’s online publishing 

platform. The Editor of Lipid Technology is Professor Frank 

D. Gunstone of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, 

Dundee, Scotland.  Every issue features a Nutrition Review 

by Julie Miller Jones (College of St. Catherine, USA), and 

every second issue also features a Nutrition article by 

John C. Stanley (Oxford University and Lincoln Edge 

Nutrition, UK); both contributions addressing specific 

developments and assessments surrounding lipids and 

nutrition.



“As Lipid Technology moves from the print to the electronic 

age, the resources of a leading major publisher have become 

essential to the journal’s continuing success”, says Dr. 

Peter J. Barnes, Publisher and Partner at PJ Barnes & 

Associates. “I am delighted to know that the future of 

Lipid Technology is now secure in the capable hands of 

Wiley-VCH, publisher of European Journal of Lipid Science 

and Technology”.



Contact:

Dr. Ines Chyla

Editorial Office

Wiley-VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA

Boschstrasse 12

69469 Weinheim

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Fax: 06201/606-525



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About PJ Barnes & Associates

 

PJ Barnes & Associates is a small, family-based, publishing 

company established in 1989 with the launch of Lipid 

Technology and specializing in fats & oils (lipids). PJ 

Barnes & Associates is located in Bridgwater, UK and is run 

by two partners: Dr Peter J. Barnes who worked previously 

in the food industry, and Janet C. Barnes who was 

previously a science teacher.





About Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA



Wiley-VCH, founded in 1921, is one of the leading technical 

publishers in Germany with an emphasis on science. For 

several years, technical and specialist information in 

print and electronic form, for professionals and experts, 

has been a major focus. Wiley-VCH is part of the 

international publishing house, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 

Hoboken, NJ, USA. http://www.wiley-vch.de



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