What Chemical Engineering does

Chemical Engineering is a long-established B2B trade media brand serving the chemical process industries (CPI), published by Access Intelligence, LLC, a privately held media company headquartered at 9211 Corporate Blvd., 4th Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20850. The brand operates a print magazine, the chemengonline.com website, weekly e-newsletters, white papers, sponsored webinars, podcasts, a video archive, a paid Gold Member digital subscription tier, a dedicated CPI-focused job board (jobs.chemengonline.com), and editorial sub-brands including the Plant Cost Index, the Process Impact Awards, and Focus On: WATER. Editorial coverage spans processing and handling, separation processes, water treatment, heat transfer, solids handling, automation and control, and environment, health, safety and security.

The core technology is a web-based B2B publishing and content platform with an integrated subscription paywall, webinar hosting, white-paper distribution, e-newsletter delivery, the recurring Plant Cost Index data product, video archive, job board, and event registration systems. The site sits within Access Intelligence's Energy & Engineering Group alongside sister brands POWER, Experience POWER, and the CLEAN Americas event brand, which together run two major in-person industry conferences annually.

The business model is a diversified B2B media revenue stack. Recurring revenue comes from individual and corporate magazine subscriptions and the Gold Member digital tier (with a 99¢ trial). Advertising and sponsored media are sold via a direct media kit to industrial vendors, including display ads, advertorials, full-screen content, and e-newsletter sponsorships. BrandConnect / Partner Content is paid sponsored editorial produced by industrial vendors (IPCO, GEA, VEGA, Endress+Hauser, and others). Webinars and white papers are co-produced with sponsors as lead-generation vehicles. Event revenue is generated from sponsorships, exhibitor fees, and attendee registrations for CLEAN Americas and Experience POWER. A job board generates marketplace commission revenue from employer-paid listings, with active advertisers including RWE Clean Energy, Avient, AST SpaceMobile, and Mitsubishi Power Americas. The customer base spans practicing CPI engineers and plant managers (the audience) and industrial technology and equipment vendors plus engineering employers (the paying customers).

Name

Chemical Engineering

Legal name

Access Intelligence, LLC

Website

https://chemengonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Chemical Engineering is a B2B trade media brand published by Access Intelligence, LLC, serving chemical process industry professionals with a magazine, digital site, webinars, white papers, job board, and live events, monetized through subscriptions, advertising, sponsored content, and event sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Media & Publishing

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B / Industrial Market Research (MPAAALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technology & B2B PR (MPAAADAC), Industry-Specific B2B Trade Show Organizers (THAHABAB)

Keywords

• Trade media publishing
• B2B industrial advertising
• Technical content marketing
• Recruitment advertising services
• Industry events management

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Magazine and digital subscriptions / Gold Membership: Recurring revenue from individual and corporate subscriptions to the print magazine and Gold Member digital access, including a 99¢ trial offer promoted on the site.
2. Advertising and sponsored media kit placements: Display advertising, advertorials, full-screen content, and e-newsletter sponsorships sold to industrial advertisers and technology vendors reaching CPI audiences.
3. BrandConnect / Partner Content (sponsored editorial): Paid sponsored articles and advertorials produced by industrial vendors (e.g., VEGA, GEA, IPCO, Endress+Hauser) and distributed through the publication's content channels.
4. Webinars and white papers: Lead-generation webinars and white papers co-produced with sponsors, used as a demand-gen vehicle for industrial advertisers.
5. Event sponsorships and registrations (CLEAN Americas, Experience POWER): Revenue from sponsoring, exhibiting at, and registering attendees for co-located industry events run by the Energy & Engineering Group.
6. Job board postings and recruitment advertising: Employer-paid job listings on jobs.chemengonline.com targeted at chemical engineering candidates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Chemical Engineering is a B2B trade media brand that publishes a monthly magazine and editorial website covering the chemical process industries (CPI), supported by a paid Gold Member digital membership, the proprietary Plant Cost Index economic indicator, sponsored webinars and white papers, a CPI-targeted job board, podcasts, video archives, and co-located industry events (CLEAN Americas, Experience POWER). It monetizes that audience primarily through advertising, sponsored BrandConnect editorial content, recruitment listings, event sponsorships, and subscriptions sold to CPI professionals and to industrial technology vendors.

Product overview

No product or service offering details are available in the provided source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Process Impact Awards: Editorial awards program run by Chemical Engineering recognizing process-industry projects.
• Plant Cost Index
• Focus On: WATER

Products and services

• Chemical Engineering Magazine (Print + Digital Subscription) Monthly print and digital trade magazine and corresponding editorial website covering the chemical process industries (CPI), including news, technical features, departments (Business, Technologies, Products, Hydrogen, Sustainability), and category coverage across separation, heat transfer, water treatment, solids handling, automation and control, and EHS&S. Sold as a paid subscription to practicing chemical engineers, process engineers, plant managers, and other CPI professionals.
• Gold Member Digital Membership Paid digital membership tier providing full access to in-depth technical articles, exclusive editorial, white papers, and Gold Member-only content on chemengonline.com. Sold on an annual subscription basis to individual CPI professionals and corporate subscribers, with a 99¢ promotional trial.
• Plant Cost Index (PCI) Proprietary economic indicator tracking equipment, construction, and labor cost trends in the chemical process industries. Published as a recurring data product on the publication's website and accessed by CPI professionals, procurement, and corporate subscribers as a benchmarking reference.
• Chemical Engineering Job Board (jobs.chemengonline.com) Online job board and recruitment advertising marketplace targeted at chemical, process, and manufacturing engineering candidates, with employer-paid listings, resume bank access, and company profiles. Used by employers such as RWE Clean Energy, AST SpaceMobile, Mitsubishi Power Americas, and Avient to recruit engineering talent.
• CLEAN Americas Industry Event In-person industry conference operated under the Energy & Engineering Group covering cleaning and environmental services topics for industrial audiences. Revenue is generated through attendee registrations, sponsorships, and exhibitor booth sales to industrial vendors and CPI professionals.
• Experience POWER Industry Event In-person industry conference operated under the POWER brand within the Energy & Engineering Group, covering power generation, hydrogen, and clean-energy topics. Revenue is generated through attendee registrations, sponsorships, and exhibitor booth sales to power-generation and CPI professionals and vendors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy & Engineering Group runs multiple annual events (CLEAN Americas Nov 9-11, 2026 in Irving/Dallas, TX; Experience POWER Sep 28-Oct 30, 2026 in Washington, DC)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BIC Magazine: Trade publication covering the process industries including chemicals, petrochemicals and refining; comparable B2B print-plus-digital advertising model targeting CPI decision-makers.
• Chemical Processing: Putman Media title focused on chemical manufacturing operations, processing equipment and plant efficiency; directly comparable editorial scope, advertising model and CPI engineering audience.
• Processing Magazine: Trade publication covering bulk material handling, solids processing and powder/bulk technologies; overlaps with Chemical Engineering's solids-handling and processing categories and shares the same industrial advertiser base.
• Chemical Week: B2B trade publication covering the global chemical industry with news, market data and events; competes directly with Chemical Engineering for CPI professional readership and chemical-industry advertising dollars.
• Hydrocarbon Processing: Gulf Energy Information title covering refining, petrochemicals and gas processing technologies; highly overlapping audience and advertiser base with Chemical Engineering, particularly in process equipment and separation.
• Control Engineering (CFE Media): CFE Media's automation and control trade title; directly competes with Chemical Engineering's Automation & Control editorial category and shares core advertiser segments (instrumentation, DCS, process control vendors).
• Plant Engineering (CFE Media): B2B media brand covering plant operations, maintenance, automation and reliability across process manufacturing; competes for the same plant manager and process engineer readership and overlapping instrumentation/automation advertisers.

Emerging players

• Smart Industry (Questex): Questex B2B media brand focused on industrial digital transformation, IIoT and plant-floor AI; overlaps with Chemical Engineering's automation, AI and sustainability coverage and competes for industrial technology advertisers.
• Industrial Process & Engineering (IP&E): B2B industrial media brand covering process and engineering topics across chemicals and adjacent industries; a smaller, more digitally focused peer competing for the same CPI advertiser pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• POWER Magazine (Access Intelligence sister brand): Access Intelligence's own energy/power generation title sitting in the same Energy & Engineering Group; operates an overlapping integrated media + events model with shared infrastructure, staffing and advertiser relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Chemengmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/chemengmag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chemical-engineering-magazine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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