What CPM GmbH does

CPM Verlag GmbH (trading as CPM GmbH) is a German specialist trade media and events company headquartered in Meckenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1989, the company operates across three interconnected verticals — Defence, Security, and Military Medicine — serving as an information intermediary between public-sector defense and security institutions (notably the Bundeswehr), government and political stakeholders, defense industry suppliers, and academic and medical research communities. With 20 employees, it functions as a privately held niche B2B media operator focused exclusively on German-language defense and security audiences.

The company runs a diversified information portfolio consisting of four publications (CP Crisis Prevention, Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie, EMMS, and Wehrmedizinische Monatsschrift), six specialized online platforms (DEFENCE-NETWORK.com, SECURITY-NETWORK.com, MILITARY-MEDICINE.com, WARSIGHT, DEF-JOBS, and CPM WEBINAR), and approximately eleven annual conferences, symposia, and summits. Named event properties include the Air Force Tech Summit (Berlin), Bodensee Resilience Summit (Konstanz), DiMiMED International Conference on Disaster and Military Medicine (Koblenz), GBAD Summit, CP-Symposium and CP-Konferenz (Erfurt), LOG.NET, RÜ.NET, and the OPPORTUNITY ZONE event that spans all three verticals. DEF-JOBS operates a dedicated recruitment/job-board channel within the defense ecosystem.

CPM generates revenue through conference and exhibition attendance and sponsorship fees, print and digital publication subscriptions, advertising across its online platforms, recruitment listings on DEF-JOBS, and paid webinar programming under the CPM WEBINAR brand. The publicly scheduled event pipeline extends through 2027 (e.g., GBAD Summit in February 2027, LOG.NET in April 2027, CP-Konferenz in June 2027, and RÜ.NET in September 2027), indicating sustained forward planning and recurring customer demand. The company has not disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, or AI/ML capabilities in the available data.

Name

CPM GmbH

Legal name

CPM Verlag GmbH

Website

https://cpm-verlag.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CPM Verlag GmbH (CPM GmbH), founded 1989 in Meckenheim, Germany, is a specialist trade media and events company operating four publications, six digital platforms, and approximately eleven annual conferences serving defence, security, and military medicine communities across the Bundeswehr, government, industry, and research sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense, Security and Military Medicine Media & Events

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Other Publishers (51319)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Compliance Conferences (MPAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Defense media services
• Military medicine publications
• Security conferences
• Defense industry events
• Trade media publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Meckenheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event and Conference Attendance: CPM Verlag generates revenue through organizing and hosting professional conferences and summits in the Defence, Security, and Military Medicine sectors, including events like RÜ.NET, LOG.NET, Air Force Tech Summit, GBAD Summit, EUDEX, Bodensee Resilience Summit, CP-Symposium, CP-Konferenz, and DiMiMED. Attendees pay registration fees to participate.
2. Publication Sales and Subscriptions: Revenue from selling professional publications including Crisis Prevention (CP), Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie, EMMS, and Wehrmedizinische Monatsschrift (monthly journal). Publications cover defence topics, civil security, disaster relief, military medical services, and pharmaceutical matters.
3. Digital Media and Advertising: Revenue generated through digital platforms including DEFENCE-NETWORK.com, SECURITY-NETWORK.com, MILITARY-MEDICINE.com, WARSIGHT.com, and DEF-JOBS.com, offering news coverage, press releases, interviews, and reportages. The company offers media data packages for advertising on these platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CPM Verlag GmbH is a specialist trade media and events company that publishes four professional journals (Crisis Prevention, Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie, EMMS, Wehrmedizinische Monatsschrift), operates six digital news and networking platforms (DEFENCE-NETWORK.com, SECURITY-NETWORK.com, MILITARY-MEDICINE.com, WARSIGHT, DEF-JOBS, CPM WEBINAR), and organises around eleven annual conferences and summits (including Air Force Tech Summit, LOG.NET, RÜ.NET, GBAD Summit, EUDEX Conference, Opportunity Zone, Bodensee Resilience Summit, CP-Symposium, CP-Konferenz, DiMiMED) connecting defence, security, and military medicine professionals in the German-speaking market.

Product overview

CPM Verlag GmbH is a professional media and events company offering a multi-product portfolio across Defence, Security, and Military Medicine sectors. The portfolio comprises four specialist print/digital publications (CP Crisis Prevention, Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie, EMMS, and Wehrmedizinische Monatsschrift) providing sector-specific journalism and research; six digital news platforms (DEFENCE-NETWORK.com, SECURITY-NETWORK.com, MILITARY-MEDICINE.com, WARSIGHT, DEF-JOBS, and CPM WEBINAR) delivering daily news and professional networking; and approximately eleven annual conferences and summits (including Air Force Tech Summit, LOG.NET, RÜ.NET, GBAD Summit, EUDEX, DiMiMED, Bodensee Resilience Summit, CP-Symposium, CP-Konferenz, and OPPORTUNITY ZONE) connecting decision-makers from military, government, and industry. The publications and digital platforms are supported by media data packages and serve as information and networking channels for the three communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DEFENCE-NETWORK.com: Digital news platform for defense sector news and information
• SECURITY-NETWORK.com
• MILITARY-MEDICINE.com
• WARSIGHT
• DEF-JOBS
• CPM WEBINAR

Products and services

• CP Crisis Prevention

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Defense News (Sightline Media Group): Defense News is a leading global defence industry news brand owned by Sightline Media Group, covering military procurement, policy, and industry — comparable to CPM's DEFENCE-NETWORK.com in audience and editorial scope, with larger English-language reach.
• Mittler Report Verlag: Mittler Report Verlag is a German-language defence trade publisher (ESD, European Security & Defence; Marine Forum; others) producing specialist defence magazines — directly comparable as a German-market defence trade media peer.
• Verdict Media (Airforce Technology, Army Technology): Verdict Media operates a portfolio of defence and aerospace vertical sites (Airforce Technology, Army Technology, Naval Technology) and runs industry events — directly comparable in the digital-defence-media plus events business model that CPM runs.
• Armada International / Media Transasia: Armada International is a defence trade magazine covering land, air, naval and security topics with international distribution — closely comparable to CPM's CP Crisis Prevention and Wehrmedizin publications in editorial approach and B2B positioning.
• Shephard Media: Shephard Media is a UK-based defence and aerospace media company operating magazines (e.g., Defense Helicopter, Military Logistics), digital platforms, and a major events portfolio — a very close functional analogue to CPM's print + digital + events model, with a similar niche B2B audience.

Regional players

• BMVg / Hardthöhen-Kurier (Bundeswehr): Hardthöhen-Kurier is the German Bundeswehr's own internal media outlet covering the armed forces — a regional public-sector publisher that competes for the same Bundeswehr readership CPM serves with its defence publications.
• ESD Publications (Europäische Sicherheit & Technik): Europäische Sicherheit & Technik is the long-standing German-Austrian defence and security industry magazine — a regional DACH-market peer directly comparable to CPM's Crisis Prevention publication and German-language security audience.

Others

• NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association): NDIA is a major US defence industry association running large conferences, exhibitions, and publications for the defence industrial base — adjacent ecosystem player comparable to CPM's conference-and-publishing model but membership-driven.
• NATO Association of Canada / NATO Review: NATO Review and associated NATO-affiliated publishing provide defence and security policy content and forums — adjacent rather than direct because they are institutional/association publishers rather than commercial trade media.

Broad incumbents

• Janes (IHS Markit): Janes is the leading global defence intelligence and open-source media franchise (Janes Defence Weekly, Janes Intelligence Review), now part of a large research and data platform — overlaps with CPM in defence decision-maker content but operates at substantially greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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