VM Verlag GmbH

Name

VM Verlag GmbH

Legal name

VM Verlag GmbH

Website

https://extrusion-info.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cologne

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, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

VM Verlag GmbH operates extrusion-info.com, a multilingual B2B web portal and publisher of four expert trade magazines (EXTRUSION, EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL, EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL USA, and EXTRUSION & Recycling Asia) serving the global plastics extrusion industry with 2-8 issues annually and circulation of 3,500 to 6,000+ copies. The company also distributes a free weekly e-newsletter covering extrusion equipment, raw materials, processes, automation, recycling, and related technologies such as blow molding for management, engineers, and technicians in the plastics processing sector.

Product overview

VM Verlag GmbH operates extrusion-info.com, a comprehensive B2B web portal for the plastics processing industry. The company publishes four expert magazines: EXTRUSION (German/English since 1997), EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL (English since 2014), EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL USA (since 2019), and EXTRUSION & Recycling Asia (Chinese/English since 1997). Combined circulation ranges from 3,500 to over 6,000 copies per issue with 2-8 annual issues, all available digitally. The company also offers a free weekly Global Extrusion newsletter and covers topics including core extrusion equipment, raw materials, product types, extrusion processes, automation, control, recycling, and related technologies such as blow molding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Extrusion: Trade magazine in German and English focused on European readers
• Extrusion International
• Extrusion International USA
• Extrusion & Recycling Asia

Products and services

• extrusion-info.com Web Portal The company's primary digital platform providing news, articles, case studies, and videos for plastics processing industry professionals. Serves as the multilingual web portal hosting the company's magazine publications and editorial content across German, English, Russian, and Chinese.
• EXTRUSION Magazine Trade magazine published in German and English focusing on the European reader. Published since 1997 with 2-8 issues annually and circulation of 3,500 to over 6,000 copies per issue.
• EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL Magazine International English-language magazine published since 2014, available in both digital and print formats with 2-8 issues annually for global extrusion industry readers.
• EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL USA Digital edition of EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL supplemented specifically for USA readership, launched in 2019 as a version of EXTRUSION INTERNATIONAL magazine tailored to the U.S. market.
• EXTRUSION & Recycling Asia Asian edition (formerly World of Plastics Asia) published in Chinese Mandarin and English since 1997, serving the Asian extrusion and recycling industry market.
• Global Extrusion Newsletter Free weekly e-newsletter covering every major event and innovation in the field of plastic extrusion, delivered to subscribers with consolidated signup alongside printed magazine subscriptions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE): Global professional society producing conferences, technical papers, and member publications across plastics processing including extrusion. A non-commercial counterpart that competes for the same audience's learning time and engagement.
• Plastics Recyclers Europe: European industry association for plastics recyclers, producing reports, events, and member communications. Adjacent to VM Verlag's recycling coverage and competes for thought-leadership mindshare among extrusion-recycling professionals.

Emerging players

• Recycling Magazine: B2B publication focused on plastics and materials recycling. Directly comparable to the recycling content within VM Verlag's EXTRUSION & Recycling Asia edition, competing for the same advertiser and reader attention.

Regional players

• Vogel Communications Group (Kunststoffe/ikt): German B2B media group publishing Kunststoffe and other industry titles. Comparable to VM Verlag as a German-language plastics trade publisher, though Vogel operates across many industrial verticals beyond extrusion.

Broad incumbents

• Crain Communications (Plastics News): Crain publishes Plastics News, a leading global trade title covering the broader plastics processing industry. It competes with VM Verlag for advertising spend from extrusion equipment OEMs and plastics converters, though Crain covers injection molding and other processes as well.
• Gardner Business Media (Plastics Technology): Gardner publishes Plastics Technology magazine covering injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and auxiliaries. Overlaps with VM Verlag on extrusion content and advertiser base, but serves a wider plastics processing audience.
• Plastics Today: Digital B2B media brand covering injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and additives. Competes for digital advertising and audience attention against extrusion-info.com across the same plastics processing professionals.

Direct peers

• AMI Publications: AMI publishes a portfolio of B2B plastics magazines and conferences covering extrusion, compounding, recycling, and polymer films. It is the closest direct competitor to VM Verlag in the specialized plastics extrusion trade media space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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