Grand View Media purchases "Flow Control" from Witter Publishing.

Grand View Media Group (GVMG; Birmingham, AL), a division of EBSCO Industries, has acquired Flow Control magazine and FlowControlNetwork.com from Witter Publishing (Flemington, NJ). No terms of the deal were given.

Described as the "leading publication and web portal for the fluid process handling industry," the magazine was launched in 1999 for a controlled circulation of 35,000 system design engineers, production and manufacturing engineers, maintenance and operations personnel, and general management who are involved in the disciplines of fluid control, containment and measurement. It is produced monthly and focuses on the fluid handling process with information on such topics as system design, operation, maintenance and new technologies that measure, control and contain liquids and gases.

GVMG general manager/vice president Eddie Lee Rider, Jr. said the purchase "marries well with our company's recent acquisition of Processing magazine (acquired from Putman Media in the third quarter of 2004) and assists in the further growth of our b2b publishing platform."

GVMG currently publishes 16 magazine titles, including custom publications for International Paper and The World's Foremost Outfitter, as well as three in-house, consumer hunting/sport titles. Witter will continue to produce Aseptic Processing & Packaging, MieroTec and CleanTec magazines.