About Us

"Sharing science stories with people who make a difference"

That’s our mission, and it shapes everything we do.

AZoNetwork is the leading digital marketing platform connecting brands with engaged Science, Technology, and Healthcare audiences. We help organisations convey complexity with clarity, so the right people don’t just see your message, they understand it.

Trusted Communities, Built for Specialist Industries

Our audience is drawn from our network of industry-specific websites, each a leading online publisher and trusted news source within its community. Professionals explore these specialist sites to explore new solutions and stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments, making them powerful environments for credible brand communications.

What We Do

We deliver a comprehensive suite of digital marketing services designed to connect you with our audience and drive measurable results.

Our expertise spans:

• Lead Generation
• Audience Targeting 
• Brand Awareness 
• Proving ROI
• Content Creation

From awareness through to decision-making, we have solutions for every stage of the buyer’s journey. We help you reach our audience with the right message at the right time.

What we stand for

Credibility is the foundation we’re built on. It shapes how we publish, how we communicate, and how we show up in these industries.

At the heart of our work is a simple belief: the best content is made by humans. It’s shaped through subject understanding, editorial care, and a genuine familiarity with specialist industries.

We hold ourselves to a high standard:

• Expertise — content guided by people who understand scientific and technical subjects
• Experience — decades of learning what resonates with specialist audiences
• Authority — built through consistent publishing in established, trusted environments
• Trust — earned through years of providing accurate and relevant technical content with integrity

While the channels and formats continue to evolve, the fundamentals don’t change: credible, people-driven content,  delivered with clarity, care, and purpose.

Our Story

AZoNetwork began in 2000 when founder Dr Ian Birkby, drawing on over a decade in the Advanced Ceramics industry, recognised that technical professionals needed help understanding how to apply advanced materials in their work. He launched AZoM.com – The A to Z of Materials – to bridge that gap.

Today we've grown to reach over 100 million unique individuals annually across multiple platforms, but we've stayed true to that founding principle: helping professionals discover and understand the innovations that matter to their work.

The company is an Australian Public Company with headquarters in Sydney, Australia, and offices in Manchester, UK, and Upstate New York, USA.

Check out our timeline below to see how we grew to become the company we are today: