Based in Cologne, WA Media GmbH, which was founded in 1982 as WA Publishing, is a media service provider, information platform and event organiser for haptic advertising themes. The portfolio of the specialist publisher includes diverse magazines for the German and European merch and marketing market: the German-language industry publication Werbeartikel Nachrichten and the English-language eppi magazine as well as the end user magazine Haptica. Furthermore, WA Media organises the trade show Haptica live on an annual basis. Accompanying newsletters, web portals and Social Media activities round off the offer.