In 1989, Chemical Industry Digest was commissioned by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research of the Ministry of Science & Technology of the Government of India to publish 4 special issues on Consultancy Engineering in an exclusive tie-up with them. These four issues were brought out successfully. Chemical Industry Digest became a monthly journal in the year 2004. It is a professional technical journal catering to engineers and scientists in chemical process industries.

Chemical Industry Digest Annual issue is released in January, every year and it has been an outstanding success till date. The much awaited annual issues are kept and constantly referred to by readers for years due to the quality of content published. The journal regularly presents features on current developments, state of the art technology, group discussion, corporate profiles, industry scenarios, engineering approaches, new products and processes in production, maintenance, fluid flow, instrumentation, equipment fabrication, energy efficiency and conservation, environment and safety, R&D and more.

Chemical Industry Digest is read by professionals in the following industry segments: Refineries, Petrochemicals, Fertilisers, Agrochemicals, Chlor-alkali, Chemical Intermediates, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Dyes, Speciality Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Chemical Plant & Equipment, Consultancy Engineering companies, Instrumentation, Pumps & Valves, R&D organisations and Industry associations.

In the year 2010, Blockdale acquired the first oldest and foremost medical monthly, The Indian Practitioner which was started in the year 1947. It is a monthly journal dedicated to Medicine, Surgery and Public Health. Started with a focus on General Practitioners, it now extends to all medical specialities also through this. Focus remains on informing doctors on the first line of treatment.

The Indian Practitioner is read by practicing doctors and various professionals in the field of medical science. Over 70,000 copies of The Indian Practitioner are bought to be read and preserved by practicing doctors and pharma companies in the medical and healthcare industries, as the contents of the journal are of lasting interest with tremendous retentive value.

Due to significant circulation to hospitals, medical colleges, clinics and diagnostic centres each copy of The Indian Practitioner is read on an average by atleast 3 doctors in the fields of specialities, general medicine, public health and surgery thus ensuring an undiluted captive readership of about 2,00,000.