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DigiKey has started its 17th annual DigiWish Giveaway, which runs from Dec. 1 to 24, 2025. The giveaway offers entrants a chance to win DigiKey product prizes during the holiday season. To enter, participants fill out a form on DigiKey’s website and select one in-stock DigiKey product valued up to $100. One eligible entrant will…

After participating at the UN Climate Conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil, SKF is planning a follow-up event focused on industrial decarbonization. At COP30, SKF’s circular technologies and remanufacturing solutions were recognized in SBCOP’s Best Cases program. SKF will host the first SKF Friction Fighting Summit on Dec. 3-4 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company said the…

HMS Networks has entered into a binding agreement to acquire part of Molex’s Industrial Solutions Business Unit. Molex is a global electronics company with operations in more than 38 countries and over 50,000 employees. The acquisition includes: Hardware and software intellectual property A product portfolio of network interface cards and software stacks Customer relationships, primarily…

On April 27, 1865, just weeks after the end of the American Civil War, the steamship Sultana exploded and sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. It remains the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history, with estimates ranging from 1,500 to over 1,800 dead. The explosion of the steamship Sultana was not an isolated…

In this first edition of our new video segment, Mind over Machine, DW managing editor Mike Santora speaks with MathWorks’ Product Manager for Electrical Technology, Dr. Graham Dudgeon. Dr. Dudgeon gives us some valuable advice from his career. Advice that you will not find from an AI search. Watch the video below for the full story.…

DigiKey, a global distributor of electronic components and automation products, invites Smart Production Solutions (SPS) attendees to visit its booth, No. 106 in Hall 7, Nov. 25-27, 2025, in Nuremberg, Germany. Visitors can enter prize drawings and learn about DigiKey’s automation offerings, including new product introductions, key suppliers and available services. SPS covers a wide…

Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced plans to build a new greenfield manufacturing site in southeastern Wisconsin. The project is part of the company’s previously announced $2 billion investment in facilities, digital infrastructure and workforce over the next five years. The new site may become Rockwell’s largest manufacturing campus, with a substantial footprint and room to expand…

Building on the launch of last year’s employee and student scholarship program, the PTDA Foundation continues its focus on addressing the need for skilled power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) professionals. These employee scholarship awards recipients received $2,500 to support continuing education and help advance their careers in the PT/MC industry: Stanis Arcel Fotsing Talla,…

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) has named Ajay Bajaj, president and owner of Rotator Products Limited, as the recipient of the 2025 Warren Pike Award for lifetime achievement in the power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) industry. The Warren Pike Award, named for PTDA’s co-founder and first president, recognizes individuals who have shown sustained…

The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) held its Industry Summit Oct. 23–25 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa. The event, themed “Spurring Connections,” brought together nearly 450 distributors and manufacturers from the power transmission and motion control industry to exchange information and discuss industry priorities. Over three days, attendees engaged…

In this video, Design World managing editor Mike Santora interviews MathWorks’Consultant Product Manager for Electrical Technology, Dr. Graham Dudgeon. Dudgeon covers the EV grid challenge with bi-directional charging, the trends driving demand for vehicle-to-grid charging, and how this helps utilities better manage grid complexity.

One of the things I always do toward the beginning of the engineering ethics classes I teach, when we are just being introduced to the subject, is to pose the following question. I say here we are, together in this classroom inside of this building on campus. Look around you; can you point to something…

Rotor Clip has launched a new Spanish website, the fourth in its global portfolio, offering technical content and localized support for the marketplace. The site provides engineers, buyers and distribution partners with an accessible, user-friendly experience in their language. The platform provides Spanish-speaking customers with access to Rotor Clip’s full range of retaining rings, wave…

 This issue of Design World (the 2025 Casebook) details how smart motion is redefining manufacturing. For example, hydraulics retrofits recently doubled throughput in one Canadian operation. Another operation’s robotics are now scalable through advanced embedded control. Across applications, mechanical precision is meeting digital intelligence to transform decades-old equipment as well as new installations. Whether…

SKF is introducing The Patent Bay, a platform that allows companies to access selected patents aimed at supporting the development of sustainable technologies. The initiative makes certain patents freely available to encourage collaboration and innovation in areas related to sustainability. Historically, sharing key inventions has helped advance society — from the open release of the…

By Mark Jones The Royal Society’s motto, ‘Nullius in verba,’ translates literally to ‘no one’s words.’ It is taken to mean ‘take nobody’s word for it,” interpreted as verify all statements by experiment. The Society has published many impactful scientific advances over the course of its near 400-year history. It is some serious stuff. Newton’s…

Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a provider of industrial technology solutions, has acquired the net operating assets of Sunset Industrial, an industrial distributor based in Cerritos, California. The acquisition took effect on November 1, 2025. Founded in 1979, Sunset Industrial is a distributor of power transmission parts…

The winners of the 2025 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced this week across several categories. Here are the winners in the Computer Hardware and Software category. Gold Advantech UNO-2271 V3 The judges commented: “The size of this unit alone is amazing with a non-fan-cooled component cabinet. Very well done; it is…

The annual LEAP Awards recognizes and celebrates innovative products and technologies in engineering. Here are the 2025 LEAP Awards Winners in the Advanced Materials category. Gold SiTime MEMS-based precision timing technology The judges commented: “Great alternative to the traditional quartz timing systems. Good work! Surely a great advancement in the field, with very wide application…

Design World is thrilled to announce the 2025 LEAP Awards winners! LEAP stands for Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program and celebrates innovative engineering achievements in product and component design. Winners were unveiled in an online broadcast, which you can view on demand here: 2025 LEAP Awards — Winners Announcement. This year, we recognized innovations across…

On Wednesday, October 29th at Noon Eastern time, we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2025 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program). You may register for the live announcement here: 2025 LEAP Awards — Winners Announcement. What we feel sets this awards program apart from so many others is the involvement of the engineering…

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced updates to its Designcenter Solid Edge software, adding new AI features and enhancements in productivity, documentation, and user experience. The updates aim to improve efficiency and collaboration for design and engineering teams across on-premise and cloud environments. AI-powered design The 2026 update adds automation to design workflows. Magnetic Snap Assembly…

In addition to Design World’s new Ethical Engineering column, we’re also debuting another column focused on engineering disasters or failures. Why disasters and why now? The short (perhaps simplistic) answer is that engineering failures are a part of the engineering process, and so in a sense they are bound to happen. And when they do,…

In the business landscape we’re navigating today, few components impact the bottom line quite like supply chain management. Perhaps more importantly, few elements of a business affect the overall experience for human end-users like a supply chain operating at maximum efficiency. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence are revolutionizing how factories strategize, how goods move,…

BETE Fog Nozzle, LLC, a manufacturer of spray nozzles, fabrications, and spraying systems, marks its 75th anniversary in 2025. Founded in 1950 by John Bete in Greenfield, MA, shortly after inventing the spiral nozzle, BETE has expanded into a global company. In 2024, BETE merged with EXAIR, a leader of compressed air solutions, expanding its…