Design News

{{Short description|American business-to-business media brand}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Design News

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| category = Engineering

| company = Informa Markets — Engineering

| founded = 1946

| country = United States

| based = Santa Monica, California

| language = English

| website = [https://www.designnews.com designnews.com]

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Design News is a business-to-business media brand covering news, trends, and technology insights for the engineering community.{{cite web |title=Top Engineering Magazines |url=https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/engineering/top-engineering-magazines/ |website=ThomasNet |access-date=24 February 2025}} Owned by Informa Markets — Engineering, it is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The brand has been in publication since 1946.{{cite web |last=Sebastian |first=Michael |title=Canon Communications to Buy RBI's U.S. Electronics Titles |url=https://www.foliomag.com/canon-communications-buy-rbi-s-u-s-electronics-titles/ |website=Folio |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=24 February 2025 |quote=Design News is a long-established engineering publication founded in 1946.}}

History and ownership

Design News began as a monthly print magazine, serving design, mechanical, and electrical engineers. As of December 2014, its print circulation was audited at 96,667 by the BPA.{{cite web |url=https://www.bpaww.com/ |title=BPA Worldwide – Auditing Services |publisher=BPA Worldwide |access-date=24 February 2025}}

In 2010, Reed Business Information sold Design News—along with other U.S. electronics titles—to Canon Communications. Canon was subsequently acquired by United Business Media (UBM). In 2018, Informa purchased UBM in a deal valued at $5.3 billion.{{cite news |last=Maddox |first=Teodora |title=Informa completes $5.3 billion acquisition of UBM |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ubm-m-a-informa/informa-completes-5-3-billion-acquisition-of-ubm-idUSKBN1KF0PQ |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Reuters |date=17 July 2018}} Over time, Design News transitioned to an online-only publication, although it retains its original focus on engineering and manufacturing topics.{{cite web |title=Design News |url=https://www.globalspec.com/reference/19832/203279/design-news |website=Engineering360 |publisher=GlobalSpec |access-date=24 February 2025}}

Coverage

Design News serves engineers in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics/appliance, government/defense, industrial machinery, medical device, robotics, and other high-tech markets. Editorial topics include design engineering, design for manufacturing, automation, artificial intelligence, materials science, motion control, 3D printing, digitalization, power/energy, and sustainability. It also addresses engineering career development and education.

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