Steve Gosk, President and CEO of Fischer Connectors, talks about the future of connectivity.

Design World's VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney speaks with Adaptall's General Manager, Mike Rennie, about the fittings business and the industry as it moves into 2019.

John Kawola, president of Ultimaker North America discusses the role 3D printing can have in manufacturing.

Driven by a successful Kickstarter campaign, Boulder, Colorado-based, connected-musical applications company Specdrums had a challenge on its hands. With orders in the queue, the growing company needed production help – they needed it fast, and in a manner that could scale for future growth.

The company’s success is due to its game-changing innovation that brings drumming to your fingertips, literally.

In this issue of Executive Edition, Greg Paulsen, director of applications engineering at Xometry, discusses additive manufacturing and service providers.

The BattleBots competition has become a popular entertainment. But it is also an opportunity for engineers to hone their fast design practices and study failure analysis. One of the more recent winners of the BattleBots is Hal Rucker, an engineer designer, builder, and co-driver, most notably of DUCK. DUCK won in Season 3 of the show.

Design World's Vice President, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney speaks with Orange Seal's COO, Gordon Kolasingh about the company, the fluid power market in his native Caribbean region, and how the coming year is looking for this broker.

A number of prototyping processes are available for the design engineer. Rapid Manufacturing, Nashua, NH, offers rapid prototyping with sheet metal. (The company was recently acquired by Proto Labs.) Here are a few quick tips on making the most out of prototyping using sheet metals.

Gordon Styles, president and CEO of Star Rapid, a service provider in China takes a look at some of the changes he sees coming to additive manufacturing. Styles looks at plastic and metal 3D printing, and how metal desktop 3D printers may affect the manufacturing landscape.

Design World Editorial Director Paul J. Heney talks with Ryan Schroeder, President of the Americas, for IMI Precision Engineering, about his company's impending purchase of Bimba Manufacturing, the IoT and green engineering.