Design News is a US trade publication published by UBM Electronics, a division of United Business Media. Design News serves the information needs of the field of design engineering.

The editorial director is David Greenfield, with the editorial offices located in Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...

, USA.

Established in 1946, Design News magazine is published 12 times per year. Each issue addresses system and product design issues related to automation

Automation

Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...

 & control, materials science

Materials science

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...

 & assembly, hardware and software design tools, and electronics

Electronics

Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...

/ and electronic test equipment

Electronic test equipment

Electronic test equipment is used to create signals and capture responses from electronic Devices Under Test . In this way, the proper operation of the DUT can be proven or faults in the device can be traced and repaired...

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Common topics include CAD, design engineer

Design engineer

Design Engineer is a general term that covers multiple engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, industrial design and civil engineering, architectural engineers in the U.S...

ing, consumer electronics

Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...

, and automation

Automation

Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization...

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As of December 2009, total BPA

BPA Worldwide

BPA Worldwide audits the circulation of business-to-business and consumer magazines. It also provides audit services for newspapers, Web sites, events, email newsletters, digital magazines and other advertiser-supported media produced by its members. Membership comes from the media owners and...

 audited circulation is 145,052 subscribers.

Former owner Reed Business Information

Reed Business Information

Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia, often referred to as RBI...

 sold the magazine to Canon Communications

Canon Communications

UBM Canon , founded in 1978 and headquartered in Los Angeles California is a diversified business-to-business media company...

 in February 2010 and became part of UBM Electronics after United Business Media's purchase of Canon Communications

Canon Communications

UBM Canon , founded in 1978 and headquartered in Los Angeles California is a diversified business-to-business media company...

in November 2010.