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Ed Garstkiewicz

Ed Garstkiewicz

Sr. Industry Segment Manager for Automation & Robotics at HARTING Americas with over 26 years' experience in industrial connectors and connectivity.

Aug 7, 2026

Manufacturing Matters

Manufacturing Matters

Episode 149 – Ed Garstkiewicz, Senior Business Development Manager, Emerging Markets, HARTING

Aug 7 · 32m

Aaron Hand
Aaron HandHOST
10:51
So can you talk a bit about what those technical trade-offs are that you guys have to deal with to make miniaturization work, I guess?
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:01
Right.
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:02
That's a great question.
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:04
And you're absolutely right.
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:05
As we're making things smaller, we have the risk of interference and signal integrity.
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:11
We're also talking about higher data rates, higher bandwidth.
Ed Garstkiewicz
Ed GarstkiewiczGUEST
11:16
So that's a challenge, and we can address that in some really creative ways in terms of connector design.
Aaron Hand
Aaron HandHOST
15:34
But are there other things that you're doing to say, this is rugged, but that doesn't mean it's this big, bulky thing?

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