SwiftPaws

Catania Product Development wins 2024 International Design Award

IDA design awards bronze winner 2024

Catania Product Development, a Melbourne-based design and engineering firm, has won the Bronze Prize in the Pet Care / Toys for Pets category at the 2024 International Design Awards for its innovative SwiftPaws CHASE! Course Kit. This recognition highlights the company’s commitment to blending aesthetic appeal with functionality. CEO Stefanie Catania expressed pride in their achievement, emphasizing the importance of creating accessible products for pet owners. SwiftPaws, which gained fame after appearing on ABC’s Shark Tank, aims to enrich pets’ lives through their affordable lure course kits. Learn more about these award-winning products at www.swiftpaws.com.

What is Design for Manufacturability? 

What is DFM? Through Catania’s Design for Manufacturability process, we ensure a positive user experience through ALL aspects of your product design lifecycle.

Through Catania’s Design for Manufacturability (DFM) process, we ensure a positive user experience through ALL aspects of your product design lifecycle. Properly executed DFM in the initial design stage will yield optimal returns in terms of both time and cost. Read more to find out how DFM encompasses several principles to establish an effective manufacturing plan.

Responding to Shark Tank, Design for Cost

Image of person holding a redesigned smaller pulley with the large pulley in the background.

Have you ever made the observation of how products get smaller? Have you ever looked at computers from the 70s and compared them to today’s computers, and asked, how did that happen?    As engineers and designers, we do that all the time. We do it in part because we’re curious about things and we … Read more

SwiftPaws Shows Off Sleek Lure Controller Design on ESPN

In business for the past decade, SwiftPaws® (www.swiftpaws.com) holds the patent for lure coursing equipment and is currently the only professional manufacturer in the industry. The competition took place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Three-year-old Reas, a Whippet (a medium-sized breed of … Read more