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NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides an afternoon update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today's NYSE afternoon update for insights before the Closing Bell.
- The New York Stock Exchange will mark Monday's Closing Bell in honor of International Women's Day, celebrated on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
- Paris Hilton, Founder and CEO of 11:11 Media, along with activist Gloria Steinem, will ring the Closing Bell.
- Hilton will spotlight Back in Business, an initiative supporting women-owned small businesses rebuilding after the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.
- Following the fires, 11:11 Media awarded 50 grants to women-owned businesses in partnership with the Pasadena Women's Business Center and GoFundMe.
Paris Hilton, Founder & CEO of 11:11 Media, alongside activist Gloria Steinem will ring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Closing Bell at 4:00 p.m. E.T. in celebration of International Women's Day to honor the leadership, resilience, and impact of women across business, media, and culture.
Paris Hilton will also highlight Back in Business, a new initiative from 11:11 Media that spotlights women owned small businesses rebuilding in the wake of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Following the fires, 11:11 Media's Impact team mobilized to support affected families and small businesses, awarding grants to 50 women owned businesses in partnership with the Pasadena Women's Business Center and GoFundMe.
Back in Business continues that effort through a six-episode YouTube series, sharing the stories of these women entrepreneurs as they recover, rebuild, and grow. The program underscores the importance of sustained investment in women led businesses and long-term community recovery.
Click to watch the Closing Bell live on Taking Stock starting at 3:58 p.m. ET today
NEW YORK, March 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides an afternoon update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today's NYSE afternoon update for insights before the Closing Bell.
- The New York Stock Exchange will mark Monday's Closing Bell in honor of International Women's Day, celebrated on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
- Paris Hilton, Founder and CEO of 11:11 Media, along with activist Gloria Steinem, will ring the Closing Bell.
- Hilton will spotlight Back in Business, an initiative supporting women-owned small businesses rebuilding after the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.
- Following the fires, 11:11 Media awarded 50 grants to women-owned businesses in partnership with the Pasadena Women's Business Center and GoFundMe.
Paris Hilton, Founder & CEO of 11:11 Media, alongside activist Gloria Steinem will ring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Closing Bell at 4:00 p.m. E.T. in celebration of International Women's Day to honor the leadership, resilience, and impact of women across business, media, and culture.
Paris Hilton will also highlight Back in Business, a new initiative from 11:11 Media that spotlights women owned small businesses rebuilding in the wake of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Following the fires, 11:11 Media's Impact team mobilized to support affected families and small businesses, awarding grants to 50 women owned businesses in partnership with the Pasadena Women's Business Center and GoFundMe.
Back in Business continues that effort through a six-episode YouTube series, sharing the stories of these women entrepreneurs as they recover, rebuild, and grow. The program underscores the importance of sustained investment in women led businesses and long-term community recovery.
Click to watch the Closing Bell live on Taking Stock starting at 3:58 p.m. ET today
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NYSE Content Update: Paris Hilton + Gloria Steinem Celebrate International Women's Day
NINGBO, China, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Robotics, semiconductor equipment, and intelligent automation systems are evolving at an accelerating pace, placing OEM manufacturers under growing engineering and supply chain pressure. Product development cycles continue to shorten while system complexity keeps rising. Expectations for validation efficiency, long term reliability, and cost control are becoming increasingly demanding across the industry.
The competitive landscape of motion control manufacturing is also undergoing a fundamental shift. OEM manufacturers are placing greater attention on whether motor suppliers can quickly understand application requirements, shorten validation cycles, and maintain stable collaboration throughout continuously evolving development processes.
With more than 30 years of experience in motion control manufacturing, Smooth Motor has continued expanding across robotics, semiconductor systems, laboratory automation, and precision equipment industries, driven by rapid engineering response capability built through decades of accumulation. The company has steadily evolved into a deeper engineering partner involved throughout customer development processes.
In recent years, global demand for high precision, compact, and customized motion solutions has continued growing across industries ranging from semiconductor equipment and laboratory automation to robotic actuation systems. More projects now require motion control systems capable not only of delivering precision and reliability, but also of supporting faster validation and adapting to constantly changing structural requirements.
Smooth Motor has remained focused on stepper motor and precision motion technologies for decades. Its portfolio covers hybrid stepper motors, linear stepper motors, can stack motors, voice coil motors, compact stepper motors, geared motors, smart integrated motors, coreless motors, as well as transmission components and customized motion modules. Supported by accumulated product development and machining expertise, the company is able to respond more efficiently to customer requirements involving structure, performance, and operating environments.
For a growing number of OEM manufacturers, rapid response is no longer simply about delivery speed.
It also reflects whether engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains can move together under the same rhythm while continuously adapting to rapidly changing market demands.
According to Smooth Motor, this capability is not built through short term expansion, but through long term accumulation in engineering experience, manufacturing investment, and supply chain coordination systems.
Today, approximately 30 percent of the company's technical and production staff have remained with Smooth Motor since its early years. The stability of the long standing core team has allowed process knowledge, machining expertise, and engineering collaboration capability to continue accumulating over time. In high precision automation industries, continuity in engineering experience often directly affects validation efficiency, manufacturing consistency, and long term operational reliability.
At the same time, Smooth Motor reinvests approximately 20 percent of its annual profits into research and development, manufacturing upgrades, and production optimization. The company has gradually established a flexible manufacturing system capable of supporting small batch production, multiple specifications, and customized development requirements. This helps customers shorten development and validation cycles while improving cost predictability and supply stability.
As robotics and intelligent manufacturing industries continue expanding rapidly, OEM expectations toward motor suppliers are also changing. Rather than maintaining conventional component purchasing relationships, more manufacturers are seeking motor suppliers capable of participating in collaborative development, adjusting solutions quickly, and supporting long term project coordination.
Backed by years of technical accumulation, Smooth Motor has gradually developed integrated motion control capabilities covering motors, drive control systems, and motion modules. The company continues participating in projects related to robotic actuation systems, semiconductor equipment, laboratory automation, and miniature drive technologies. At the same time, Smooth Motor continues strengthening cooperation with international customers and supply chain partners to improve product consistency and global delivery capability.
"Customers today are no longer simply looking for motor suppliers. They are looking for long term partners capable of participating in engineering collaboration and continuously supporting product evolution," said Leon C, CMO of Smooth Motor. "Rapid engineering response is ultimately the result of long term accumulation across motor manufacturing experience, engineering systems, and supply chain capability."
As global manufacturing continues advancing toward intelligent production, higher precision, and deeper system integration, motion control systems are becoming increasingly important across robotics, medical equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, and advanced automation industries. For motion control manufacturers, long term competitiveness is no longer defined only by products themselves, but by the ability to sustain rapid collaboration, stable manufacturing capability, and long term engineering support.
About Smooth Motor
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Ningbo, China, Smooth Motor is a motor manufacturer specializing in precision motion control solutions, certified under ISO 9001, RoHS, and CE standards. With more than 30 years of experience in stepper motor and linear motion technologies, the company provides hybrid stepper motors, linear stepper motors, can stack motors, voice coil motors, compact stepper motors, geared motors, smart integrated motors, coreless motors, transmission components, and customized motion modules for industries including robotics, medical equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, laboratory automation, and industrial automation.
Website: www.smoothmotor.com
Email: info@smoothmotor.com
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Smooth Motor Advances Across Robotics and Intelligent Automation Industries Through 30 Years of Rapid Engineering Response
