Manufacturing Automation

Wondering what the next automotive technology will be? What materials will make your car safer? Student researchers with the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence are working on this and more as they help to advance Canada's automotive la...

Toshiba International Corp. has agreed to buy the assets of Elettra Technology, a manufacturer of custom industrial electric motors that was born out of a former Canadian subsidiary of Westinghouse. Financial terms of the deal were not imm...

A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing. HSBC Corp. said Thursday the preliminary version of its monthly purchasing managers index fell to a sev...

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. reports it had $8.9 million of net income and $153.2 million of revenue from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of its 2013 financial year, both down from the same time last year. The Ontario-ba...

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Most Recent Features

Technology firm updates legacy system to gain automation May 24, 2013 When you're watching news, sports, or entertainment programming—whether on a TV, the web, or a mobile device—you’re watching Grass Valley at work in today's connected world. For more than 50 years, t... Read More...	Energy-efficient motors help reduce losses while increasing profits May 17, 2013 By upgrading to a higher, more energy-efficient motor, facility managers can improve their equipment reliability, increase productivity and reduce downtime and repair costs. Individuals involved in t... Read More...
The future is now May 14, 2013 The convergence of industry and technology, minds and machines, hardware and software, intelligence and connectivity can provide multitudes of efficiencies from better scheduling and fuel savings to b... Read More...	Innovation 2.0 May 14, 2013 Earlier this year, the Conference Board of Canada held the Business Innovation Summit 2013: Innovation for the Corporation. The two-day summit, held in Toronto, focused on how to re-think, re-new and ... Read More...

Latest Video

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VIDEO: Hannover Messe 2013: Siemens provides the five necessary stages for successful product creati...

VIDEO: Hannover Messe 2013: Balluff demonstrates IO-Link technology versatility...

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Latest Products

Engineering framework for automation and drive technology The Siemens Industry Automation division has extended its "Totally Integrated Automation Portal" (TIA Portal) engineering framework with numerous new functions. Version 12 enables all Siemens drives o... Read More...	Circular connectors For additional electromagnetic protection for the transmission of sensitive data and signals, Conec has expanded its M8x1 Field Attachable connector series by adding variants with 360 degree shielding... Read More...
Open-ended card edge connectors AVX Corporation has introduced a new open-ended card edge connector designed to provide lighting engineers with a miniature, cost-effective, and high-density pin-count solution for use in linear LED s... Read More...	Harmonic drive gearhead series Using new lightweight materials and an optimized design, Harmonic Drive has developed the SHD-2UH-LW Lightweight Series, available through Electromate. These axially compact gear units feature a large... Read More...

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