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Second Annual Machine Safety Roundtable
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News:

Motion control sales up in Canada
Sales of power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) products by Canadian manufacturers grew for the second consecutive month in September. Canadian manufacturers' sales rose 10.4 percent, according to September 2010 sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in its Market Outlook Report. Which products saw huge increases in sales?


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Endress+Hauser celebrates 20 years in Canada
Endress+Hauser Canada Ltd., the Canadian arm of a family-owned provider of measurement and automation equipment, is celebrating 20 years of continued growth in the Canadian marketplace. Find out more.


Festo announces distribution partnerships
Festo Canada, a Mississauga, Ont.-based manufacturer of pneumatics and electrical components and systems, has recently announced distribution partnerships across Canada. Who are the new distributors?


Manufacturing sales dipped in September
Manufacturing sales decreased 0.6 percent in September to $45.1 billion, according to Statistics Canada's Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for September 2010. Find out what sectors are behind this drop.


Maple Leaf to close Nova Scotia plant in April 2011
Toronto-based Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced that it will close its Berwick, N.S. prepared meats facility by April 2011. Get the details here.


Goodrich Landing Gear wins PEM award
The maintenance team for Goodrich Landing Gear in Oakville, Ont., was awarded the PEM Maintenance Award at Maintrain Toronto's banquet dinner on November 16. Find out more about this honour.

Feature: Motors and Drives

PTDA celebrates 50 years with industry summit
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary Industry Summit from October 21 to 23, 2010 in Phoenix, Ariz. The summit was designed to help distributors and manufacturers work together to move their companies and the industry forward. Get highlights from the summit.

New Products: Motors and Drives

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December 1: Machine Safety

December 8: Process Control

December 15: HMI/Operator Interface

December 22: Machine Vision and Sensors

January 5: Education and Training

January 2: Machine Tools and Machine Safety

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Cover Story: Automation Education and Training

  • The 12th Annual Automation Education and Training Guide: A directory of automation-specific education and training courses offered at colleges and universities across Canada. Keep it as your reference guide year round.

  • Manufacturing the next generation: From a training simulator and web-based analytical tools, to an innovative co-op program, we take a look at some of the tools Canadian colleges and universities are using to develop the future workforce.

  • Plus: The latest education trends and news.

Feature: Top 5 in 2011

  • What are the top technologies you should have on your plant floor in 2011? We've asked a handful of industry experts to name the top five automation technologies and trends they think will make a difference in 2011. Don't miss what our experts have to say.

Column: Machine safety

  • There is a lot of confusion surrounding emergency stops. In this month's Machine Safety column, Doug Nix, managing director with Compliance InSight Consulting, a firm specializing in risk assessment and safety controls for machinery, busts emergency stop myths.

Plus: The latest power supplies, test and measurement equipment, interconnection devices, wire and cable products, machine tools and motion control offerings.

Calendar of Events:

Dec. 2: APMA 2010 Outlook Conference - Toronto, Ont.

Feb. 7-10: ARC World Industry Forum - Orlando, Fla.

March 21-24: AUTOMATE 2011 - Chicago, Ill.

April 4-8: Hannover Messe 2011 - Hannover, Germany

Check out the Calendar of Events on the Manufacturing AUTOMATION website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

Got an event you want us to include on the website? Please send an e-mail to editor Mary Del Ciancio: mdelciancio@annexweb.com.


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