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Season’s Greetings
From the Manufacturing AUTOMATION team
Klaus, Mary, Nicole, Kathryn, Kristen and Bruce
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News:
EMC announces first co-operative buying group for Canadian manufacturers
The Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) has launched EMC Purchasing Co-operative Ltd., the first co-operative buying group specifically for Canadian manufacturers. Find out how Canadian manufacturers can benefit from such an initiative.
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Manufacturing conditions "ripe for conflict," Conference Board says
Continued economic uncertainty will lessen prospects for labour unrest in 2011, except in the manufacturing sector, which has conditions that are "ripe for conflict," according to The Conference Board of Canada's Industrial Relations Outlook 2011: From Conflict to Cooperation? Get the details here.
Canadian businesses willing to pay more for Canadian-made goods, survey says
A strong majority of Canadian business decision makers say they would rather pay more money to buy materials from Canadian suppliers than source less expensive goods from overseas manufacturers to widen profit margins. Find out more.
Production capacity usage up in third quarter
Canadian industries operated at 78.1 percent of their production capacity in the third quarter, up from 76.9 percent in the second quarter, according to Statistics Canada's industrial capacity utilization rates for third quarter 2010. Find out how manufacturers drove this increase.
Lenox opens first Canadian weld centre
Lenox, a company that designs, tests and manufactures power tool accessories, hand tools, band saw blades, torches, solder and accessories, has opened a new weld centre in Mississauga, Ont., to serve industrial band saw blade customers in Ontario, Quebec and Eastern Canada. Get the details here.
Sensors a "hot" commodity for German manufacturer
Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH, a manufacturer of hot-dip galvanizing equipment for coating of metal strips based in Langenfeld, Germany, chose MTS Temposonics linear-position sensors to ensure uniform distribution of metal coatings for applications such as those in the automobile industry. Find out more about this application.
New Products: Machine Vision and Sensors
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Cover Story: Automation Education and Training
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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.
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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.
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