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Allied Vision’s Canadian office moves to new home Allied Vision Technologies Canada, a manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras for industrial image processing, has moved into a new 18,565-square-foot building, boasting additional space for research and development, production and office areas for employees. >> Read full article
GM Canada fined $160K after falling lift table injures worker General Motors of Canada has been fined $160,000 after a worker was injured at the automaker’s Ontario plant by a falling lift table. The worker suffered a number of broken bones and was extracted after other workers raised the lift table with pry bars. How did this happen? >> Read full article
Premium Brands announces Toronto meat plant closure The Canadian Press is reporting that Premium Brands Holdings Corp. will close its Toronto, Ont.-based processed meat plant this December, a move that will affect about 200 workers. >> Read full article
Hawk Technology acquires ALM Materials Handling Hawk Technology’s wholly owned subsidiary, ALM Positioners, has acquired the assets of ALM Materials Handling, saying it “sees tremendous synergies by putting the two companies together.” >> Read full article




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products

2015 Connector selector available Ladd Distribution has released the latest edition of its Ladd Connector Selector for TE Connectivity’s Deutsch, Ampseal and Ampseal 16 connectors. >> Read full article
EZ-Connect Master Link & Chain Shortener Combining two core components of a chain sling, Columbus McKinnon has developed the CM EZ-Connect Master Link & Chain Shortener, which it says allows the operator to easily adjust the leg length. >> Read full article
Position transmitters an alternative to positional transducers Festo Canada has introduced the new SDAT-MHS series programmable analog feedback position sensors for pairing with any Festo T-slot pneumatic drive. >> Read full article





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