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  • Electronic Components
    • Timer relay module
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  • Industrial Computing
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  • Interconnection Devices
    • Interconnect wire and insulation sleeving
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    • 50 Watt chassis mount DC/DC converter
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  • Machine Vision/ Inspection
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  • Material Handling
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  • Power Supplies
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  • Process Control
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    • RFID 'wiz' takes out the worry
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  • Robotics
    • Robot-tended spindle-blast machine
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    • New robot offers extreme flexibility
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    • Robot well suited to high-speed applications
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  • Safety
    • Minimize arc flash risk
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    • Edge-to-edge detection eliminates 'dead zone'
    • Pressure calibrator for dangerous environments
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    • Linear-position sensors
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    • Flow sensors feature multiple sensing points
    • New sensor suppresses background
    • Optical sensors track placement
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    • Submersible liquid level/pressure transmitters
    • Photoelectric and inductive sensors
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    • Smart RGB colour sensor
    • High-speed, high-accuracy CCD laser displacement sensor
    • Real-time monitoring for early detection
    • Self contained high-speed sensor
    • Photoelectric sensors with status indicators
    • 8-mm-diameter pile driver
    • Programmable incremental encoders
    • Ultra-miniature accelerometer
    • Magnetic angular position sensors
  • Test & Measurement
    • Single-phase energy devices
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    • Torque measurement system
    • Pressure and temperature cavity injection moulding sensor
    • Thermal imagers
    • On-site multi-function calibrator
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    • Portable ultrasonic flowmeter
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    • Modular power analyzer
    • Fluke's new remote display DMM
    • Sound and vibration software
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    • LAN validation tests
    • Test disconnect terminal blocks
    • Data management software
    • Multi-variable transmitter
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  • Wire & Cable
    • Flat cables
    • High flex cables
    • PTFE cables
    • Cable connectors
    • Cable carrier
    • Torsion-resistant cable range
    • Metal-cored wires
    • EtherCAT box I/O
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  • Automation Software
    • Real-time system access
    • Integrated CAM for SolidWorks
    • 3D design tool
    • Single-source ERP solution
    • CMM programming software
    • CAD/CAM software
    • Smartphone apps
    • Turbo machinery options
    • Advanced PLM platform
    • Product template studio
    • PLM solution
    • Verification software module
    • Five-axis machining and machine support
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    • ERP integration gateway
    • CAM system
    • Executive dashboards
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    • CAM software
    • PLM-based cloud computing
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    • Software allows precise system control
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  • Wireless
    • Wireless data recorder
    • Industrial wireless I/O network brochure
    • Wi-Fi modules
    • Wireless relative humidity/temperature transmitter
    • Wireless din-rail receiver
    • Industrial wireless network management system
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    • Mobile workstation reduces travel time
    • Security solution offers real-time monitoring
    • WirelessHart for process industry
    • Bluetooth RF-transceiver module
    • Solar-powered wireless device
    • Wireless I/O control platform
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    • Wireless network
    • Wireless temperature transmitter
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    • Machine vision market sales in North America up 15 percent
    • North American machine vision market sees healthy Q2 results
    • Sick names new president of Canadian operations
    • Machine vision market grows 34 percent in North America
    • North American machine vision market soared 54 percent in 2010
    • B&R and Cognex announce partnership
    • Machine vision standards play increasingly important role in technology adoption: AIA
    • DALSA to expand R&D investment in Ontario
    • Machine vision market continues solid recovery
    • Economic recovery triggers growth of automotive sensors market
    • Measurement Specialties acquires Pressure Systems, Inc.
    • Teledyne Technologies to acquire Dalsa
    • Prosilica officially renamed Allied Vision Technologies Canada Inc.
    • X Tronics to distribute Elobau technologies
    • Endress+Hauser Canada selected as a Hamilton-Niagara top employer
    • CAS DataLogger, Ibexis bring remote monitoring solutions to Canada
    • Understanding Vision seminars hit Ontario, Quebec
    • Carlo Gavazzi and Pulse Energy form strategic partnership
    • Honeywell acquires RMG gas measuring, control products
    • Market for automotive sensors to reach $18 billion by 2015
    • B.C. wood-products automation provider partners with SICK
  • Columns
    • Sensors in industrial automation: A look at technology trends
• Wireless
  • Features
    • No strings attached: Wireless solutions for automotive factory floors
    • A secure vision: CEO turns security system into marketing, profitability and access control tool
    • Overcoming barriers to wireless adoption
    • Data diode technology: An approach to improving both the security and interoperability of your manufacturing systems
    • Plant networking: Natural gas processor realizes production improvements and saves money with wireless technology
    • Wireless security: Top trends for 2011
    • A wireless win: Steel manufacturer boosts production and saves with wireless network
    • Cyber defence: A layered strategy to secure your control systems
    • The need for wireless monitoring - An overview
    • Emerson wireless transmitters monitor gas plants in Argentina
    • How to secure your plant’s wireless networks in an insecure world
    • Clash of the titans
    • Brave new world: Your guide to making the right wireless decisions in your plant
    • Wireless security: Do you know where your data is?
    • Implementing wireless networks in a manufacturing environment
    • Shifting to wireless: Transmission manufacturer takes a technological leap
    • RFID in manufacturing
    • Wireless sensor networks: Overcoming deployment challenges on the factory floor
    • Synchronized manufacturing
    • Protecting the gap: Wireless technology and cyber security
  • News
    • Canadian universities eligible to compete in skills competition
    • NAMUR confirms WirelessHART for process applications
    • N-TRON announces distribution alliance with Opto 22
    • First standard in industrial wireless series gets ISA stamp of approval
    • Industry experts focus on industrial security at ISA EXPO 2009
    • ISA approves major wireless industrial automation standard
    • Cyber-security specialist Wurldtech unveils Smart Grid initiatives
    • ISA100 institute launches open membership
    • 7 in 10 manufacturers view mobility as key to productivity: study
    • Leading companies get behind WirelessHART
    • Lantronix, Spectrum CNC team to wirelessly network CNC machines
  • Columns
• Communications/ Networking
  • Features
    • Building the business case for industrial Ethernet: Aberdeen Group
    • Cloud conscious: Five key considerations before moving to the cloud
    • Industrial networking library a resource for manufacturers
    • The next generation of open connectivity: New specifications in OPC standards are opening doors in industrial automation
    • Ether-networking: How Ethernet links the manufacturing environment with the enterprise level
    • Communicating from the HART: Paint maker networks its process control
    • Introducing PROFIenergy: Control energy consumption with PROFINET
  • News
    • Fieldbus solutions market driven by emerging markets: ARC
    • Harting Canada names Canadian sales manager
    • Bosch Rexroth joins ODVA, boosts commitment to EtherNet/IP
    • Wieland celebrates 100 years
    • Spectris buys N-TRON
    • RuggedCom to Acquire Substation Automation Business of Bow Networks
    • Open-source SERCOS III master library available
    • Reader's response: True convergence must include a PC
    • Kepware releases KEPServerEX OPC Server V 5.1
    • Ethernet, wireless and traditional serial device networks' adoption trends
    • Kepware launches KEPServerEX V5 automation communication platform
  • Columns
• Material Handling
  • Features
    • Five ways to increase picking productivity
    • Low-profile conveyors: How to reduce operating costs
    • Lean on me: Inventory management software increases productivity for manufacturer
    • Lean and Clean: Robots help manufacturer of gun cleaning system transition to Lean
    • Modular conveyors support manufacturer's recycling program
    • Metal-cutting builder Mazak automates parts centre
    • Backlit conveyor sheds light on visual gauging of automotive parts
    • Sucking the cost, and complexity, out of conveying systems
    • Conveyors must transform with the process
    • Smooth sailing: New material handling system at Ford's crossover vehicle plant
  • News
    • SafeFlo Technologies launched to provide high efficiency, pneumatic-controlled storage systems
    • Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift names new president
    • Cable carrier competition showcases challenging applications
  • Columns
• CAD/CAM
  • Features
    • SolidWorks: Reducing production time with game-changing solution
    • Siemens PLM: Seamless integration of CAD and ERP cuts lead time
    • EPLAN: Reducing product design time
    • Delcam: Competing with low-cost countries
    • Autodesk: Saving time and money with digital prototyping
    • SolidWorks: Improving material handling equipment development with CAD
    • Autodesk: Software helps engineering firm create the Richmond Olympic Oval wave roof for the 2010 Winter Olympics
    • Delcam: CAD/CAM speeds up design process for auto parts giant
    • Route to 3D: Solid modeling provides a better way to design tanker trailers
    • Grain-processing equipment maker designs using digital prototyping
    • WEB WATCH: 2009 Software Case Study Guide Index
    • Delcam: Precision-parts maker shaves programming time with CAM
    • Siemens PLM: Mold design, manufacturing time cut with digital development
    • SolidWorks: Hockey-board maker speeds up production with CAD, robotics
    • Autodesk: Complex-structure manufacturer saves with digital prototyping, data management
    • Dassault Systemes: Airship maker rises to the top with CAD, PLM
    • PTC: Ventilator firm delivers on time with CAD, content management
    • Digital Design: Bridging the digital divide
    • Virtual manufacturing: The new frontier
    • Prescription for productivity: Pharmaceutical giant cuts production time in half
  • News
    • Autodesk introduces Cloud collection
    • SolidWorks unveils 2012 release of software
    • Autodesk resellers merge
    • Delcam's North American subsidiary updates facility
    • Autodesk announces 2012 design software for education market
    • Autodesk unveils 2012 manufacturing software portfolio
    • Autodesk to acquire Blue Ridge Numerics
    • Funding helps U of Windsor students go from design to build
    • SolidWorks gives sneak peak of 2012 software features
    • SolidWorks ships one millionth educational licence; 13-year-old inventor inspires thousands at SolidWorks World
    • Autodesk releases carbon impact of Autodesk University 2010
    • Autodesk brings AutoCAD back to the Mac
    • Autodesk announces AutoCAD for Mac
    • SolidWorks 2011 unveiled
    • Canadian company wins Autodesk Inventor of the Year
    • Autodesk optimizes factory layout for AutoCAD
    • Autodesk updates AutoCAD WS with support for offline editing
    • Mechanical engineers increasingly focused on sustainable design: survey
    • Avatar director James Cameron to headline SolidWorks World 2010
    • Delcam integrates CAM with SolidWorks
    • Highlights at Autodesk University 2009
    • Rockwell Automation, EPLAN improve controls data exchange
    • WAGO launches free online CAD portal
    • NI, SolidWorks collaborate on mechatronics virtual prototyping
    • Autodesk 2010 certification now available for design professionals
    • CAD Society calls for nominations for Annual CAD Society Awards
    • Delcam previews new CAM programs at Toronto seminar
    • Bosch Rexroth invests in CNC, CAM for its Welland facility
    • Autodesk launches interactive website for AutoCAD users
    • Solid showing at SolidWorks World 2009
  • Columns
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - EPLAN E-CAE: Part 3
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - EPLAN E-CAE: Part 2
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - EPLAN E-CAE: Part 1
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - VMWare: Computer virtualization
    • Automation Software: Process automation modelling tool makes the grade
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - CoDeSys V 3.0: IEC-based programming software
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - OPC DataHub: Addressing the need for data sharing
• PLM
  • Features
    • Avid implements Omnify software to streamline design and manufacturing processes
    • How software is fueling the growth of smart grid technology
    • Omnify: Optimizing product development processes
    • PLM propels innovation
    • On the record: Managing product and process records with PLM
    • Pathway to success: PLM software helps medical manufacturer achieve efficiency
    • Oracle: Fuel-cell maker accelerates time-to-market with PLM
    • Driven to win
    • 2008 Case Study Software Guide
    • PLM takes off: Aircraft parts supplier reaches new heights
    • MEGA success: Automating business processes is not child's play
  • News
    • Autodesk introduces cloud-based PLM offering at Autodesk University 2011
    • Dassault Systèmes goes to the Cloud with Amazon Web Services
    • PLM market makes strong rebound, ARC says
    • Siemens PLM Software names new president
    • PLM platform
    • Performance and Quality Drive Growth of Batch Management Software Market
    • SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray promoted; replacement named
    • Dassault Systèmes to acquire IBM PLM Sales
    • Focus: HOPE partners with Dassault to enhance engineering education program
    • Dassault launches V6R2010, offers PLM Express for mid market
    • Siemens PLM updates Tecnomatix, Teamcenter with focus on manufacturing
    • IBM, Siemens integrate PLM solutions
    • Oracle Agile PLM enhances risk management, SOA architecture
  • Columns
• ERP
  • Features
    • ERP packs corporate change and growth for InterWrap Industries
    • SaaS ERP is coming of age - But is it right for your business?
    • ERP solution drives 15 percent more business for Lakeside Plastics
    • Cosma International improves operations with ERP system
    • ERP for the agile business: Innovations in mobility, business intelligence and cloud computing
    • Syspro: Checking weather on Mars with ERP
    • SAP: Replacing a legacy system with a centralized system
    • Sage: Cleaning up data and inventory issues
    • Plex Systems: Reducing machine downtime and improving inventory turns
    • NetSuite: Moving to the cloud
    • Infor: Doubling revenues with help of ERP software
    • Epicor: Managing multiple companies with one solution
    • ERP buyer's corner: Review of Syspro ERP for manufacturers
    • ERP overhaul: CB Engineering saves $250,000 annually and reduces operating expenses by moving to the Cloud
    • 2011 benchmark study: The secret recipe for ERP success
    • ERP M&A: Do the users win or lose?
    • Case study: Manufacturer saves big with ERP
    • Plex Online: Will the Canadian sun shine on ERP in the cloud?
    • ERP buyer's corner: Making 2011 the year of ERP success
    • The Buyer's Corner: ERP negotiating tactics
    • ERP pricing: A guide to avoiding sticker shock
    • ERP selection: Three steps to analysing functional needs
    • Microsoft: Manufacturer integrates processes and drives efficiency with business software
    • Sage: ERP provides sweet results for candy maker
    • SYSPRO: Packaging equipment maker packs efficiency across multiple warehouses
    • Epicor: Manufacturer improves efficiency and visibility with integrated solution
    • Exact Software: Web-based system improves communication and increases productivity for distributor
    • Lessons on ERP testing and scheduling
    • ERP success: Mitigating failure risks
    • Evaluating the vendor: What to look for - and look beyond - when making an ERP purchase
    • Room to grow: Mass spectrometer maker integrates supply chain and engineering tools with ERP
    • ERP: How It Can Help Your Business
    • Case study: ERP program helps company grow during tough times
    • 5 steps to selecting the right ERP software
    • Evaluating the vendor: What to look for when making an ERP purchase
    • Oracle’s Business Model Under Great Threat, Says Rimini CEO
    • SAP: Lighting distributor looks to a bright future
    • Kinaxis: BreconRidge reduces response times to customer changes by 80 percent
    • IFS: Fresh food manufacturer keeps an eye on the bottom line
    • IQMS: Mould maker gains organization, savings with EnterpriseIQ
    • Microsoft: Allan Candy sweetens sales, streamlines IT with Dynamics GP
    • SYSPRO: Steel fabricator leverages ERP to automate production, track products
    • Exact: ERP manages inventory, workflow for specialty valves maker
    • Sage: Plastic products manufacturer gets BOM makeover with ERP add-on
    • Car-parts manufacturer cuts admin, operational costs with 2X
    • Cut costs with purchasing savvy without compromising service or performance
    • IT project management in manufacturing: Biggest obstacles are time and scope
    • Green techs such as videoconferencing and thin clients getting a second look
    • The smart factory: Software system points to the path of success for automotive assembler
    • Manufacturing 2.0: Manufacturers are beginning to see the business case for employing the latest set of Web-based tools
    • A fight to the finish: Oracle battles SAP to link the top floor with the shop floor
    • Shooting for success
    • Dealing with data
    • How agile are you?
    • Integrated ERP: Extending power of intelligent numerical controls
  • News
    • Isah Business Software launches in Canada, appoints business partner
    • SAP partner to give away million-dollar ERP solution
    • Report highlights benefits of ERP in manufacturing operations
    • Infor affiliate to acquire Lawson: Implication for manufacturers and distributors
    • Conduct ERP benchmarking survey - and you could win
    • Break The ERP Failure Cycle
    • Case study: Barcode scanners eliminate excessive paperwork
    • SAP v. Waste Management: A $500M ERP implementation fiasco
    • HP and Oracle accelerate for mid-size companies
    • IT for the future: Create the perfect plant with strategic software investments
    • Global Shop Solutions redesigns CRM tool
    • Exact announces availability of Exact Synergy Performance Suite
    • COSS Systems launches new ERP software
    • OPC Training Institute discusses bridging control systems in whitepaper
  • Columns
    • Automation Software: The origin of a new breed of HMI/SCADA software
• HMI
  • Features
    • Choosing the right HMI: Three considerations to help optimize efficiency and productivity
    • How to select the best touchscreen LCD monitor for your application
    • Trends in HMI
    • How to design an effective HMI system
    • High performance HMIs: Harsher safety standards transform the HMI landscape
    • The signal is clear: Process signature technology meets today's quality control needs
    • Moxa embedded computers take the Smart Grid to power substations
    • SCADA provides solution for Ontario water treatment plant
    • Enclosures help BMW expand storeroom space, manufacturing capacity
    • Space case: Automated storage and retrieval system boosts inventory capacity and control
    • Rolling right along: SUV manufacturer keeps on track with automated carts
  • News
    • HMI software and services market driven by new mobile devices and server deployment
    • Live video improves operator performance
    • Industrial PC market driven by technological possibilities
    • Inductive Automation releases cross-platform SCADA system built on OPC-UA
    • Industrial computer thermal analysis leads to improvements
    • Market for operator panels driven by creative destruction
    • Fluke Networks acquires ClearSight Networks
    • Cooperation between B&R and Wonderware
    • SICK joins North American PROFIBUS/PROFINET Trade Organization
    • Rittal launches 3D CAD model database
  • Columns
    • AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - FactoryPMI: A review of web-based SCADA/HMI
• Lean Manufacturing
  • Features
    • Trending away from private labels to in-house products
    • Lean Insights: Lean trick question: Did you know late starts early?
    • Achieving the Lean dream
    • Database testing produces reliable software streamlining operations
    • Everyone wants to eliminate waste, but how much Lean is enough?
    • When it comes to sustaining 5S, audits are the ultimate measuring stick
    • Collaboration is the key to unlocking continuous improvement
    • Deconstruct problems and rebuild them into improvement ideas
    • Cellular manufacturing
    • Parting Shot
    • Editorial
    • Information Technology - Part 1
    • Information Technology - Part 2
    • Information Technology - Part 3
    • Information Technology - Part 4
    • Information Technology - Part 5
    • Information Technology - Part 6
    • Editorial
    • Case Study
    • Quick Response Manufacturing
    • Human resources
    • Parting Shot
    • Advanced Thinking
    • Parting Shot
    • Parting Shot: Analysis and Insights
    • The Lean journey: The never-ending story
    • Parting Shot: Analysis and Insights
    • Parting Shot: Analysis and Insights
    • Lean in Action: Case Study
    • Editorial: Take a bite out of waste
    • Editorial: Take a bite out of waste
    • Green IT: Moving Lean from the shop floor to the data centre
    • Save your energy
  • News
    • Manitoba Virtual Centre of Manufacturing Excellence set to open
    • Innovation starts with talented workers: Deloitte
    • Ford Essex plant back in business (again)
    • High loonie sends manufacturers packing
    • Details emerge about new advanced manufacturing park
    • Death of a Canadian manufacturing plant
    • Wind offers new opportunity for manufacturers
    • ‘Das Auto’ in Ontario?
    • Phoenix rises from the ashes
    • More signs of a recovery
    • Omron makes Lean easier
    • Recall woes challenge lean ‘Toyota Way’
    • Energy efficiency honoured at CME/CIPEC conference
    • Manufacturers should focus on operational excellence to take advantage of upturn
    • McGuinty government invests in Lean manufacturing training
    • Canada supports tool manufacturing R&D in London, Ont.
    • Gun-care manufacturer gets Lean with automated guided vehicle
    • SME launches Lean registry
  • Columns
    • Check the checklist: What has standards work done for me?
    • Lean and your leaders: How to get them out of the office and to the gemba
    • Making the case for Lean: It's more than just a toolbox
    • Top 25 Lean tips: Making Lean a success
    • Lean Insights: Inventory is a crime
    • The road to Lean: Identifying and prioritizing wastes
    • Lean Insights: How do we keep kaizen going?
    • Lean Insights: Measuring your Lean results
    • Go to the gemba: How to use kaizen effectively
    • The great belt debate: How many people do I need to train?
    • Lean Insights: Eight tips to building a value stream map
    • If at first you don't succeed, try Lean again
    • Lean Insights: Don't blame the Toyota Production System
    • Lean Insights: When is 5S Lean?
    • Deconstruct problems and rebuild them into improvement ideas
    • Manufacturing effectiveness: Excellence is not a skill — it’s an attitude
    • Lean Insights: Lean and performance management
    • Lean Insights: Is your Lean implementation all talk?
    • Is free too expensive? Measure what you manage in Lean
    • Lean 101: Insight, advice and a book review
    • Making Lean a success
• Industry News
  • Veyance Technologies closing Owen Sound plant; nearly 40 people to lose jobs
  • Small, mid-sized businesses optimistic, but reserved: CFIB
  • Job creation stays flat as unemployment rate edges up in January
  • Recovery stalls, as GDP records second weak month: StatsCan
  • Caterpillar shuts down Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont.
  • ABB to acquire Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion
  • Mazda recalls 52,000 Tribute SUVs in North America
  • Siemens Canada to acquire RuggedCom for $382 million
  • Apprenticeship community comes together to address skills shortages
  • Boca Bearing Company launches global contest to recognize innovation
  • Two major Canadian unions exploring merger by mid 2013
  • CME to host workshops on SMART funding opportunities
  • Inductive Automation announces security vulnerability fix
  • Average weekly earnings for manufacturers on the rise: StatsCan
  • U.S. factory output up in December
  • CAW chief calls for end to Electro Motive lockout as workers rally
  • Automation Technologies Council changes name
  • Lack of contracts forces Nova Scotia wind farm parts plant to layoff 32 workers
  • Manufacturing not so weak, as factory production continues to gain strength
  • New program supports innovation for manufacturers in Ontario
  • Fluke acquires Martel Electronics
  • New government funding to help Ontario manufacturers with productivity improvements
  • Iconics names industry business development manager for manufacturing industries
  • Green manufacturing network aimed at connecting and educating manufacturers
  • Harting Canada opens first office with ceremonial ribbon-cutting
  • Global automation markets on track to return to pre-recession levels this year: ARC
  • Omron unveils "revolutionary" new technology in Toronto - The Machine Automation Controller
  • RECAP: Live tweets from Autodesk University 2011
  • Datalogic to acquire Accu-Sort Systems
  • RECAP: Live tweets from Rockwell's Automation Fair 2011
  • Rockwell's Automation Fair celebrates 20th year, Manufacturing AUTOMATION was there
  • Rittal celebrates 50th birthday
  • Toyota celebrates 25 years of manufacturing in Canada
  • Valiant and ABB team up to support heavy industries
  • Siemens Canada acquires Prairie West Technical Services
  • Automate and ProMat to co-locate in 2013
  • Sciemetric names Gescan as distributor in Ontario
  • Ontario moves forward with FIT program
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers vows to take back manufacturing
  • Schneider Electric Canada shows off new green facility at customer day in Mississauga
  • Automotive leaders discuss industry challenges at CMTS
  • New edition of Canadian Electrical Code now available for pre-order
  • Manufacturing event moves to Mississauga
  • O'Leary encourages manufacturers to adapt in CMTS keynote address
  • USB3 Vision camera interface standard announced
  • Sixnet joins Red Lion
  • Harting establishes subsidiary in Canada
  • Vickers Warnick and Darlex move to new location
  • Festo seminar and tour highlight company's latest innovations
  • Lapp Group North America launches new website
  • Samsung to bring 200 long-term manufacturing jobs to London, Ont.
  • Industrial capacity utilization down in Q2: StatsCan
  • White paper explains the impact of materials on cable performance
  • Kevin O'Leary, John McElroy to deliver keynote addresses at Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show
  • Eaton acquires high power inverter manufacturer
  • FABTECH Canada comes to Toronto in 2012
  • Industry veteran joins ARC Advisory Group's automation team
  • Honda recalls close to a million cars worldwide
  • Timken to acquire Drives LLC
  • Canadian manufacturing purchasing managers index up in August
  • Canadian economy shrinks in second quarter, but growth expected to pick up
  • Industrial products, raw materials prices drop in July: StatsCan
  • Rebound in the manufacturing sector expected to be sluggish, new report says
  • Welders needed: Nova Scotia wind farm parts maker encounters delays due to lack of welders
  • Feds invest in McMaster University's Automotive Resource Centre
  • Magna invests $400 million in electric vehicle R&D, creating hundreds of jobs
  • Kruger expands in U.S. instead of Quebec, drawing criticism from Parti Quebecois
  • Honeywell completes acquisition of EMS Technologies
  • Spectris to acquire Omega Engineering
  • Canadian corporate profits to weaken over next six months: Conference Board
  • Grainger to acquire MRO product distributor
  • KBC Tools names director of Canadian operations
  • Feds support innovation in Southern Ontario through funding
  • AIA names new director of standards development
  • Manufacturing sales fall for third consecutive month: Statistics Canada
  • Javelin Technologies officially opens new Oakville headquarters
  • Soon-to-be laid off manufacturing employees win lottery
  • Siemens Canada selects Oakville as home of new corporate headquarters
  • New international energy management standard available in Canada
  • Lincoln Electric buys Techalloy and Torchmate
  • General Motors recalls thousands of 2012 models to fix safety problems
  • Eaton's Electrical Sector names new manager
  • Navistar closes truck plant in Ontario
  • Ontario renegotiates, saves millions in green energy deal with Samsung
  • Solar manufacturer to create 50 new jobs, invest in automation
  • Toyota chooses Woodstock plant to build electric version of RAV4
  • Honda recalls more than 135,000 vehicles in Canada
  • Manufacturing employment in Canada up in July: Statistics Canada
  • GM to invest $117 million in Oshawa plant to build new Cadillac
  • New CBC show searches for Canadian businesses in need
  • Canadian manufacturers to increase investment in equipment: Survey
  • GM Ventures invests in solar
  • Canadian manufacturing conditions strengthen modestly in July: Survey
  • Help wanted: Manufacturing online job listings up in Q2
  • ProSoft Technology names new CEO and chairman of the board
  • New report identifies best ways to measure a company’s impact on environment
  • Canada’s Safest Employers in manufacturing revealed
  • Deadline extended for 2011 Sustainability Awards
  • Post-recession industries set to invest in MES: Frost and Sullivan
  • Phoenix Contact is moving
  • Windsor home to one of world's largest rooftop solar photovoltaic projects
  • Manufacturing sales slip in May: StatsCan
  • KSB launches energy efficiency initiative
  • EMC Purchasing Co-op announces new categories
  • Call for nominations for the CIPEC Leadership Awards
  • KSB Pumps moves into new Canadian headquarters
  • Solar panel company inks manufacturing deal with Celestica
  • ITT to acquire manufacturer of environmental water monitoring products
  • Toyota, governments make major investment in Ontario assembly plants
  • Matrox celebrates its 35th anniversary
  • Bosch Rexroth Canada celebrates 50 years
  • Beckhoff unveils latest software release in Toronto
  • Heroux Devtek wins contract to make landing gear for C 130J plane
  • Endress+Hauser opens new temperature production facility
  • Winners honoured for leadership in Canada's green building community
  • Ontario's solar industry growing with launch of new solar products provider
  • Solar panel manufacturer celebrates opening of Toronto facility
  • Siemens Canada launches solar inverter manufacturing in Burlington
  • CME names Manufacturer of the Year
  • Jay-Lor International inducted into Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fame
  • Toyota's North American production expected to reach 100 percent by September
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  • New facility to drive future of automotive research
  • General Motors recalls 2,600 Cadillac SRX crossovers in Canada
  • Exports leading the way in improving N.B. economy: RBC outlook report
  • Bombardier invests $17 million in Quebec
  • Manufacturing AUTOMATION celebrates 25 years
  • College of Trades searches for registrar
  • Manufacturers make up 10 percent of Canada's fastest-growing companies
  • Latest inflation numbers highlight cost pressure on manufacturers: CME
  • Aerospace manufacturing industry poised for liftoff
  • Big deals are back in the industrial manufacturing sector
  • Armatek moves locations, hires new account manager
  • U.S. government agencies help Lockheed Martin after cyber attack
  • New addition at Chess Controls
  • Rockwell acquires industrial automation service provider
  • Manufacturing industries poised for continued recovery
  • Toyota to boost North American production earlier than expected
  • Manufacturing sales up in March, transportation equipment drives gains
  • Maple Leaf Engineering president re-elected to lead Professional Engineers Ontario
  • Employment in Canada up in April: Statistics Canada
  • GDP fell 0.2 percent in February: Statistics Canada
  • Heroux Devtek to build aerospace manufacturing facility in Mexico
  • Reko to close seven plants, cut 65 jobs
  • Engineering study shows difficulty in recruiting qualified workers
  • Canada’s poor productivity growth a result of low machinery and equipment investment
  • Chrysler turns first profit since its bankruptcy, thanks to growing sales
  • X Tronics named Canadian representative for Bud Industries
  • Toyota recalls nearly 30,000 vehicles in Canada
  • New R&D program to help Canadian companies compete globally
  • Emerson partners with Sanmina-Sci to build solar power inverters for Canadian market
  • Solar products manufacturer brings 80 jobs to Ontario
  • Outlook for profits is bright: Conference Board of Canada
  • EMC Purchasing Co-operative picks IDI as preferred MRO supplier
  • Lapp Group celebrates 50 years of Olflex
  • Automakers continue to cut production at North American plants
  • Tsubaki completes integration of KabelSchlepp division
  • Outside Processors Council merges with Fabricators and Manufacturers Association
  • Manufacturing employment down in March: Statistics Canada
  • Schneider Electric names new director of industry marketing
  • Honda to cut North American production; Toyota may follow
  • ISA opens registration to ISA Automation Week 2011
  • Fluke awards BCIT student
  • Manufacturer creates 50 jobs in Vaughan, Ont.
  • Ontario invests in aircraft engine manufacturer
  • Bellar joins Carlo Gavazzi
  • Schneider Electric creates Energy Business
  • Industry veteran joins ARC Advisory Group automation team
  • Write-off extension a multimillion-dollar boost for manufacturers: CME
  • Wago kicks off 2011 Innovation in Automation tour
  • Manufacturers Automation named distributor of the year
  • Canada invests in Manitoba's manufacturing sector
  • Canadian manufacturing sales jump in January
  • Profit outlook continues to improve for Canadian industries
  • New addition at Lovato Canada
  • New automation company launched
  • Employment growth slows with marginal gains in February: Statistics Canada
  • Magna plant back in operation following fire
  • Spider problem prompts Mazda recall
  • Manufacturers struggle with green supply chains: IFS study
  • Call for nominees: AME launches 2011 manufacturing awards
  • Collaborative production management for process industries is back on track: ARC Advisory Group
  • Bosch Rexroth names new distributor for Ontario
  • More automotive recalls: Honda, Ford and Toyota
  • M&A activity in industrial manufacturing sector shows continued momentum
  • North American metalforming companies optimistic about future
  • Manufacturing sales advancing slowly: Statistics Canada
  • Recovery for manufacturers will take "several years": BDC, Conference Board
  • Leaders sought to build new organization for Ontario's skilled workers
  • Teledyne completes acquisition of Dalsa; new name announced
  • Innovation through Automation - Share your success story
  • Centennial College delivers automotive skills training to Egyptian firm
  • Auto sales up in Canada: PwC/DesRosiers report
  • Industrial suppliers unite to outline energy management best practices
  • ABB completes acquisition of Baldor Electric
  • Rockwell Automation names new leaders for its operating segments
  • Eaton names new marketing and OEM sales managers for Canada
  • Toyota recalls 11,700 vehicles in Canada
  • Magna expands presence in Mexico
  • Sobeys to build automated distribution centre in Quebec
  • Automation Applications Inc, LLC joins JMP Engineering, Inc.
  • Chrysler celebrates production launch at Windsor Assembly Plant
  • Manufacturing sales dipped in November: Statistics Canada
  • Rockwell Automation to acquire automation systems integrator
  • Toronto to open its first biodiesel manufacturing facility
  • Applied Robotics welcomes new CEO
  • Ford unveils electric vehicles
  • Manufacturing sales dipped in September
  • BSI publishes new standards
  • Panasonic and Miller form strategic alliance for expanded robotic welding solutions
  • Manufacturers need better goal alignment to stay competitive, study finds
  • Schneider Electric appoints Oil and Gas Segment Manager
  • Canadian employment virtually unchanged in October
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