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- 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
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- 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
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- SolidWorks: Equipment manufacturer digs for lower costs
- 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
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- 3D printing impacts manufacturing and product design
- 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
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- AUTOMATION SOFTWARE - EPLAN E-CAE: Part 3
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- 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
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- Automated bill of material changes with PLM leads to 100% improvement in tracking and data accuracy
- Seeing past the clouds: PLM and what's what
- 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
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- PLM takes off: Aircraft parts supplier reaches new heights
- MEGA success: Automating business processes is not child's play
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- Head of EADS PLM Harmonization Center to keynote at PLM Road Map 2012
- CIMdata brings PLM certificate program to Germany
- PLM market grew faster in 2011 than in 2010, report finds
- Autodesk cloud-based alternative to PLM now available
- 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
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- ERP
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- ERP system boosts equipment manufacturer’s productivity by 30%
- SAP: A fluid implementation for a Canadian manufacturer
- Omnify: Wireless manufacturer catches wave of the future
- Sage: Roofing manufacturer improves its overhead
- Syspro: Flexible, open architecture optimizes an IT investment
- Infor: Opening the door to better customer service
- Without restructuring, ERP is an expensive waste
- Lighting designer will boost efficiency and cuts costs by choosing the right ERP solution
- Getting value from your new ERP system
- You’ve selected an ERP, but are you ready to implement?
- Defining business requirements for ERP: Where do you start?
- Manufacturer automates business processes and sees big savings with ERP solution
- ERP empowers equipment manufacturer to reduce lead times and cost, and improve productivity
- Searching For ERP-related business value? Look at planning activities
- 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
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- Arbela Technologies and Saratech partner to integrate ERP and PLM
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Lean Manufacturing
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- Woodbridge Foam leverages suppliers, customers using innovation
- 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
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- The Lean journey: The never-ending story
- Parting Shot: Analysis and Insights
- Parting Shot: Analysis and Insights
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- Editorial: Take a bite out of waste
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- 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
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- 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
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- Job gains stall in October as unemployment rate remains at 7.4 per cent
- Semiconductor market to hit $150B by 2018, report says
- China's manufacturing improves in October
- Canada needs a more aggressive approach to spur innovation, investment: CME
- Economy shrank by 0.1 per cent in August: StatsCan
- Strikes loom in Ontario and Quebec
- Hammond Power Solutions wins prestigious award
- Toyota vehicle sales grew 28% in first 9 months of year but faces headwinds from China
- Orders for U.S. durable goods up 9.9%
- Ontario to hike insurance premiums for small employers
- M2M market to reach 400 million units by 2017
- Whyte's Foods closing Brantford pickle plant; moving production to Quebec
- Survey shows China's manufacturing improving
- New plant to create 120 full time manufacturing jobs in Ontario
- SICK opens new GTA office
- Ontario’s thriving aerospace industry seeks collaboration, innovation
- Nissan pulls the plug on assembly of compact Infiniti vehicle at Magna plant
- GE's focus on core manufacturing operations begins to pay off, profit rises 49%
- Paradis cites innovations as foundation of tomorrow’s manufacturing
- Manufacturing offers fewest opportunities for female executives
- Skills gap in U.S. manufacturing less pervasive than many believe, study finds
- New economic indicator suggests Canadian economy will avoid downturn
- Feds unveil red tape reduction plan to help small businesses
- Manufacturing growth slows in September
- Ultima Foods invests $22M in its Granby plant
- Canadian manufacturers have difficulty finding the right talent, survey says
- Poor innovation ranking dims the lights on Canada’s competitiveness and prosperity
- AUTOMATICA 2014 already breaking attendance records
- Motorola Solutions completes acquisition of Psion PLC
- U.S. manufacturers bringing work home from overseas, study finds
- Manufacturing salaries expected to increase in 2013, study says
- Yaskawa acquires Wermac Electric
- Machine vision sales up 3% in second quarter
- Energy demand to fuel global pressure transmitter market
- Drought and economic uncertainty squeeze outlook for food manufacturers
- Siemens Canada unveils upgraded facility in Newfoundland
- Manufacturing expected to help Hamilton area lead Ontario’s growth
- University of Alberta joins ASM Consortium
- New study predicts growth in industrial computer market
- CAW inks deal with Ford, extends talks with GM, Chrysler
- ISA members get behind-the-scenes look at Canada’s Wonderland
- Canadian industrial production up in 2nd quarter of 2012
- Advanced Motion & Controls inks partnership deal with Hytrol Conveyor Company
- Mergers and acquisitions driving current wave of automation upgrades, CSIA says
- New contest looks for student engineers for motion control projects
- Siemens to acquire Perfect Costing Solutions
- Health Canada mum on overseas drug manufacturing plant inspections: researcher
- Dorner president and CEO dies in accident
- Canada’s Safest Employers announced
- Car part manufacturer fined $150,000 after worker injured
- Manufacturing growth weakens further in August
- Chrysler Canada sales for August up nine per cent from year ago mark
- Economy grew by 1.8 per cent in Q2, on stronger business spending, StatsCan report says
- SAIT Polytechnic opens $1.4 million high-tech learning facility
- Manufacturers less optimistic despite growth predictions, report says
- SolidCAD becomes Autodesk’s first Canadian platinum partner
- Hesse & Knipps appoints CWI Technical Sales as Eastern Canada rep
- Elizabeth McDonald named president and CEO of energy alliance
- Global spending on capital projects returns to pre-recession levels
- CAW delegates re-elect Ken Lewenza as national president
- China manufacturing indicator shows activity at 9 month low in sign of enduring weakness
- Canadian Auto Workers union delegates vote to form super union with CEP
- Tax reforms a necessity for manufacturing growth in Canada, CME says
- Distributed control systems market hits new high, study says
- Kaman Industrial Technologies to acquire Zeller Corporation
- Have your say in the Industrial Networking study
- Power transmission industry sees continued expansion, but pace slows slightly
- ISA Toronto to host event at Canada’s Wonderland
- B.C. Innovation Council appoints new CEO
- Government proposes new food inspection rules
- Infor acquires Quebec’s Group Laurier
- Harper government allocates $62 million for research and innovation
- India's manufacturing slump drives a contraction in June industrial production
- InduSoft releases educational version of its SCADA software
- Shelley Automation inks deal to distribute ShapeGrabber scanners
- Fieldbus Foundation updates device coupler test specification
- Energy efficiency spurs low-power AC drive market
- Manufacturing growth slows in July, report says
- Siemens PLM software to offer free software to students
- Automation industry expert looks for new challenge
- Labour productivity number one factor in global competitiveness, report says
- North American robotics industry posts best quarter ever
- Canadian manufacturers optimistic about the future, KPMG report says
- Photoelectric sensor market faces increasing demand, price pressure
- Windsor firm gets ready for its close-up
- CSIA offers certification boot camp
- Manufacturer fined $55,000 after worker injured
- RFID implementation increased 157% since 2008, survey finds
- Global numerical control software market grew 10% in 2011
- Partners in Project Green launches materials exchange
- Automate 2013 issues call for speakers
- Manufacturing “immune” to rise in economic uncertainty, report says
- PLC market expected to grow in 2012
- Carlo Gavazzi donates equipment to Fanshawe College
- Chinese PLM market grew 22% in 2011, study finds
- Intelligrated earns robotics integrator certification
- HIMA appoints Roger Van Nuis as president of HIMA Americas
- Chinese wind turbine manufacturer to open plant in Thorold, Ont.
- Food processing training centre looks for multinational partners
- Auto industry turns losses to profit in three years
- Sensor market to benefit from shift toward better automation, report says
- SME launches Canadian advanced manufacturing event
- Government dismissed OECD recommendations on SR&ED, CME says
- Toyota plants in Cambridge, Woodstock win top honours
- Dorner to partner with Incline Equity Partners
- Phoenix Contact opens new Canadian headquarters
- Machine vision sales drop in North America
- ODG celebrates 50th anniversary
- Wanted: Machine safety enthusiasts for roundtable
- UBC student wins Honeywell award
- New Detroit-Windsor bridge critical to Canadian manufacturing, CME says
- High-tech manufacturing one of Canada’s hottest sectors, study finds
- Printing company fined $60,000 after worker injured
- Kitchener manufacturing expert wins Queen’s medal
- Jobs and growth will come through innovation, Feds tell APMA
- Forum issues call for apprenticeship champions
- Famic Technologies opens office in Germany
- Investment in mining and oil and gas stimulates manufacturing, study finds
- RMT Robotics appoints new director for ADAM systems group
- Manufacturing executives see large gaps in skilled labour, survey says
- Canadian manufacturers showing more optimism
- Skills Canada to donate tools used in skills competition
- Manufacturing profits decreased in Q1
- Endress+Hauser Canada donates $1.4 million to SAIT’s new Trades and Technology Complex
- Software Toolbox honoured for contributions to manufacturing
- Eaton Corporation to acquire Cooper Industries
- AUTOMATICA 2012 opens Tuesday with more halls
- Canada can build a world-class manufacturing sector, CME head says
- ABB completes acquisition of Thomas & Betts
- RIA announces first certified robot integrators
- Integrators predict healthy outlook for worldwide automation industry
- Economy adds 58,200 jobs, but jobless rate hits 7.3
- CBC show looks to link manufacturers with investors
- Toyota quarterly profit quadruples
- Manufacturing sector shows signs of strength
- Ian Verhappen named managing director for Yokogawa Canada
- Renishaw acquires leader in metrology fixtures
- Erik Meijer promoted to president, Bourns Electronics
- Feds moving on innovation, jobs, Flaherty says
- New book tackles how to make manufacturing sexy
- Labour markets in Canada to tighten after 2016
- Ontario proposes to merge energy agencies
- Conference Board discusses future of manufacturing in Canada
- NAIT and Edmonton host first solar energy research project of its kind in Alberta
- GE inks deal to supply turbines to wind developer giant
- Ontario government launches Clean Energy Economic Development Strategy
- Feds announce new immigration program to bring skilled trades to Canada
- U.S. manufacturing technology orders continue to rise in 2012
- Funding boost helps Alberta businesses enhance productivity, build skilled workforce
- Deloitte study calls for the growth of a redefined manufacturing sector
- Manufacturing conditions in March jump to highest level so far this year: RBC
- Schneider Electric Canada names new president
- Quebec manufacturers cite workforce productivity as major concern in 2012: SME
- Siemens Canada launches three new product lines designed to help customers increase industrial productivity
- Coverage from Fabtech Canada 2012
- SME continues its push to 'Take back manufacturing' in Canada
- Fabtech Photo Gallery: Snapshots from the show floor
- Manufacturing services can spur growth and profits for SMEs in Quebec
- RECAP: Tweets from FABTECH Canada
- Feds announce investment in auto innovation
- Fabtech Canada highlights importance of youth in manufacturing with student tours
- CATAAlliance singles out embedded systems as key to reindustrializing Canada
- Solid start for U.S. manufacturing technology orders in 2012
- Revamped Partners in Project Green website helps businesses realize their sustainability goals
- The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association announce merger
- Canadian manufacturing should refocus on high-value opportunities: CIBC
- Canadian Manufacturing Network launched to connect manufacturers
- Omron offers free online eLearning courses
- Canadian manufacturers invest in productivity, new products and markets to compete in uncertain economy
- Siemens Canada launches Sirius Innovations Tour 2012
- Wago launches 2012 Innovation in Automation tour
- Eaton opens satellite office in Saskatchewan
- Bosch Rexroth Canada names new head of marketing
- Canadian manufacturers kick-start 2012 with confidence and plans for capital investment
- Worldwide SCADA market for electric utilities expected to grow over five years: ARC
- Champion racecar driver Andrew Comrie-Picard to kick off first-ever Fabtech Canada event
- Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show to feature “bigger, better and refreshed” show experience: SME
- ABB to acquire Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion
- Apprenticeship community comes together to address skills shortages
- Boca Bearing Company launches global contest to recognize innovation
- CME to host workshops on SMART funding opportunities
- Inductive Automation announces security vulnerability fix
- Automation Technologies Council changes name
- 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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- Conference Board discusses future of manufacturing in Canada
- NAIT and Edmonton host first solar energy research project of its kind in Alberta
- GE inks deal to supply turbines to wind developer giant
- Ontario government launches Clean Energy Economic Development Strategy
- Feds announce new immigration program to bring skilled trades to Canada
- U.S. manufacturing technology orders continue to rise in 2012
- Funding boost helps Alberta businesses enhance productivity, build skilled workforce
- Deloitte study calls for the growth of a redefined manufacturing sector
- Manufacturing conditions in March jump to highest level so far this year: RBC
- Schneider Electric Canada names new president
- Quebec manufacturers cite workforce productivity as major concern in 2012: SME
- Siemens Canada launches three new product lines designed to help customers increase industrial productivity
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- SME continues its push to 'Take back manufacturing' in Canada
- Fabtech Photo Gallery: Snapshots from the show floor
- Manufacturing services can spur growth and profits for SMEs in Quebec
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- Feds announce investment in auto innovation
- Fabtech Canada highlights importance of youth in manufacturing with student tours
- CATAAlliance singles out embedded systems as key to reindustrializing Canada
- Solid start for U.S. manufacturing technology orders in 2012
- Revamped Partners in Project Green website helps businesses realize their sustainability goals
- The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association announce merger
- Canadian manufacturing should refocus on high-value opportunities: CIBC
- Canadian Manufacturing Network launched to connect manufacturers
- Omron offers free online eLearning courses
- Canadian manufacturers invest in productivity, new products and markets to compete in uncertain economy
- Siemens Canada launches Sirius Innovations Tour 2012
- Wago launches 2012 Innovation in Automation tour
- Eaton opens satellite office in Saskatchewan
- Bosch Rexroth Canada names new head of marketing
- Canadian manufacturers kick-start 2012 with confidence and plans for capital investment
- Worldwide SCADA market for electric utilities expected to grow over five years: ARC
- Champion racecar driver Andrew Comrie-Picard to kick off first-ever Fabtech Canada event
- Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show to feature “bigger, better and refreshed” show experience: SME
- ABB to acquire Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion
- Apprenticeship community comes together to address skills shortages
- Boca Bearing Company launches global contest to recognize innovation
- CME to host workshops on SMART funding opportunities
- Inductive Automation announces security vulnerability fix
- Automation Technologies Council changes name
- 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
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- Datalogic to acquire Accu-Sort Systems
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- 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
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- 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
- AutomationDirect ranked as one of Atlanta’s best places to work
- Endress+Hauser expands into Saskatchewan
- Investment drives innovation: CME
- Ontario parts manufacturers partner with solar developers
- Safety-Kleen invests in Ontario's green economy
- Another solar manufacturing plant sets up shop in Ontario
- SKF acquires U.S. lubrication systems company
- International graduates benefit from changes to Professional Engineers Act
- EMC launches online manufacturing community
- Hyundai opens plant in Russia
- Eastern Bearings changes name to Eastern Industrial Automation
- Canadian research network to tackle automotive software systems
- Industrial products industry lags in reaching climate change targets, but progress is being made
- Manufacturing sales up in August
- Innovation and automation are key to survival, auto parts supplier says
- Canadian firms show leadership in climate change management, Conference Board says
- Eaton acquires CopperLogic
- Ontario manufacturers join forces to improve sustainability
- Production capacity usage up in third quarter
- Canadian businesses willing to pay more for Canadian-made goods, survey says
- Feds support R&D at Ottawa manufacturer
- Toyota reaches production milestone in Canada
- New approach allows GM to increase capacity at Oshawa assembly plant
- Business, labour, government tackle workforce skills priorities
- Canadian college students eligible for manufacturing supply chain scholarship
- White Paper: Selecting the right cable system
- Manufacturing employment down, StatsCan reports
- Professional engineers honoured
- Engineering class donates millions to support eco-entrepreneurship
- Manufacturing sales down in July
- Industrial automation conference coming to North America
- U.S. manufacturing technology consumption up 83.2 percent
- Rittal announces plans to relocate
- Canadian manufacturers report strongest hiring outlook in 10 years
- Ford's Oakville plant first with assembly line Wi-Fi capability
- Manufacturing sales slightly up: Statistics Canada
- Lenox opens first Canadian weld centre
- EMC announces first co-operative buying group for Canadian manufacturers
- Global automotive sales to hit record highs in 2011: Scotia Economics
- Canadian manufacturers report positive hiring outlook
- Innovation a must for Canadian auto industry
- Schneider Electric partners with Hardy Instruments
- Manufacturing AUTOMATION magazine has new owner
- Ontario manufacturing poised for growth in 2011, report says
- Baldor Electric names new CEO
- Survey says: 3D product images lead to fewer product returns
- Control valve business poised for growth
- Toyota Canada recalls another 200,000 vehicles
- Recovery on the way for Canadian manufacturers, Conference Board says
- Motoman breaks ground at new headquarters
- Feds support nanotechnology with investment in Alberta companies
- The results are in: Canada improves its energy efficiency
- The results are in: Canada improves its energy efficiency
- Manufacturing sales up in June
- Smart Grid market to expand
- Chrysler saves jobs with investment in Toronto area plant
- Guelph to host new solar module manufacturing facility
- Sales on the rise for some Canadian manufacturers
- Global industrial manufacturing sector M&A volume significantly up
- Study to provide insight into Canadian manufacturing strategies
- Strong attendance expected at Canadian manufacturing event
- American president signs manufacturing bill
- Manufacturing employment up in July
- Robot sales jump in North America; material handling a big growth area
- American protectionism hurting Canadian manufacturers
- ABB headed to Mars
- Survey reveals Canadian employers expect more hiring activity in 2011; manufacturers less optimistic
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- Fluke unites six product groups under new brand
- More bad news for Toyota - another recall
- Another blow to the auto industry
- Double-dip recession not in store for Canada, CIBC says
- Canada's economic recovery expected to slow
- Nissan recalls 51,000 cars in Canada and the U.S.
- Bombardier and the NRC partner to pursue new technologies
- Canada's growing popularity with foreign investors has "staying power"
- Canadian manufacturing sales up in May
- Toyota examines product quality in Canada
- New partnership to create jobs for Ontario auto parts manufacturer
- Canadian employment up in June
- Another Toyota recall
- Manufacturing sector set to benefit from HST
- Government aims to improve manufacturing literacy rates
- U.S. manufacturers embark on mission to Canada
- Electric vehicle infrastructure manufacturing set to grow
- Bombardier's newest jet flying off shelves
- BMO: Auto sector recovering; high loonie still poses problems
- Linamar expands workforce
- Safety system market expected to rebound in 2011
- Manufacturing production increases in three consecutive quarters
- Thunder Bay to manufacture Toronto transit vehicles
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- Canada welcomes composite manufacturing consortium
- U.S. solar rack manufacturer eyes Canada
- Electric cars come to Canada
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- GM Canada launches new production line
- Siemens Canada enters solar market
- Steel forms a strong foundation for a healthy manufacturing sector
- BNN airs 'auto week’
- Windsor shifts its focus to renewable energy
- Automotive plant wins environmental award
- ACE names two directors
- Emerson selected as automation contractor for project in Brazil
- Datalogic and Sick resolve patenting disputes
- The upside of the HST
- University of Waterloo's FIRST robotics contest draws high school robot enthusiasts
- EIC launches new website
- GM Canada invests in fuel efficient engines
- McMaster welcomes new hybrid vehicle research facility
- KUKA selected to build new solar panel assembly line
- Endress+Hauser celebrates 20 years in Canada
- Magna looks to assemble electric vehicles
- Sommer Automatic Inc. now open in North America
- Siemens selects new home for Canadian wind turbine blade manufacturing facility
- Demand for pumps "healthy" in Canada, to rise 6.5 percent per year worldwide
- New report urges environmental sustainability for Canadian manufacturers
- Automotive, aerospace sectors propel December manufacturing sales
- Toyota expands recalls, halts production
- Offshore Wind Energy leads to job creation and economic benefits for Ontario
- Energy sector takes top spots at regional innovation awards
- Sun rising, not setting, on Canadian manufacturing, survey says
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco inducted into Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fame
- Stronger industrial air emissions standards take effect in Ontario
- Toyota recall shuts down production
- Canada continues to trail other countries in innovation
- New automotive research facility in Oshawa takes shape at UOIT
- Manufacturers continue to experience high levels of supply chain risk
- Canadian auto industry profitable as early as 2010
- Manufacturing sales jump despite auto, aerospace declines
- Maple Leaf to close Nova Scotia plant in April 2011
- Goodrich Landing Gear wins PEM award
- Canada extends assistance for manufacturing and processing sector
- New Toyota hybrids could be built in Canada
- New collaborations for North American wind energy industry
- Toyota Canada sets news sales and manufacturing benchmarks
- GM to open 1,000 jobs in Oshawa for Cadillac production: reports
- ABB to buy Baldor
- Automation company launches solar panel manufacturing facility
- NRC, Magna to develop ultra-light materials for next-gen autos
- Aerospace leads manufacturing sales bounce in October
- Ontario silage-film manufacturing facility set to expand
- Festo announces distribution partnerships
- Pepperl+Fuchs acquires Siemens proximity sensor business
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- London woos advanced manufacturers
- Federal budget favours manufacturers
- Foreign buyers snap up Canadian manufacturers
- Manufacturing employers in Canada will be hiring — but at a cautious pace
- There is a new sense of optimism for early 2010: CME survey
- APMA names new president
- Toyota boosts production in Ontario
- ATS expands into solar energy market
- Quebec manufacturer gets $300,000 for plant, automation investments
- Global economy moving from recession into recovery
- 2011 Buick Regal production slated for Ontario plant
- Auto parts, metal help manufacturing sales rise in September
- Machine builders declare it's no longer just about the machine
- Canada, Manitoba invest $11.6M in composites sector
- Experts, leaders, politicians gather for Canadian manufacturing conference
- 'Recession-proof' food manufacturing industry posts modest growth
- Ontario boosts funding for CME SMART program
- Manufacturers cite high supply-chain risk, plan to maintain or expand jobs
- Canada has 'fallen considerably behind’ in productivity: report
- Dollar, credit and protectionism threaten 'green' shoots in economy: survey
- ISA unveils plans for ISA Automation Week 2010
- Most Canadian manufacturers see significant economic turnaround in 2010
- Manufacturing sales dip slightly in August: StatsCan
- ISA replaces annual expo with new knowledge-based event
- Siemens merges 4 divisions into 1
- ISA Expo 2009: Keynote addresses energy affordability
- Taxpayers’ ombudsman announces review of SR&ED program
- WAGO celebrates 30th anniversary
- Canadian manufacturing sales jump 5.5% in July
- DiPaolo CNC Retrofit appointed by Bost Machine Tools
- Markets stabilizing, but challenges still threaten to stall recovery: survey
- Automation Rendez-vous to emphasize need for networking to survive
- Motion control and power transmission sales up in Canada
- Canadian, Quebec governments invest $178M in microchip assembly
- Canadian PT/MC markets on the rise
- GE and Fanuc dissolve joint venture
- CMTS to reinforce importance of tech innovations in tough economy
- Manufacturing sales edge up in June: StatsCan
- Ontario invests $16.7M in Electrovaya
- CME survey points to bottom of recession, slow recovery
- Optimism, challenge and change in store for 2010: CME survey
- Honeywell zaps manufacturing waste with energy management tools
- Linamar lands $200M-per-year auto-parts contract
- Alberta trailer maker consolidates manufacturing in B.C.
- Canada’s economy still earns a 'B’ grade despite tumultuous 2008
- OSPE applauds Ontario's $250M investment plan for green, high tech
- PACKEX Toronto sees 17% increase in attendance
- Ontario protects jobs in furniture manufacturing sector
- Ontario manufacturers could benefit from tax harmonization, says PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Manufacturing conditions "ripe for conflict," Conference Board says
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- Cooper acquires MTL Instruments Group
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- PTDA names new executive VP
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- Worldwide automation market set to grow
- Manufacturing sales down in Canada
- Canada launches resource to help industry reduce energy use
- Ontario manufacturer gets boost from province
- Canada recognizes auto-equipment manufacturer as innovation leader
- MASC 2009 set to be bigger and better
- Manufacturing sales up, ending seven-month decline
- CME reports "glimmer of hope" in recent Business Conditions Survey
- Economy affecting innovation plans, survey says
- Budget 2009 gets mixed reviews
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- Plant closures push manufacturing sales down further
- ISA changes name to reflect the changing industry
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- Manufacturing Coalition requests urgent action
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- Economic growth in Canada to resume in the second half of 2009
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- Ontario aiming to reduce toxins in industry
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- Proceed with cautious optimism, auto insider says
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- Q&A with AUTO21's Peter Frise
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- PTDA Canadian conference focuses on state of manufacturing
- NPE2009 plastics expo comes to close with high Canadian contingent
- Renewable solutions to energy, manufacturing presented at bio-tech summit
- Slow show: Exhibitors observe declining attendance at NMW
- Restructuring transit for lower emissions exposure
- Research deals with traffic congestion
- Rockwell Automation undertakes restructuring actions
- ABB expands offering for oil and gas sector
- "Focus on survival," Magna exec says
- India open for business
- Manufacturing sees largest decline of industrial capacity use; 3 sectors rise
- Canadian manufacturers 'cautiously optimistic' about economy: CME survey
- Cisco report spotlights worldwide cyber security threats
- Alberta companies receive money for R&D
- Manufacturing CFOs in U.S. remain resilient despite economy, survey says
- CME to conduct monthly business conditions survey
- Aerospace profits to remain steady through recession
- Conference drives home what success through product-led future means
- Auto parts manufacturers forecast to cut 36,000 jobs in 2009
- ISA announces hurricane relief fundraiser
- Stability on the horizon for some manufacturers, survey reveals
- Government to drop $5B on combat vehicle manufacturing, upgrades
- Survey results highlight the right conditions for innovation and investment
- Canadian Toyota workers seek union representation
- Bosch joins greenhouse gas emissions registry
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- Manufacturing sector struggles to maintain workforce, study says
- CAW elects new president
- Fieldbus Foundation and ISA announce collaborative wireless initiative
- Deadline nears for new technology awards
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