Andrew Thurlow, Westburne, Promoted to National Automation Manager
Westburne is pleased to announce that Andrew Thurlow has been promoted to the newly created position of National Automation Manager reporting to Dave Syer, Vice President, Westburne.
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Phoenix Contact Celebrates it’s 35th Year in Canada
This year Phoenix Contact celebrated its 35th anniversary with staff, customers and distinguished channel partners. Since their founding in 1983 in Mississauga they have developed a reputation for quality products and solutions and a customer support structure that has driven their success and expansion across the country, along with the building of a new facility in Milton.
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Six Companies Join the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program
Industrial companies that want to implement smart manufacturing or other initiatives often need to work with multiple vendors. To help simplify this process and connect companies with the right solutions, Rockwell Automation has added six new companies to its PartnerNetwork program.
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Carlo Gavazzi awards Manufacturers Automation Inc. the “Outstanding Distributor Achievement Award for 2018”
For the third year in a row, Manufacturers Automation Inc. has been awarded the “Outstanding Distributor Achievement Award for 2018.” Presenting the award to Brent Raynor (right), Sales Manager at Manufacturers Automation Inc., is Wes Otten, Area Sales Manager for Carlo Gavazzi (Cdn), pictured on the left.
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RITTAL is Proud to be One of the Top Ten Best Workplaces™ in Manufacturing in Canada Again!
Right on the heels of being recognized as one of this year’s Best Workplaces™ in Canada, Rittal Systems Ltd. is proud to announce that we have been named on the 2018 list of the Best Workplaces™ Manufacturing for the second year in a row.
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RITTAL is Proud to be One of the Top Ten Best Workplaces™ in Manufacturing in Canada Again!
Right on the heels of being recognized as one of this year’s Best Workplaces™ in Canada, Rittal Systems Ltd. is proud to announce that we have been named on the 2018 list of the Best Workplaces™ Manufacturing for the second year in a row.
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The FRABA Group Marks its 100th Anniversary
FRABA is 100 years old this year! The company traces its history back to 1918, when the “Franz Baumgartner elektrische Apparate GmbH” was founded in Cologne, Germany. This enterprise specialized in building mechanical relays and controls for industry and grew into a successful mid-size enterprise.
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Linear & Rittal: Blazing a Trail through the Automation Industry
Linear Transfer Automation, Inc. has been the backbone of the metal-forming & stamping automation industry landscape for a long time, eliminating a lot of heavy lifting and repetitive tasks and adding increased productivity and flexibility to manual and aging processes in the metal-forming / stamping industry.
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Tetra Pak Index 2018 says Smart Packaging Offers Exciting Opportunities in fast Growing Online Grocery
Smart packaging technologies based on unique digital codes will take both online and off-line grocery in exciting new directions during the next few years, says the Tetra Pak Index 2018, launched today. Online grocery shopping is growing at a double-digit rate, while traditional stores are being reinvented, merging together into an omnichannel where consumers…
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Reliable Controls Partners with St. Lawrence College
Reliable Controls is pleased to announce a partnership with St. Lawrence College. Students in the college’s Energy Systems Engineering Technology program will be learning on Reliable Controls cutting-edge equipment for the next ten years.
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Pilz Provides an Orientation for Machinery Safety
Validation of robot applications to ISO/TS 15066, safe programming to EN ISO 13849 or risk evaluation and analysis to IEC 62061. Anyone who deals with functional safety can easily get entangled in the standards and directives. With its Safety Compendium Pilz is giving design engineers…
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Emerging Technologies in Medical Device Connectivity Will Skyrocket the Healthcare Market
The wide adoption of electronic medical/health record (EMR/EHR) solutions in hospitals is making a strong case for interoperability among medical devices, and could well take the $232.5 million global medical device connectivity (MDC) market past the billion-dollar mark by 2022.
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Detour Gold Provides Operational Improvement Strategy for Mines
The operating systems associated with the key value drivers for the mine operation remain an ongoing critical area of assessment. Some of the systems mapping and its assessment was completed recently. This will encompass increased training for, and improvements to, the current systems, and streamlining…
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Avidbots Partners with Compass Group to Bring Robotic Automation to the Canadian Facilities Management Market
Avidbots Corp. today announced that Compass Group has purchased the Neo self-driving floor cleaning robot to enhance cleaning productivity and performance for their clients. The initial deployment is through the Eurest Services facilities management company for their education-based clients with deployment to other business units in 2018.
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Fonds de solidarité FTQ Invests $5 Million in Granby-Based Belt-Tech Products
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ and the Fonds régionaux de solidarité FTQ – Estrie today announced a $5 million investment in Belt-Tech Products Inc., a Granby-based manufacturer of seat belt webbing for the automotive, industrial and aviation markets.
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Bosch Plans to Sell its Packaging Business
Bosch has decided to look for a buyer for its packaging machinery business (PA), more specifically the pharmaceuticals and food units of the Packaging Technology division.The company said that it had not identified any sufficiently relevant synergy effects in terms of business or technology that might offer the division prospects…
