Ontario Enhancing Workplace Health and Safety
Ontario is enhancing protection for workers by increasing the maximum fines for individuals and businesses that don’t meet workplace health and safety standards.
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UNB Researchers Receive $4.3 Million to Develop Smart-Grid Technology
Scientists in one of Canada’s snowiest cities will help a sunny Caribbean island switch to a green energy grid. University of New Brunswick researchers have received $4.3 million from Ottawa and Emera Inc. — the parent company of Barbados Light & Power Co. — to develop potentially breakthrough renewable energy technology.
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Water Stress Challenges are Resulting in the Investment of Sustainable Water Solutions
Sustainability and cost efficiency top the list of factors influencing the growth of the global water and wastewater market. Both municipal and industrial end users of the water and wastewater segments are investing in sustainable solutions due to global challenges of water stress, as well as changes in implementation and enforcement of regulatory policies throughout various regions.
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ABB Confirmed as the #1 in Distributed Control Systems Globally
ABB remains the number one in the market for distributed control systems (DCS) globally, as confirmed by the “Distributed Control Systems Global Market 2016-2021” report issued by ARC Advisory Group. ABB has effectively maintained its market-leading position since 1999, according to ARC’s research analysts.
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ABB Completes Business Model Change
ABB has announced actions across three divisions to complete the business model change for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as it ends its transition year 2017. These decisions are fully in line with ABB’s strategy to shift the center of gravity towards strengthened competitiveness, higher growth segments and lower risk.
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Schneider Boosts Oil and Gas Operational Productivity with New Approaches to Power Infrastructure Deployments
Deployment of electrical distribution systems can be challenging for the oil and gas industry. Harsh environments, such as offshore platforms and onshore drilling and extraction sites often make it difficult for electrical distribution and power systems to be installed, commissioned and operated in traditional ways. Implementations are costly and systems uptime becomes a concern because of the complexity involved in making all the part pieces work together in a reliable fashion.
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Hackers Halt Undisclosed Plant Operations in Watershed Cyber Attack
Reuters Reports that hackers recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility in a watershed attack that halted plant operations, according to cyber investigators and the firm whose software was targeted. FireEye Inc disclosed the incident on December 14, saying it targeted Triconex industrial safety technology from Schneider Electric.
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Northern Miner Podcast Talks Automation with Walter Siggelkow of Sudbury-based Hard-Line Solutions
During the final portion of the episode 83 of the Northern Miner podcast with Matt Keevil, Walter Siggelkow, the President of Hard-Line Solutions joined in to discuss recent innovations in automatio and technology at gloabl mines. Walter shares some of the challenges and successes he has been a part of while working to upgrade legacy mine sites.
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Reko Announces its 25th Consecutive Profitable Quarter
Consolidated sales for the quarter ended October 31, 2017, were $8.8 million, compared to $10.3 million in the prior year, a decrease of $1.6 million or 15.4%. The decrease in sales was related to timing of kickoffs in certain divisions as well as lower volumes in certain sectors.
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Westrock to Acquire Plymouth Packaging
WestRock Company, has agreed to acquire Plymouth Packaging, Inc. Plymouth is a corrugated packaging company that derives approximately 70 percent of its sales from its “Box on Demand” systems and corrugated fanfold, and 30 percent from traditional corrugated box packaging.
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Horizons ETFs Launches Canada’s First Robotics and Automation Index ETF
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (“Horizons ETFs”) announced the launch of the Horizons Robotics and Automation Index ETF (“Horizons ROBO”). Horizons ROBO is the first exchange traded fund (“ETF”) in Canada to offer global exposure to the rapidly growing robotics and automation industry.
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61% of Canadian Companies Use Automation to Run their Business
Intuit Canada has released a report with Emergent Research examining whether or not Canadian businesses are embracing AI, and found that 61 percent of small businesses are using the automation technology to run their businesses.
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Siemens Acquires Solido Design Automation Inc
Just after announcing the company would eliminate two percent of its workforce, Siemens announced they would buy Solido Design Automation, the Saskatchewan specialist in variation-aware design and characterization software for the semiconductor industry.
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Festo Doubles Revenues in the Automation of Automotive Battery Production
The growing demand for electric-powered vehicles means a bonanza for battery production and a quest for more efficient battery production to which Festo is contributing. In each of the last two years, Festo’s revenues in electromobility have doubled. The battery accounts for between roughly 30 and 40 per cent of the value added in all-electric (EV) vehicles.
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Generational Change at Pilz
At the end of 2017, Renate Pilz is leaving her active role in the Pilz Management Board. She hands over the management of the company to her two children, Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz, with whom she has been leading the company for 10 years. As such, Pilz remains a family business.
