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Rittal Systems Canada Certified as Great Place to Work for Fifth Consecutive Year

For the fifth consecutive year, Rittal Systems Ltd., is being certified as a Great Workplace in Canada after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work Canada. This certification is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience. Rittal’s Trust Index score has exceeded the minimum threshold to be officially Certified as a Great Workplace!

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Rittal Systems Welcomes Franklin Empire to its Distribution Team

Rittal Systems has announced Franklin Empire has joined its distribution/partner network in Canada. With a rich family history dating back to the 1940’s and an extensive distribution network in Ontario and Quebec, Franklin Empire Inc. is proud to be the largest independently owned electrical distributor in Canada, also renowned for its manufacturing automation systems.

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FLIR Introduces New Line of Electrical Meters

FLIR has a new line of clamp and digital multimeters, debuting at NECA 2017. This collection of electrical test and measurement products offer the high-accuracy measurements and range of testing modes you’ve come to expect from FLIR.

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Weidmuller has Strengthened its North American Presence

The Weidmüller Group has announced the acquisition of the W Interconnections group companies in the USA, Canada and Mexico from Rockwell Automation, Inc. effective 1 October 2017. The W Interconnections group sells products for Industrial Connectivity and Automation.

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Survey Shows Millennials are Sold on the Advantages of Smart Cities

Encouraged by the environmental advantages of smart cities and the public safety enhancements IoT technology could bring, consumers have an overwhelmingly positive image of increasing connectedness in the places in which they live.

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Modern Niagara Brings Big Savings to 250 Albert St, Ottawa

Modern’s Building Controls team upgraded the building automation system (BAS) at 250 Albert, replacing a legacy building automation system (BAS) with an advanced Distech Controls system. The new BAS includes valuable capabilities, including the ability to tap into hydro meters and use the Periscope software to analyze the data from those meters.

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Smart Building Market to Quadruple by 2022

The global smart building market is projected to grow from an estimated $US7.42 billion in 2017 to $US31.74 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 33.7%, according to a new market report. A growing need for integrated security and safety systems and decreasing operational costs are some of the major factors driving the market.

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ABB has Acquired GE Industrial Solutions

ABB has announced that it has acquired GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business. “This acquisition strengthens our position as partner of choice for electrification globally, North America and in Canada. We look forward to working with GE Industrial Solutions to create new opportunities in this highly attractive core market for our Electrification Products division. Our intention is to combine the best of both worlds and make the most of ABB’s technology investment for GE Industrial Solutions’ product pipeline. Together, we will be significantly stronger” said Nathalie Pilon, President, ABB Canada

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Ontario and Prodomax Automation create 20 new jobs

Ontario is partnering with Prodomax Automation Ltd. to help expand its facilities, creating 20 new jobs and retaining 133 positions in Barrie.

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ASBIRI Program to Aid HiFi Engineering Manufacture New leak Detection Technology

Hifi Engineering, a Calgary start up, plans to grow their business by building and manufacturing new leak detection technology in Alberta and exporting their product to monitor thousands of kilometers of pipeline worldwide.

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Eclipse Automation Ranks No. 490 on the 2017 PROFIT 500

Canadian Business and PROFIT has ranked Eclipse Automation No. 490 on the 29th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October issue of Maclean’s magazine and at CanadianBusiness.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth.

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Phoenix Contact Buffer Modules Bridge Cyclical Failures Lasting up to 30 Seconds

Phoenic Contact’s buffer module combines an electronic switch-over unit and maintenance-free, capacitor-based energy storage in the same housing. The lockable USB interface for connection to higher-level controllers makes it convenient to shut down your PC.

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Rittal launches a Hygienic Design Campaign for the Food & Beverage industry

For Hygienic Design, Rittal has modified the design of its enclosures in a number of respects. For example, the attachment to the enclosure wall using threaded bolts and nuts has been designed so that the screw fastening is not visible from the outside. The enclosure is made from stainless steel with a brushed grain size of 400, producing a surface roughness average – Ra of less than 0.8 mm.

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Danfoss Joins UN initiative to Curb the World’s Cooling Challenges

The UN Economic Commission for Europe has estimated that, by 2050, the world’s population will reach about 9 billion – 70% of whom will live in cities, which equates to adding 235 cities the size of Paris. This, combined with rising global temperatures, will result in a boom in demand for cooling devices such as air conditioners and refrigerators and a corresponding surge in energy demand, which will create additional impacts on the climate.

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Nestlé: Setting the technical benchmark with Hygienic design from Rittal

The Nestlé Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Orbe, Switzerland, is the Group-wide research and development centre for coffee, chocolate drinks and malt beverages. Nestlé demands state-of-the-art process technology, high availability and hygienic design from its suppliers when purchasing new machines. This applies for Rittal too.

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Rittal – Hygienic design enclosures reduce cleaning & downtime!

Downtimes during production represent the “worst case scenario” for plant operators. They reduce productivity and, consequently, impact sales. However, in hygienic-critical production situations, longer downtimes are unavoidable because of the amount of cleaning required.

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Changing Scene

Rittal Systems Canada Certified as Great Place to Work for Fifth Consecutive Year

Rittal Systems Welcomes Franklin Empire to its Distribution Team

FLIR Introduces New Line of Electrical Meters

Weidmuller has Strengthened its North American Presence

Survey Shows Millennials are Sold on the Advantages of Smart Cities

Modern Niagara Brings Big Savings to 250 Albert St, Ottawa

Smart Building Market to Quadruple by 2022

ABB has Acquired GE Industrial Solutions

Ontario and Prodomax Automation create 20 new jobs

ASBIRI Program to Aid HiFi Engineering Manufacture New leak Detection Technology

Eclipse Automation Ranks No. 490 on the 2017 PROFIT 500

Phoenix Contact Buffer Modules Bridge Cyclical Failures Lasting up to 30 Seconds

Rittal launches a Hygienic Design Campaign for the Food & Beverage industry

Danfoss Joins UN initiative to Curb the World’s Cooling Challenges

Nestlé: Setting the technical benchmark with Hygienic design from Rittal

Rittal – Hygienic design enclosures reduce cleaning & downtime!

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