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New Copper & Zinc Mine to Boost Saskatchewan’s Critical Minerals

On October 15, Energy and Resources Minister Colleen Young visited Foran Mining Corporation’s (Foran) Exploration Warehouse in Saskatoon. Foran’s McIlvenna Bay mine in northeastern Saskatchewan is expected to begin production of copper and zinc at a commercial scale in mid-2026. McIlvenna Bay is a key project for the diversification of Saskatchewan’s mining sector and is playing an important role in working toward the goals detailed in the province’s Critical Minerals Strategy.

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Pilz Canada Announces Kinetiq Industries Inc as an Official System Integrator

Pilz Canada is excited to welcome Kinetiq Industries Inc as an Official System Integrator! This strategic partnership represents a key step forward in their mission to advance industrial automation and safety across Canada. With Kinetiq’s expertise and Pilz’s innovative technologies, they are poised to deliver smarter, safer, and more efficient solutions to their clients. Stay tuned for more updates as they launch this dynamic collaboration!

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Schneider Electric Canada Opens New Distribution Centre in Halton Hills, Strengthening Local Operations & Supply Chain Resilience

Schneider Electric has officially opened a new 130,000 square-foot distribution centre in Halton Hills, Ontario. This strategic investment strengthens Schneider Electric’s Canadian operations by improving delivery timelines and contributing to national energy sustainability. The facility is located at 6 Cleve Court in Georgetown, and will serve customers across commercial, industrial, residential, and infrastructure sectors. Operated in partnership with CEVA Logistics, the centre is designed to contribute to Canada’s energy security by ensuring faster and more reliable delivery of essential electrical components and equipment across the country. CEVA’s Halton Hills facility is also among the first of several global locations deploying Manhattan Associate’s Active Warehouse Management and Order Management systems. The advanced platforms accelerate the integration of new technologies for improved operational efficiency —further strengthening Schneider Electric’s supply chain resilience in Canada.

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ABB to Develop Next-Generation AI Data Centers with NVIDIA

ABB has announced that it is accelerating the development of gigawatt scale next-generation data centers in collaboration with NVIDIA. Innovation will focus on the development and deployment of cutting-edge power solutions needed to create high-efficiency, scalable power delivery for future AI workloads. The research and development projects will support NVIDIA’s planned introduction of 800 VDC power architecture for 1 megawatt server racks. Delivering this level of power efficiently requires major advancements in power distribution technologies and architecture. Future data center power architectures will combine a medium voltage (MV) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with direct current (DC) power distribution to the server room using solid-state power electronics devices.

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Legrand Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Avtron Power Solutions, a Global Provider of Load Banks & Power Quality Solutions

Legrand has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Avtron Power Solutions, a major global provider of load banks and power quality solutions that serve a wide range of high-growth markets where reliable delivery of power is required. Avtron employs 600 people, operates five manufacturing sites across North America and Europe, and is expected to generate nearly $350 million in revenue in 2025, with high profitability. With a commitment to innovation and quality, Avtron delivers dependable solutions for data centers, healthcare facilities, renewable energy applications and industrial manufacturing sites to ensure that critical power is available when it’s needed by customers worldwide.

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Sonepar Announces Brand Consolidation in Ontario

Sonepar proudly announces the consolidation of their Ontario businesses from five brands to two. Aztec, Dixon and MGM will rebrand as a new and refreshed Dixon. Electrozad and Sesco will carry forward the new Electrozad brand. “Through many years of continued growth and acquisitions at Sonepar Canada, we have reached an exciting point in Ontario where we can make changes to our overall brand structure to continue advancing our best-in-class experience for our customers, vendors and associates,” stated Sonepar Canada President Serge Leblanc.  “The alignment of Ontario from five distinct brands to two will allow us to leverage our size and shared knowledge to propel the business forward. We are excited for the growth and synergy this alignment will allow us to bring to market in Ontario.”  Sonepar Ontario President James Taylor added. Brand alignment is expected to take place at the beginning of November. Customers and vendors will be kept informed of changes which may affect them directly. Further details can be found on the operating

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Canada’s Next Leap: Innovation, Industry & Transformation

On September 5, 2025, Prime Minister Carney announced a package of new measures aimed at protecting, building, and transforming Canada’s strategic industries.

These measures are in addition to the steps the government has already taken in support of steel, aluminum, and softwood lumber and in establishing a Major Projects Office to fast-track large infrastructure projects. They will be followed shortly by announcements of a new Defence Industrial Strategy, Trade Diversification Strategy, and Build Canada Homes program, as well as by the government’s economic statement (budget) that is expected later this fall. The package announced by the Prime Minister represents more than just an assortment of new policy measures and programs. It reflects an integrated strategy that brings together industrial, innovation, and procurement policies aimed at stimulating demand and targeting industrial competitiveness, business growth, and transformation in a way that Canada hasn’t seen since the 1950s.

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Daily News | Changing Scene | Data & Security

Bell & Simon Fraser University Team Up to Advance Canada’s AI & Supercomputing Ecosystem

Bell and Simon Fraser University (SFU) have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on advancing Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) and sovereign supercomputing ecosystem. The Cedar Supercomputing Centre (CSC) located in Burnaby, British Columbia, is one of Canada’s most powerful and energy-efficient research computing platforms. The CSC specializes in handling secure and sensitive data, making it a critical resource for Canadian researchers, industry, and government working on cutting-edge AI applications. Through this agreement, Bell and SFU will work to expand the CSC and provide Canadian researchers and industry users with the computational resources they need to make groundbreaking discoveries and develop innovative solutions to pressing challenges.

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Bell Canada & Cohere Forge Strategic Partnership to Deliver Sovereign AI-Powered Solutions for Government and Business

Bell Canada and security-first enterprise AI company Cohere recently announced a strategic partnership to provide full-stack sovereign AI solutions for government and enterprise customers across Canada, and to deploy proprietary, secure AI solutions within Bell. Cohere will make its secure enterprise-grade AI solutions available through Bell AI Fabric, providing government and enterprise customers with access to fully sovereign, advanced models and customized applications. This includes leveraging North, Cohere’s agentic AI platform for both customers and Bell employees. In turn, Bell will become Cohere’s preferred Canadian AI infrastructure provider, while Cohere will become Bell’s preferred Canadian agentic AI solution and LLM provider. Together, Bell Canada and Cohere will offer a turnkey solution for Canadian organizations that want to deploy world-class AI capabilities, with Cohere now providing cutting edge enterprise AI software to the expanding Bell AI Fabric ecosystem.

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Government of Canada Invests $28.7 Million to Train Clean Energy Workers & Expand AI Research Capacity

Through the Sustainable Jobs Training Fund, the Government of Canada is investing over $9 million over three years in the AI Pathways: Energizing Canada’s Low-Carbon Workforce project. Led by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), this initiative will help nearly 5,000 Canadian energy workers gain AI and machine learning skills for careers in wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy. Training will offer both online and in-person formats, tailored to meet the diverse needs of mid-career workers, industry associations, and unions across the country.

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Training More Than 17,300 Canadian Workers to Help Build the Strongest Skilled Trades Workforce in the G7

The Government of Canada is building one strong Canadian economy. To do so, Canada needs the strongest skilled trades workforce in the G7. By collaborating with unions, the federal government is supporting workers, so they get the skills and training they need and is also creating well-paying sustainable jobs for generations to come. On August 12, while speaking at a conference with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Honourable John Zerucelli, Secretary of State (Labour), on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, announced close to $10 million in funding for the Western Joint Electrical Training Society. This project will provide innovative, hands-on training to construction electrician apprentices, journeypersons and other workers across Canada to address green skills, knowledge, and competency gaps. Secretary of State Zerucelli also announced more than $3 million to the National Electrical Trade Council for a project that will train Red Seal powerline technicians to use drones for powerline maintenance to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Together, these projects will mean nearly 17,350 workers will be able to upgrade or gain new skills.

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NOARK Showcases Next-Gen Technology at NECA 2025, Chicago

NOARK Electric will debut its cutting-edge Ex9VF7 Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) at NECA 2025, September 12–15, at McCormick Place West Convention Center. As attendees step into the Showstopper Showcase Booth (#1800), they will notice NOARK’s VFD demo and engaging multimedia experiences. At the main NOARK booth (#5238)—easily spotted under the signature green NOARK hanging sign—visitors can explore innovations across power distribution, motor control and energy efficiency.

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It Will Take More than AI for Canadian Manufacturers to Succeed in Today’s Global Trade Landscape: Insights from NGen CEO Jayson Myers

AI alone won’t solve the challenges facing Canadian manufacturers in the face of evolving global tariffs. It will take a willingness to turn convention on its head by investing in a mix of emerging technologies and advanced materials, says industry innovation leader Jayson Myers, CEO of Hamilton, Ontario-based NGen. What’s needed, said Myers, is for manufacturers to think about what other technologies are required and “it’s never as easy as saying I’m going to invest in AI alone.” He suggested taking a more holistic approach to successful technology adoption by looking for opportunities to collect high-quality, reliable data that will boost AI systems or creating higher-performing materials and then applying that to do things differently. In fact, if Canada continues to put in the right effort and focus on investing in innovation, he believes the Canadian manufacturing sector has the potential to leapfrog any country.

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Rexel Announces the Launch of Talley Canada

Rexel is proud to announce the establishment of Talley Canada with its headquarters in Toronto, marking a significant milestone in Rexel’s commitment to strengthening its presence across North America. The expansion into Canada complements Rexel Canada’s existing North American footprint by integrating Talley’s expertise and product offerings with Rexel’s connected and electrified solutions. Leading Talley Canada will be Justin Cameron, who will serve as General Manager for Canada. He will focus on high-growth verticals, including in-building wireless, private LTE, enterprise networks, network coverage densification, broadband infrastructure, and future technology upgrades.

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RoboDK Launches RoboDK Academy to Bridge the Global Robotics Skills Gap

RoboDK has announced the launch of RoboDK Academy: a free, self-paced online training platform designed to make industrial robot programming skills more accessible than ever. The platform combines hands-on projects, step-by-step tutorials, and video walkthroughs to teach programming skills through simulation and offline programming, from beginner to advanced levels. The Academy serves engineers, automation professionals, students, and educators seeking to build robotics knowledge. As automation adoption has increased globally, industries are facing a new challenge: a shortage of skilled robot programmers. Gone are the days when robot programming skills were only required by large automotive manufacturers and specialist robot integrators. With robot use spreading to sectors like logistics, healthcare, and Small-to-Medium Enterprises, a lack of robot programmers is now becoming a bottleneck for many companies. Robot orders in the food and consumer goods industries surged by 65% in 2024.

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ABB & SimGenics Collaborate on Simulator-Based Training for Nuclear Sector in North America

ABB has signed a MoU with SimGenics to support the development and provision of engineering, training and distributed control system (DCS) simulators for the nuclear energy industry, primarily in North America. The collaboration comes at an important time, with both Canadian and US governments implementing policy frameworks to stimulate the deployment of nuclear energy to generate electricity. Drawing on their collective expertise, the MoU will allow ABB and SimGenics to explore how they can support the greenfield power generation industry predominantly. This will include complete plant process model and simulation across conventional large nuclear power plants, small modular reactors (SMR) and advanced modular reactor (AMR) facilities. As well as being installed at offsite R&D centers for testing and validation purposes during the design stage, the simulators can also be used onsite at operational nuclear power plants as engineering and training systems.

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New Copper & Zinc Mine to Boost Saskatchewan’s Critical Minerals

Pilz Canada Announces Kinetiq Industries Inc as an Official System Integrator

Schneider Electric Canada Opens New Distribution Centre in Halton Hills, Strengthening Local Operations & Supply Chain Resilience

ABB to Develop Next-Generation AI Data Centers with NVIDIA

Legrand Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Avtron Power Solutions, a Global Provider of Load Banks & Power Quality Solutions

Sonepar Announces Brand Consolidation in Ontario

Canada’s Next Leap: Innovation, Industry & Transformation

Bell & Simon Fraser University Team Up to Advance Canada’s AI & Supercomputing Ecosystem

Bell Canada & Cohere Forge Strategic Partnership to Deliver Sovereign AI-Powered Solutions for Government and Business

Government of Canada Invests $28.7 Million to Train Clean Energy Workers & Expand AI Research Capacity

Training More Than 17,300 Canadian Workers to Help Build the Strongest Skilled Trades Workforce in the G7

NOARK Showcases Next-Gen Technology at NECA 2025, Chicago

It Will Take More than AI for Canadian Manufacturers to Succeed in Today’s Global Trade Landscape: Insights from NGen CEO Jayson Myers

Rexel Announces the Launch of Talley Canada

RoboDK Launches RoboDK Academy to Bridge the Global Robotics Skills Gap

ABB & SimGenics Collaborate on Simulator-Based Training for Nuclear Sector in North America

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