Festo Canada is thrilled to announce that Amiko Control Systems has joined the Festo Certified System Integrator Program! As a certified partner, they bring exceptional automation expertise and will integrate Festo’s cutting-edge solutions to help businesses achieve maximum efficiency and innovation.
With a comprehensive modular system kit, Phoenix Contact is presenting new solutions for reliable operation and clear signaling in the control cabinet and on the control panel. The buttons, switches, and indicator lights can be combined without tools and integrated into mounting openings with a width of 22 mm. The Push-in connection technology enables a convenient and safe wiring process.
While most people associate surges with storm activity and lightning, many events, from utility work to turning on/off air conditioning units and production machinery, cause small surges and disturbances inside your facility every day. While these routine events may not render obvious damage, they could diminish the lifespan of your equipment and appliances over time. By layering multiple surge protectors throughout your facility, you can protect your valuables and save thousands on equipment and unplanned downtime.
Endress+Hauser is offering existing users of its in-situ gas analyzers, including older GM32 units, a discount on replacing their current, aging instruments with brand new GM32s. For the balance of 2026, a 20% discount is available to users upgrading from a GM31 analyzer – a discontinued model still supported by Endress+Hauser – or a 10% discount for replacing an aging GM32 – in service for more than seven years – with a new one. These analyzers provide many years of reliable, trouble-free performance. However, in the latter stages of a long service life, they may begin costing more to maintain or in a deferred maintenance scenario, suffer a loss of reliability that can trigger regulatory non-compliance events or unplanned process downtime. Often, swapping in a new GM32 pre-emptively is the more economical and practical move.
Wakefield Thermal Hydro-Air Liquid-to-Air Heat Exchangers are designed for liquid-to-air thermal management in applications that demand strong heat transfer in a compact footprint. The series supports up to 18kW of heat-transfer capacity for systems that must manage high power density in low-space applications. Hydro-Air exchangers are available with single- or dual-fan options to meet different cooling requirements. The series also offers aluminum or copper fins, copper tubes, and an aluminum chassis to support a range of thermal and mechanical design needs. Wakefield Thermal Hydro-Air Liquid-to-Air Heat Exchangers are suitable for industrial applications, electronics, cooling power supplies, telecom systems, and inverters.
What does “Next level cabinet building” mean? It means transforming cabinet building from a manual task into a streamlined, intelligent process. From design and planning to wiring, marking, assembly, and validation, Weidmüller Canada’s Workplace Solutions and Smart Cabinet Building portfolio help manufacturers work faster, build with greater consistency, and improve quality every step of the way. For more than 175 years, Weidmüller has been helping industry solve challenges through innovation. Today, that same “Pioneering since day one” spirit is driving the future of cabinet building where digital workflows, advanced tooling, and connected processes come together to help customers build more, with less effort. The future of cabinet building isn’t just faster. It’s smarter.
A reliable DIN rail assembly depends on more than just the rail itself. ITC’s DIN Rail Accessories help provide secure mounting, proper spacing, and dependable electrical insulation for control panels and automation systems. Whether you’re mounting DIN rails, supporting components, or improving panel layouts, ITC offers the accessories needed to build clean, reliable installations.
Meta is breaking ground on a new 1GW Data Center in Sturgeon County, Alberta — their first data center in Canada and 33rd in their global fleet. This data center will be optimized for Meta’s AI workloads, helping bring to life the technologies that billions around the world use to connect, fund communities, grow businesses, and experience the power of their wearables.
Hubbell Canada is proud to announce two important leadership promotions within the Hubbell family. Please join them in congratulating David Keegan on his promotion to Vice President of Sales, Hubbell Utility Solutions Canada. Since serving as Director of Sales for Hubbell Canada, Dave has provided outstanding leadership and has played a significant role in their continued growth and success across the Canadian market. They are also excited to congratulate Andrew D’Alessandro on his promotion to Director of Sales, Hubbell Canada. Having been with the company since 2005, Andrew brings extensive industry knowledge, strong channel relationships, and a deep commitment to supporting their customers and partners across Canada. These promotions reflect the strength of their team and Hubbell’s ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional service, expertise, and support to their customers.
Connected edge devices increasingly need to do two jobs at once: maintain reliable wide-area communications and provide accurate location awareness. That combination shows up across smart terminals, kiosks, charging systems, mobile platforms, and remote monitoring equipment. In these designs, engineers must support modern cellular Internet of Things (IoT) protocols while also enabling Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based tracking in a compact, durable package. This week for Mouser’s New Tech Tuesdays they look at why multi-port IoT antennas matter in modern connected designs, how ground-plane independence can simplify radio frequency (RF) and mechanical integration, and why environmental sealing is now a practical requirement for many indoor and outdoor deployments. The article also explores how combining cellular and GNSS coverage in one compact antenna can help engineers reduce complexity without compromising flexibility.
Please join Gescan in welcoming Thomas Chiari as their new Branch Manager in Kelowna! With more than 22 years of experience within Sonepar, including 12 years as a Branch Manager, Thomas brings a strong track record in sales leadership, team development, and building lasting customer and supplier relationships. They are excited to have Thomas on board and look forward to the positive impact he will bring to their team, customers, and community.
The PULS PIANO product family is designed for users who need reliable, easy-to-use, and cost-effective DIN rail power supplies. The most important characteristic of all PIANO devices is their focus on the core features of a power supply: efficiency, lifetime, reliability and size. Additional and more complex features – such as power reserves – were deliberately omitted. This allows a cost-oriented design and high quality at the same time. The PIANO power supplies are perfectly suited for a wide range of economical applications. More demanding applications can be realised with the fully featured DIMENSION products.
The Government of New Brunswick and Siemens Canada are partnering on an energy audit and optimization at the Southeast Regional Correctional Centre. As part of a pilot project, Siemens will use traditional and digital approaches, including their Building X cloud-based software, to identify opportunities for improvement in operating and maintaining building management systems. The project is intended to optimize and restore performance of air handling units, heating, cooling and water systems, and lighting controls at the facility and monitor and sustain that performance going forward.
For decades, the traditional server room was the center of an organization’s IT infrastructure. Servers, networking equipment, and telecommunications hardware were all housed in large floor-standing cabinets within dedicated spaces. Today, that model is changing. As networks become more distributed and organizations deploy equipment closer to users, applications, and connected devices, wall-mount server cabinets are becoming a preferred infrastructure solution. From branch offices and retail locations to schools, healthcare facilities, and industrial environments, more organizations are standardizing on wall-mount cabinets as part of their IT strategy. So, what’s driving the shift?
In electrical enclosure cooling, control is far more than a secondary feature. It directly impacts performance, energy efficiency, system reliability, uptime, integration with plant infrastructure, and installation speed. Its advanced functionality is designed to simplify the work of engineers, panel builders, and commissioning teams responsible for electrical enclosures used in critical applications such as industrial automation, power distribution, telecommunications, and installations operating in demanding environments.
Festo introduces the HPPH two-finger pneumatic parallel gripper, a compact, lightweight design that integrates control, sensing, and collaborative safety functions directly into the gripper body. By reducing external components, the HPPH preserves payload capacity and simplifies mounting and wiring on collaborative robot platforms. The HPPH is available through Festo and the Universal Robotics Marketplace. The HPPH gripper is designed for collaborative handling tasks in electronics manufacturing, medical and laboratory automation, packaging, automotive subassembly, and semiconductor back-end operations. Typical applications include machine loading and unloading, computer numerical control (CNC) part handling, part insertion and removal, sorting, and tray-to-tray transfer.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
