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Manufacturing
Hamilton company snares contract to build 1,150 CN Rail grain cars
(CP) MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway Co. has awarded…
Survey: China manufacturing logs feeble growth in August
(AP) BEIJING – China’s manufacturing activity held steady in…
Unifor says autoworkers vote to approve strike action if needed in talks
(CP) TORONTO – The union representing Canadian workers at…
Trudeau, Ford unveil deal to produce N95 masks at 3M plant in Brockville, Ont.
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Ontario Premier…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 8.7 per cent in July
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says early estimates for July…
Texas startup will make a BlackBerry branded 5G phone for North America, Europe
(CP) TORONTO – BlackBerry Ltd. is teaming up with…
Trudeau, Ford to unveil deal to produce N95 masks at Brockville, Ont., 3M plant
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Ontario…
Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit, which allowed maintenance, reliability, and operations professionals to learn techniques to optimize their day-to-day maintenance activities.
Unifor launches Big Three negotiations with warning against COVID concessions
TORONTO – Negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers were…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales posted record gain in June
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales climbed a record 20.7…
MainTrain 2020 Schedule Announced
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada has announced the…
Ford Experiments with Dog-Like Robots
Ford’s new four-legged dog-like robots can sit, shake hands…
The Canadian Shield Donates Face Shields to Education Ministries
Waterloo-based The Canadian Shield is donating 750,000 reusable face…
Ventilator supply starts to increase as Tam warns of possible surge of COVID 19
OTTAWA – Only a small fraction of the 40,000…
MRO Virtual Summit A Success
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever half-day virtual summit.…
Linamar helped by ventilator contracts as automobile sales plummeted
GUELPH – Linamar Corp. executives said this week that…
U.S. aluminum tariffs are ‘unjustified and unnecessary’: Canadian manufacturers
TORONTO – Canada’s manufacturing industry is deeply frustrated by…
A Proactive Lifestyle for Your Machines – Focus on FLAB
Precision equipment care proactively targets the root causes of machine failure with the specific intent to increase equipment reliability. Proactively managing the mechanical and electrical aspects of fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance (FLAB) can increase equipment life, drive equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and support an organization’s environmental sustainability objectives through improved energy efficiency.
Plant closings send GM to 2Q loss, but signs of improvement
(AP) DETROIT – Even though General Motors was able…
Navy enters new era by welcoming long awaited Arctic warship into fleet
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to…
EU clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier rail unit
(AP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its…
Fiat Chrysler muscles through, green shoots in North America
DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler overcame coronavirus-related factory shutdowns to…
US manufacturing improves in July, future clouded by virus
(AP) WASHINGTON – U.S. manufacturing improved again in July…
New Cross-Border Guidebook for Business Travellers
The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA), the Windsor-Essex…
MRO Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine’s Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit is set to take place on Thursday.
Routine Maintenance on Production Equipment
Who Should Do It?
Optimizing Maintenance Work
To accommodate increased production volume during COVID-19 pandemic.
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 10.7 per cent in May
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose in…
Tesla tries to assure workers there’s no big virus outbreak
(AP) DETROIT – Tesla is trying to assure its…
Health official revokes U.S. travel exemption for Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax
(CP) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s top health official has…
