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Manufacturing
Ontario brewery employment triples in last decade amid craft beer growth
TORONTO – The Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing says…
Nova Scotia firm making face shields opts for at home assembly by workers
HALIFAX – A small Halifax-area company that has pivoted…
Maintenance Must Win Battles
Recently, I wrote an article on getting back to…
FCA Brampton Assembly Hands-Free Hand Sanitizing Station
FCA Canada’s Brampton Assembly Plant (BAP) designed hands-free hand…
Mask makers raise prices as material, labour costs rise amid pandemic
Kevin Vuong started to sell face masks through a…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales posted record plunge in April
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales fell by a record…
Feds sign $105 million deal with Bombardier for two new Challenger jets
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government has inked a…
MainTrain 2020 Goes Digital
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada has announced that…
GM Canada to Provide 10 Million Face Masks
General Motors of Canada will produce 10 million face…
TMMC Builds Nine-Millionth Vehicle
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) rolled a Lexus RX…
Survey of manufacturers finds output down, expected to last months yet
TORONTO – A survey of Canadian manufacturers shows a…
Cascades to close containerboard plant in Burlington, Ont., affecting 45 workers
KINGSEY FALLS, Que. – Cascades Inc. says it will…
Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs through…
BRP’s CEO hopes ‘staycations’ will boost sales of Sea Doos and off road vehicles
Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. is facing a rough ride…
USMCA poised for star turn in trade spotlight as White House sours on China
WASHINGTON – If trade deals were football players, Canada’s…
Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month
(AP) WASHINGTON – American factories slowed for the third…
Automotive Manufacturing and COVID-19
This time last year, automotive plants in Canada were making full use of their production lines to produce their new vehicles.
Celestica contracted by Starfish Medical to make ventilators for Health Canada
TORONTO – Celestica Inc. has been contracted to build…
Manufacturers scramble to find raw materials amid ‘desperate’ shortage for PPE
Each day, Jeremy Hedges strides the floor of his…
Boeing says it will reduce workforce by 400 in Winnipeg due to impact from COVID 19
WINNIPEG – Boeing says it plans to cut 400…
Canadians Top 9 in Global Ventilator Design Competition
Engineers from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) and Fanshawe…
Auto workers’ tenuous return a ray of hope in jobs crisis
(AP) DETROIT – Defying a wave of layoffs that…
Nova Scotia chemists work with mill to create medical grade pulp for N95 masks
HALIFAX – A team of chemists at Saint Mary’s…
Manufacturing sales fell 9.2% in March as factories closed due to the pandemic
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales posted their biggest percentage…
Trudeau says Canada will not pay full price for 8 million sub standard masks
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will…
Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders
(AP) At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner…
Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order
(AP) Boeing failed to sell a single commercial airplane…
FCA Prepares to Restart; Develops Safety Measures
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is preparing to resume its…
De Havilland Canada begins phased restart of manufacturing operations
TORONTO – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. has…
Quebec based Heroux Devtek to cut 225 aerospace jobs due to drop in demand
LONGUEUIL – Heroux-Devtek Inc. says it will reduce its…
