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Manufacturing
Manufacturing in Canada grows for four months straight
Ottawa, ON — Current-dollar manufacturing sales continued their broadly-based advance in July 2008, rising 2.7% to…
Climate effect of industrial soot can include warming OR cooling
Baltimore, MD — Tons of soot are released into the air annually as industrial fuels are burned and forest fires ra…
Industrial conference paper examines if ‘lean’ can be ‘green’
Minneapolis, MN — Manufacturers’ efforts to cut costs and reduce waste through so-called ‘lean’ manufacturing tech…
Manufacturing sales see largest increase in past 14 months
Ottawa, ON — According to the latest Monthly Survey of Manufacturing from Statistics Canada, in 2002 prices, manuf…
Advanced technology becoming common in manufacturing plants
Ottawa, ON — Advanced technologies are used extensively in Canadian manufacturing plants, according to preliminary…
Workers injured in 2 of 3 Stelco incidents
Hamilton, ON — Steel producer Stelco Inc. recently received $400,000 in fines for three separate incidents, two of…
How mechatronics helps machine builders
OEMs know that the old saying, “time is money,” has never been truer than it is in today’s competitive business lan…
New survey shows how industry uses water in Canada
Ottawa, ON Statistics Canada’s new Industrial Water Survey, released in March 2008, gathered information on the i…
Pressure equipment manufacturers form new association (April 04, 2008)
Caledon, ON – The creation of a new association, the Pressure Equipment Manufacturers of Canada (PEMoC), was annou…
Industries operated at just 83% of their capacity in 2007
Ottawa, ON — Canadian industries reduced their use of production capacity in the fourth quarter, with the utilizat…
Manufacturing struggles for a modest increase in January
Ottawa, ON — After closing out 2007 on a dismal note, manufacturers started 2008 with a modest but positive lift, …
System focuses on bearing damage
Engine factories at leading automotive facilities in Europe, such as BMW (Steyr, Austria), Volvo Cars Engine Skvde (Sweden) and Opel (GM’s powertrain plant in Vienna, Austria), have invested heavily …
RAISING EXCITEMENT ABOUT PROJECTS
One of these days you’ll be preparing to introduce an ambitious new goal or project, a new work routine, or a change in operations. And you’ll want to get your people excited and energized about the c…
Industry experts, celebrities highlight Metal Matters 2008
Rockford, Il — Six prominent keynote speakers, including industry experts and broadcast celebrities, will highligh…
Raw material prices surging, says StatsCan
Ottawa, ON — In November 2007, prices for manufactured products and raw materials were pushed up by surging petrol…
Executing Effective Projects
Many readers may not be aware of the business impact of project management and project-related issues, so we’ll deal with them here.
Shaking Out the Bad Pennies
“Now stop writing and I’ll tell you something,” announces Michel Beaudin, director of maintenance at the McAuslan Brewery in Montreal.
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Traditionally, maintenance departments do not sing their own praises, but maybe that should change. In many companies maintenance departments are still considered as an overhead, a cost of doing busin…
Sales drop in 15 of 21 manufacturing industries in September
Ottawa, ON — Manufacturing sales declined 0.9% in September 2007, continuing a weakening trend observed over the p…
Manufacturing proves resilient to shocks of Canadian economy
Ottawa, ON — Output and employment continued to expand steadily through October 2007, unfazed by the late-summer t…
