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Manufacturing
Magna signs JV deal with Chinese company to build electric drive powertrains
Aurora, Ont. – Auto parts maker Magna International Inc. has signed a joint-venture agreement with Chinese company Huayu Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SAIC Motor. The partnership plans to produce an electric-drive powertrain system for an unidentified German…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales climbed higher in August
Ottawa – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.6 per cent to $53.5 billion in August, their first move higher after two consecutive monthly declines. The agency says the increase was mainly attributable to higher sales in the transportation equipment…
Ontario government helps Ferrero Canada expand business at Brantford plant
Ontario is partnering with Ferrero Canada Ltd. to expand its product line and pursue new markets, creating 55 new jobs and retaining 831 jobs in Brantford. Ferrero Canada manufactures and distributes confectionery products that include Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Tic Tac,…
Lafarge Canada Inc. fined $115,000 after contract worker suffers electrical shock
Lafarge Canada Inc. was fined $115,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of failing as an employer to ensure that the power supply to an electrical installation, equipment or conductors was disconnected, locked out of service and tagged before any…
Partnership ensures single source process control solution for Alberta process industries
Burlington, ON – Endress+Hauser, a global leader in process measurement and instrumentation, has concluded an agreement with Intrepid Group Ltd that makes the Alberta-based process automation company its latest Authorized Channel Partner. The move, which leverages the strong Oil and…
Workers at General Motors CAMI plant vote on tentative agreement
Toronto – Workers at General Motors’ CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., are to vote Monday on whether to accept a tentative agreement and end a four-week-long strike. The contract proposal was hammered out last week and Unifor, which represents the…
GM workers invite employer to renew negotiations as Magna halts parts supply
Toronto – The union representing 2,500 striking workers at GM Canada’s CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., says it has invited management to get talks rolling again in hopes of reaching a settlement. But Dan Borthwick, president of Unifor Local…
Energy East pause puts Liberal argument on environment and pipelines in question
Ottawa – Federal government policies tying environmental impacts to regulatory approval of pipelines are sending investors fleeing for more certain ground, critics and pipeline proponents said Friday. The comments come a day after TransCanada Corp., said it was asking the…
A view of NAFTA, as seen from a Canadian auto plant in Mexico
San Juan Del Rio, Mexico – Looming above a Canadian auto-parts plant, keeping watch over workers, is a painting of the Virgin Mary. This same plant plans a celebration of its latest expansion with a party featuring a mariachi band.…
‘Factory of the future’: N.B. researcher to study 3D printing powered by thought
Fredericton – New Brunswick researchers are plotting what they call the “factories of the future” by developing 3D-printing technologies they said could pave the way for the next industrial revolution. Mechanical engineer Ed Cyr is studying the applications of artificial…
Consortium introduces new Senior Advisor for Lean Programs
Owen Sound, ON – Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), a unique not-for-profit consortium serving and supporting Canada’s manufacturing industry is excited to announce the appointment of Kevin Lenko as Senior Advisor for Lean Program Development. Kevin is an active Field…
LCD factory worker exposed to chemicals wins claim against employer
Seoul, Korea, Republic Of – South Korea’s Supreme Court said a former worker in a Samsung LCD factory who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis should be recognized as having an occupationally caused disease, overturning lower court verdicts that held a…
Belleville’s food processing sector gets boost from Ontario government
The Government of Ontario is partnering with Vantage Foods Inc. and Redpath Sugar Ltd., creating 80 new jobs and retaining 291 positions in Belleville’s food processing sector. Lou Rinaldi, MPP for Northumberland-Quinte West, made the announcement today on behalf of…
Peterborough General Electric plant to stop manufacturing, shed 358 jobs
More than 350 workers at a General Electric plant in Peterborough, Ont., will be losing their jobs as the 125-year-old facility ceases manufacturing next year. Kim Warburton, a spokeswoman for GE Canada, said a drop in global demand for the…
Fined and imprisoned – VW engineer gets steep punishment in diesel scandal
Detroit – A Volkswagen engineer who had a key role in the company’s diesel emissions scandal was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison and a $200,000 fine, a steeper punishment than prosecutors requested. Robert Liang, 63, knew…
How much value do you get from your CMMS?
Maintenance Connection, the industry’s leading computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) provider, has released the 2017 State of CMMS Report, an analysis of how maintenance software delivers value and benefits operations across industries that conduct maintenance on a daily basis. The…
Canadians support supply management for dairy products – until they don’t
Calgary, AB – On the eve of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), public support for Canada’s dairy supply management system, long defended by the industry, turns out to be soft. The majority of Canadians support…
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Combination of process and monitoring data can mitigate asset shutdowns
Further digitalization of established technologies such as condition monitoring and smart sensors could have a revolutionary effect on manufacturing, says Bernie van Leeuwen, Director Product Management Digitalization at SKF.
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SKF inaugurates large-size bearing test centre
Gothenburg, Germany – SKF inaugurated its newly-built Sven Wingquist Test Centre in Schweinfurt, Germany, an investment totalling EUR 40 million. The centre is the first in the world that is able to test large-size bearings under actual operating conditions. This…
Payday – Why hackers are looking to shut down factories
Durham, N.C. – The malware entered the North Carolina transmission plant’s computer network via email last August, just as the criminals wanted, spreading like a virus and threatening to lock up the production line until the company paid a ransom.…
