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Industry
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Condition-Based Maintenance Will Not Stop Your Machines From Failing
By John Lambert The ultimate goal for anyone in industrial maintenance should be to gain the optimum full life of machine assets. To do this, plants need to make changes to the current maintenance processes or at least the way…
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Canada Goose to Manufacture Medical Gear
Canada Goose will use its manufacturing facilities to produce scrubs and patient gowns for front line healthcare workers and patients. Canada Goose will produce the gear at its manufacturing facilities in Toronto and Winnipeg. If the need arises to increase…
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Brian’s Custom Sports shifts to producing medical supplies to fight COVID 19
It only took a single text message for the sewing team at Brian’s Custom Sports to join the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The goalie equipment manufacturer had been approached by Windsor-Essex County medical officials on Tuesday for their…
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Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.8 per cent in January
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales rose 1.8 per cent to $65.2 billion in January, boosted by the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories and the miscellaneous subsectors. Economists had expected a decline of 0.1 per cent…
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Bombardier furloughs 12,400 workers, halts plane and rail production in Canada
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. is temporarily halting production at its Canadian plants, sending 12,400 employees on unpaid leave as the plane maker suspends its 2020 financial forecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said Tuesday it is stopping all…
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Palliser Furniture temporarily laying off workers, closing Winnipeg facility
WINNIPEG – Palliser Furniture Ltd. is temporarily laying off 72 per cent of its workforce as it closes its Winnipeg facility for two weeks and looks to do the same at its Mexican facilities in the coming weeks. The company…
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Owners of Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine permanently close underground operation
DONKIN, N.S. – A troubled underground coal mining operation in Cape Breton has been permanently closed by its owners. In a statement released Monday, Kameron Collieries ULC said it was ceasing production operations at the Donkin mine due to “adverse…
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Halifax bus drivers’ union calls for service pause after mechanic gets COVID 19
HALIFAX – The union representing workers in Atlantic Canada’s largest transit system is calling for restrictions on who can use the service after a garage mechanic tested positive for COVID-19. Ken Wilson, the president of local 508 of the Amalgamated…
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Seabee gold mine in northern Saskatchewan suspended due to virus threat
VANCOUVER – SSR Mining Inc. says more than 300 workers will be affected by its decision to suspend operations at the Seabee gold mine in northern Saskatchewan until April 30 due to the threat of COVID-19. Spokesman Michael McDonald says…
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Nine workers to sequester at water treatment plant in Brandon, Man.
BRANDON, Man. – Nine employees will be sequestered in the water treatment facility in Brandon, Man., as part of the city’s pandemic preparedness plan. The city says in a news release that the nine, who have volunteered for the duty,…
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UPDATE: Automakers Suspend Production at North American Plants
All automakers who operate production plants in Ontario, will be closing their plants in North America (Canada, U.S. and Mexico). They are going to be conducting intense cleaning at their manufacturing facilities, to help ensure the safety and health of…
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Associations Helping Members During Pandemic
MRO Magazine reached out to several industry associations to find out how COVID-19 is impacting their industries and members. As well as asking them how they are helping their members cope with the pandemic. Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) Ann…
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FCA to Produce Protective Face Masks
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will be manufacturing and donating protective face masks. It plans to produce over one million per month, with production capacity being installed and manufacturing beginning in the coming weeks with initial distribution to Canada, the United…
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Maintenance, Manufacturing, and Resource Sector Deemed Essential
After announcing the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province on Ontario, the provincial government has released a list of what it deems to be essential businesses. Maintenance, manufacturing and production, as well as resource sector businesses have all…
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Ontario ordering non essential businesses to close
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ordering the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province to help deal with the spread of COVID-19. He says the order will be effective Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. and will be in…
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Main Electrical Substation Upgrades
BY Philip Chow and Bavan Poologarajah Design Considerations, Planning, and Equipment Selection. Institutional campuses and large facilities share a common design feature: the use of a main outdoor electrical substation, used to distribute power to buildings and site loads across…
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Longview suspends production of Dash 8 400 and Series 400 Twin Otter aircraft
TORONTO – Longview Aviation Capital Corp. says it’s suspending new production of Dash 8-400 and Series 400 Twin Otter aircraft in a move that will affect nearly 1,000 employees. The company says about 800 employees or 65 per cent of…
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Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID 19 medical gear
OTTAWA – The federal government is offering up cash to Canadian companies that retool operations or quickly expand to produce medical equipment needed to cope with the multiplying cases of COVID-19 across the country. The plan will support manufacturers that…
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New Gold shuts Rainy River Mine so staff can self isolate after trips to U.S.
TORONTO – New Gold Inc. is closing its Rainy River Mine near the U.S. border in western Ontario for two weeks so that its workers can follow the 14-day self-isolation period recommended for those who have travelled outside Canada. The…
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Large Canadian airlines poised to weather COVID 19 despite ‘very bad year’ ahead
MONTREAL – Canada’s major airlines are relatively well-positioned to weather the financial storm that has been unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but regional players may find it tougher to stay afloat, experts say. Air Canada, which is laying off more…
