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Operations
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WEBINAR: Maintenance Management Amid Covid-19
Many maintenance professionals work in essential services and are currently working to – keep the lights on and homes warm, produce transportation and heating fuels, ensure clean drinking water and manage waste water, produce the needed paper products, including the…
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Long john producer Stanfield’s reacts to COVID 19 with ‘pivot’ to medical gowns
HALIFAX – A historic Canadian undergarment factory famed for long johns and boxer shorts is about to rapidly reinvent itself as a domestic producer of medical gowns. Stanfield’s Ltd. of Truro, N.S., is among five firms that Prime Minister Justin…
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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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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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General Motors to Help Produce Ventilators
General Motors, Ventec Life Systems, and StopTheSpread.org, are collaborating, in an effort to allow Ventec to increase production of its respiratory care products during the COVID-19 pandemic.. “We are working closely with Ventec to rapidly scale up production of their…
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PEMAC Board of Directors Meeting
Members of the PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada met in Toronto, Ontario, recently for their bi-annual face-to-face meeting. The meeting focused on advancing the goals for 2020/2024 Strategic Plan, reviewing a list of brainstormed initiatives provided by our staff and…
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FAA seeks $19.7 million penalty against Boeing over sensors
Federal regulators want to fine Boeing $19.68 million for installing sensors that the agency says might not have been compatible with a system pilots use to see instrument readings. The sensors make it possible for pilots to use “heads-up” systems…
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Canadian Truck King Challenge Conquers Mid-Size Trucks
The 13th edition of the Canadian Truck King Challenge (CTKC) put 2020 mid-size pick-up trucks through their paces. “The Canadian Truck King Challenge focused on testing the mid-size truck segment this year. As to the why? Well, we look at…
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What’s Up Doug: Preserving Assembled Bearings
Recently, I was asked was what to do with bearings after they have been installed into a machine. In context, users will rebuild an asset, such as a pump or a motor, and then store it until needed. The time…
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Transcontinental launches plastic recycling operations within packaging group
MONTREAL – TC Transcontinental is launching a plastic recycling group to handle materials within its packaging operations and plastics recovered from other commercial, industrial and agricultural sources. The Montreal-based printer and packaging company says it will purchase equipment to convert…
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FCA to end third shift at Windsor Assembly Plant in June, affecting 1,500 workers
WINDSOR – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is cutting the third shift at its Windsor Assembly Plant beginning June 29. The automaker says it notified Unifor Thursday about the change that will affect about 1,500 employees. The move keeps the shift operational…
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CanWEA Hosts O&M Summit in GTA
Over 300 industry professionals took part in the CanWEA Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Summit in Mississauga recently. Attendees listened to over 40 speakers, who discussed a variety of topics, which focused on advancements in the wind energy space. “There are…
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EMC Personnel Changes
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) has made a number of change to its personnel. Amanda Doman, will be taking on the role of Vice-President and General Manager at EMC, she was most recently Director of Finance. “Since starting with EMC…
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Optimization Guide for CMMS Selection and Utilization
In order to fully realize all the benefits of a CMMS, a series of steps must occur. By: Alex Williams The first step of the series begins before the system is ever purchased. Consider that the level of planning going…
