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From Theft Prevention to Quality Control: How IOT-Based Surveillance Can Help
It was a food and beverage manufacturer’s worst nightmare; $187,000 worth of product stolen in plain sight. It happened at a Tavistock dairy plant in 2019, when a man presented what appeared to be legitimate paperwork for a large quantity of cheese to be loaded onto a truck, and delivered to New Brunswick. It wasn’t until the delivery failed to arrive at the location that they realized the cheese was stolen.
Coaching Program for Manufacturers
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) along with the National…
Canada invests in York Region manufacturers
Three York region manufacturers will share an investment of…
UW Gets UVC Disinfecting Machine Developed By TMMC
University of Waterloo’s (UW) Department of Chemical Engineering and…
Hamilton company snares contract to build 1,150 CN Rail grain cars
(CP) MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway Co. has awarded…
Mercedes gets big electric van order from Amazon
(AP) BERLIN – Amazon says it’s buying 1,800 electric…
Calgary chicken processing plant will remain open after COVID 19 outbreak
(CP) CALGARY – The Sofina Foods/Lilydale poultry processing plant…
Unifor says autoworkers vote to approve strike action if needed in talks
(CP) TORONTO – The union representing Canadian workers at…
Entrepreneurs prepare to scale up their food businesses in the COVID era
TORONTO – When Isabelle Lam and Jaimie Lee met…
Gradual return to work at Montreal port after truce with employer
MONTREAL – Longshore workers at the Port of Montreal…
Ontario Teachers’ invests in warehouse robotics firm inspired by ant colonies
(CP) CALGARY – A Calgary-based firm that bases its…
Maple Leaf temporarily suspends pork exports to China after COVID 19 cases
(CP) MISSISSAUGA – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. says it…
Texas startup will make a BlackBerry branded 5G phone for North America, Europe
(CP) TORONTO – BlackBerry Ltd. is teaming up with…
Trudeau, Ford to unveil deal to produce N95 masks at Brockville, Ont., 3M plant
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Ontario…
Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit, which allowed maintenance, reliability, and operations professionals to learn techniques to optimize their day-to-day maintenance activities.
Unifor launches Big Three negotiations with warning against COVID concessions
TORONTO – Negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers were…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales posted record gain in June
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales climbed a record 20.7…
MainTrain 2020 Schedule Announced
PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada has announced the…
Ford Experiments with Dog-Like Robots
Ford’s new four-legged dog-like robots can sit, shake hands…
The Canadian Shield Donates Face Shields to Education Ministries
Waterloo-based The Canadian Shield is donating 750,000 reusable face…
