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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…
MRO Virtual Summit A Success
MRO Magazine recently held its first-ever half-day virtual summit.…
Ten workers test positive for COVID 19 at pork processing plant in Manitoba
BRANDON – A Maple Leaf Foods facility in Manitoba…
Canadian Natural to take over Painted Pony Energy in $461 million deal
CALGARY – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has struck a…
Linamar helped by ventilator contracts as automobile sales plummeted
GUELPH – Linamar Corp. executives said this week that…
A Proactive Lifestyle for Your Machines – Focus on FLAB
Precision equipment care proactively targets the root causes of machine failure with the specific intent to increase equipment reliability. Proactively managing the mechanical and electrical aspects of fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance (FLAB) can increase equipment life, drive equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and support an organization’s environmental sustainability objectives through improved energy efficiency.
Plant closings send GM to 2Q loss, but signs of improvement
(AP) DETROIT – Even though General Motors was able…
Navy enters new era by welcoming long awaited Arctic warship into fleet
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to…
EU clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier rail unit
(AP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its…
Fiat Chrysler muscles through, green shoots in North America
DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler overcame coronavirus-related factory shutdowns to…
US manufacturing improves in July, future clouded by virus
(AP) WASHINGTON – U.S. manufacturing improved again in July…
New Cross-Border Guidebook for Business Travellers
The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA), the Windsor-Essex…
MRO Virtual Summit
MRO Magazine’s Maintenance and Reliability in a Changed World Virtual Summit is set to take place on Thursday.
Routine Maintenance on Production Equipment
Who Should Do It?
Optimizing Maintenance Work
To accommodate increased production volume during COVID-19 pandemic.
Tesla tries to assure workers there’s no big virus outbreak
(AP) DETROIT – Tesla is trying to assure its…
Magnetism and Bearings
The question about allowable magnetism in bearings arose from…
Canada’s response on tariffs won’t be bound by terms of USMCA: negotiator
(CP) WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s trade ambassador continued to…
Fire ravages ship for 2nd day; sends acrid haze over city
(AP) SAN DIEGO – Flames tore through a warship…
Health official revokes U.S. travel exemption for Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax
(CP) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s top health official has…
Bombardier supports Alstom’s sale of assets to win European approval to takeover
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. says it supports Alstom’s commitments…
American Airlines threatens to cancel some Boeing Max orders
(AP) DALLAS – American Airlines is warning Boeing that…
Lighthizer celebrates USMCA, promises enforcement as trade deal comes into force
(CP) WASHINGTON – North America’s new trade agreement finally…
2021 Ford F-150 Takes Things a Step Further
In what seems like ages ago, in January, Ford Motor Company held a drive event for its all-new Super Duty pick-up truck in sunny Arizona. Much has changed since that time, and as a result Ford held a virtual launch event for its most important vehicle, the all-new 2021 F-150 pick-up.
Bower Type E Bearing Units
NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada Limited added the Bower…
Honda, General Motors Partner to Produce Hand Sanitizer
Honda and General Motors are producing 12,000 gallons of…
Amazon looks to self driving future by acquiring Zoox
(AP) NEW YORK – Amazon said Friday that it…
OPINION: Positives Emerge Amid COVID-19
EDITOR’S LETTER (June 2020 issue of MRO Magazine) As…
