Industry
Manufacturing
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Stanfield’s signs deal to make protective gowns for N.S. health workers
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia-based undergarment manufacturer Stanfield’s Ltd., has secured two contracts worth over $28 million to supply the federal and Nova Scotia governments with hundreds of thousands of protective gowns for front-line health-care workers in the fight against COVID-19.…
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FLIR GF77a
FLIR Systems, Inc. GF77a Gas Find IR camera, is its first fixed-mount, uncooled, autonomous leak detection camera designed to visualize methane and other industrial gases. Part of FLIR’s optical gas imaging (OGI) series, GF77a provides upstream and midstream gas processors,…
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PSI Repair Services to Offer Free COVID-19 Videos
PSI Repair Services, Inc., will be providing free videos to manufacturers on how to maintain critical manufacturing equipment during the COVID-19 shutdown. The first video, available on the PSI Repair Services web site and YouTube, features PSI’s GM Mike Fitzpatrick, sharing advice on…
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Canada Goose increasing production of medical gear, reopens more factories
TORONTO – Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is moving to increase its domestic production of personal protective equipment for health-care workers across Canada. The company, best known for its luxury winter parkas, announced plans last month to start production of medical…
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Podis Power Bus System
The podis power bus system provides decentralized and flexible power distribution. The new five-core tray cable system provides higher load capacity to allow for more drives per segment and longer cable sections. The podis power bus system is ideal for…
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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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Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc Established
Hitachi, Ltd. has established Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas, Inc. to strengthen its industry business in North America. With two U.S. headquartered companies, Sullair, LLC and JR Technologies Group, LLC, Hitachi Industrial Holdings Americas will operate under Hitachi’s Industry sector and…
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Bruce Power commits 600,000 pieces of PPE to Ontario
Bruce Power will be providing 600,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to support Ontario’s fight against COVID-19. Bruce Power will provide masks, gloves, and gowns. “I thank Premier Ford and our local MPPs, Bill Walker and Lisa Thompson, for…
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3M pushes back on Trump administration order to stop sending N95 masks to Canada
WASHINGTON – One of the biggest American manufacturers of protective medical gear went to bat for its Canadian customers Friday as it pushed back against a White House order to stop exporting its surgical-grade face masks – mission-critical armour in…
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Surveys: Manufacturing contracts last month in US, world
(AP) WASHINGTON – Manufacturing contracted in the United States and around the world last month, dragged down by economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported Wednesday that its U.S. manufacturing…
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Auto parts and paint company Uni Select furloughs half of its 6,000 employees
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. – Uni-Select Inc. says approximately half of its employees are being furloughed and a third of its sites being temporarily closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The automotive parts and paint company has 6,000 employees in…
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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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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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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…
