Industry
Manufacturing
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Retirement Day – Developing asset renewal strategies
Industry tends to stick with ingrained misconceptions on asset renewals. Commonly held statements, such as “haul trucks last 20 years” or “plants are designed for a 30-year lifespan” persist. But misconceptions pose risks. A renewal program enables an organization to manage the final lifecycle phase of assets in a proactive way
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Bombardier’s C Series aircraft officially renamed A220 as it joins Airbus family
Montreal – Bombardier Inc.’s name will no longer appear on its C Series jet, which has been officially renamed the A220 as it joins the Airbus family of commercial aircraft. The name change comes after Airbus officially took a majority…
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Retaliate or not? Canada’s tough decision in the event of U.S. tariffs on autos
Ottawa – Industry leaders say the federal Liberal government will face a complex decision – with deep economic consequences – if the U.S. makes good on its threat to slap 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian-made cars and trucks. Ottawa recently retaliated…
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Manufacturing PMI hits survey-record high in June with robust rises in output, new orders and employment
June data signalled a robust and accelerated improvement in overall business conditions across the Canadian manufacturing sector. Another strong rise in new work helped to boost production volumes and stimulate additional staff hiring in June. However, intense supply chain pressures…
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ABB completes acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions
ABB announced it has completed its acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (GEIS), GE’s global electrification solutions business on June 30, 2018. The transaction was announced on September 25, 2017, and is expected to be accretive to operational EPS in the…
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Enbridge Line 3 pipeline approval expected to ease Canadian oil price woes
Calgary – Canada’s oilpatch is eagerly anticipating higher prices and profits after Minnesota regulators approved Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.’s $9-billion project to upgrade its deteriorating Line 3 crude oil pipeline through the state. The replacement pipeline is to restore Line 3’s…
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China’s manufacturing weakens in June amid trade tensions
Beijing – China’s manufacturing activity decelerated in June as U.S.-Chinese trade tensions added to concern the economy is cooling due to tighter government controls on lending, a survey showed Saturday. The National Statistics Bureau’s purchasing managers’ index declined to 51.5…
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Maple Leaf Foods buying poultry plants in Ontario and Quebec from Cericola Farms
Mississauga, Ont. – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has signed an agreement to buy two poultry plants and associated supply from Cericola Farms, a privately held company. The plants are in Bradford, Ont., and Drummondville, Que., and together process a total…
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Worker critically injured by partly-disassembled machine
A worker who was cleaning a mixer/grinder machine was critically injured by the partly-disassembled machine. On January 20, 2017, a sanitation worker employed by a Toronto meat processor was cleaning a mixer/grinder machine at the plant. The worker was cleaning…
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Trump’s tariffs will be more painful for Canada than U.S.: economist
Toronto – The Trump administration’s tariff threats have the potential to drive companies currently operating in Canada out of the country, the president of a Canadian automotive association said Tuesday. The United States has already imposed tariffs on the steel…
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Used equipment centre opens in Alberta
Edmonton – Finning Canada, a division of Finning International Inc., opened the doors of its first Used Equipment Centre in Acheson, Alta. just outside Edmonton on June 15. The facility offers access to every piece of used equipment in Finning’s…
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Bombardier and union reach new collective agreement for Toronto workers
Toronto – Bombardier says it has reached new three-year collective agreements with more than 2,100 production and office workers at its operations in Toronto. The contracts cover workers represented by Unifor Local 112 who work at Bombardier’s Downsview plant and…
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Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum a major peril to Canada’s economy, MPs told
Ottawa – Canada needs to stand its ground in its ongoing tariff fight with the United States, witnesses from steel companies, manufacturers and the steelworkers union warned MPs Tuesday as President Donald Trump continued to hint there could be more…
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In good health – innovative applications for machine-learning tools
The application of machine-learning techniques is far-reaching. One industrial engineer takes asset performance improvement services off the beaten path.
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Bombardier pouring millions into creation of GTA aerospace hub
Toronto – Bombardier says it will be pouring millions of dollars into various projects aimed at creating an aerospace hub in the Greater Toronto Area. The aerospace giant says the funding strengthens its partnership with a local consortium whose primary…
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Tesla sues ex employee alleging data theft, leaks to media
Detroit – Tesla is suing a former employee at its Nevada battery factory alleging that he hacked into the manufacturing computers and disclosed confidential trade secrets. The U.S. federal lawsuit contends that Martin Tripp of Sparks, Nevada, also made false…
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Worker struck by falling beam during milling machine installation, manufacturing company fined
A Windsor contracting company has been fined 75-thousand dollars after a worker was critically injured while helping to install milling machines at a manufacturing plant. C-M-F Group pleaded guilty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection with the…
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Delta first to fly new CRJ900 cabins with order for 20 Bombardier regional jets
Montreal – Bombardier’s stock price hit a nearly five-year high Wednesday following news it had signed a regional aircraft deal with Delta Air Lines Inc. The Montreal-based manufacturer’s shares closed at $5.33, up 28 cents or 5.54 per cent to…
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U.S. industrial production fell 0.1 per cent in May
Washington – U.S. industrial production slipped 0.1 per cent in May, primarily dragged by a drop in manufacturing caused by a major fire at a parts supplier for trucks. The Federal Reserve said that the manufacturing component of industrial production…
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Canadian manufacturing sector remains on shaky ground, says TD economist
Ottawa – Canadian manufacturing sales unexpectedly fell in April as sales in the petroleum and coal products and transportation equipment industries dropped. Statistics Canada said factory sales dropped 1.3 per cent to $56.2 billion in April, following two consecutive monthly…
