Industry
Manufacturing
New tax incentives for investment could increase Canada’s emissions
OTTAWA – Big greenhouse-gas emitters will be able to take advantage of new federal tax incentives Finance Minister Bill Morneau promised Wednesday even if that means more emissions, the government says. Measures in Morneau’s fall fiscal update will allow manufacturing…
Maple Leaf Foods to build new London plant, shutter three others in Ontario
LONDON, Ont. – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. will invest hundreds of millions into building a fresh-poultry facility in London, Ont., but close three smaller plants in the province. The protein company says it will invest an initial $605.5 million into…
GM to close Oshawa plant, four U.S. plants in massive reorganization push
TORONTO – General Motors will close its production plant in Oshawa, Ont., along with four facilities in the U.S. as part of a global reorganization that will see the company focus on electric and autonomous vehicle programs. The auto manufacturer…
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STLE Hosts Toronto Workshop
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto section recently held a workshop and panel discussion to speak about Reducing Tribological Losses and Failures. The workshop took place at Kinectrics Auditorium in Toronto, Ontario. The invited speakers at the…
Brookfield and the Caisse buy automotive battery business from Johnson Controls
MONTREAL – Brookfield Business Partners LP and the Caisse dedepot et placement du Quebec, together with a group of institutional partners, have signed a deal to buy Johnson Controls’ power solutions business for US$13.2 billion. The business produces batteries for…
High Liner Foods cuts salaried workforce by 14 per cent after disappointing Q3
High Liner Foods Inc. shares fell more than 20 per cent as the company announced Thursday it cut 14 per cent of its salaried workforce following a “disappointing” third quarter. “It’s never easy to lose good people,” said CEO Rod…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 0.2 per cent in September
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales edged up 0.2 per cent in September to $58.5 billion, led by gains in the transportation equipment industry, Statistics Canada said Friday. Economists had expected an increase of 0.3 per cent for September, according to…
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CTMA Breakfast Seminar Discusses USMCA, Tariffs
The Canadian Tooling and Machining Association (CTMA) recently partnered with BMO and Deloitte to host a breakfast seminar at the Galt Golf and Country Club in Cambridge, Ontario. The topic was USMCA and Steel/Aluminum Tariffs The Good, The Bad, The…
Ottawa to purchase a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol vessel: Sajjan
HALIFAX – Concern over a potential lack of work for Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding turned to cheers Friday as the federal government announced it would purchase a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy. Defence Minister Harjit…
China manufacturing weakens to 2 year low amid trade battles
BEIJING – China’s manufacturing activity fell to a two-year low in October as domestic demand weakened, an official measure showed Wednesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to shore up economic growth amid a tariff war with Washington. The purchasing managers’…
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Troubleshooting Failure Modes
Protecting industrial shaft seals from failure. Industrial shaft seals in rotating machinery primarily function to retain lubricant, exclude contaminants (such as dust or moisture), separate media (including lubricant), and/or confine pressure. In turn, they protect bearing arrangements, optimize bearing service…
Roads reopen, business resumes in Langley, B.C., following ammonia leak
LANGLEY – All roads have reopened around an industrial park in the Township of Langley, south of Vancouver, almost two days after an ammonia leak forced an evacuation of the area. RCMP say roads around the industrial park reopened around…
Worker dies after being pinned by machine at Alberta chemical plant
RED DEER – An investigation by Occupational Health and Safety is underway after a worker was killed in an accident at an Alberta plant operated by Dow Canada. The department says the accident happened sometime between Tuesday evening and early…
Canadian manufacturing sales fell 0.4 per cent in August: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 0.4 per cent to $58.6 billion in August, due to a drop in motor vehicle sales. Economists had expected a drop of 0.6 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. Sales were…
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Care, Custody and Control
The hand off to and from operations. Transitioning an asset between operations and maintenance is an often-overlooked risk. This has been a point of failure in most industries I have been involved with regardless of mobile or stationary equipment. This…
Union launches ‘Ships Stay Here’ campaign to keep shipbuilding work in Halifax
HALIFAX – Shipbuilders at Halifax’s Irving Shipyard have launched a campaign to keep their work in Nova Scotia, as concerns mount over the possibility of repair work on Halifax-class navy ships being transferred to Davie Shipbuilding in Quebec. Members of…
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Van der Graaf Unveils Intelligent Drum Motor
Van der Graaf has developed a drum motor design with the frequency inverter (VFD) integrated into the motor junction box and an electric motor. The new Intelligent Drum Motor (IntelliDrive) design was recently shown at IMTS 2018 in Chicago. With…
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Nexen MRS Precision Rotary Indexer
Nexen Group, Inc., has introduced the Motor Ready Sealed (MRS) precision rotary indexer. MRS precision rotary indexer offers: one-way positional accuracy up to ± 31 ArcSec and one-way repeatability up to ± 5.2 ArcSec. There is zero backlash from the…
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Maintenance Fundamentals
Manufacturing plants need to get back to the basic fundamentals of maintenance. In recent articles I mentioned how manufacturing plants need to get back to the basics of maintenance. We are all spending time doing root cause analysis, equipment liability…
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NTN Celebrates Centennial
NTN held a gala celebration recently at the Omni King Edward hotel in Toronto, Ontario to celebrate its centennial, as well as 50 years of operations in Canada. “We are so proud of this milestone,” said Paul Meo, CEO and…
