Industry
Packaging
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How Far in Advance Should You Schedule Maintenance?
How far in advance should you schedule maintenance? New things go into the backlog constantly, so, hopefully as early as possible; however, a plant can only schedule as much work as it can do. There are multiple schedules in maintenance,…
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Retail giants face pressure to change chemical coated receipt paper
Some of Canada’s biggest retailers started testing alternatives to receipt paper that’s coated in potentially dangerous chemicals, as pressure mounts for them to phase it out by the end of this year. “We urge you to take immediate steps to…
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Mallot Creek Group Celebrates 20 years
Consulting company Mallot Creek Group is celebrating its 20th year of consulting on business development and engineering projects across Canada. “We have grown our company expertise to address the evolving industry and our founding values,” said Tito Guglielmi, Co-founder. “It…
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Single use plastics ban not expected to hurt petrochemical growth in Canada
CALGARY – One of Canada’s largest producers of plastics says there will be plenty of room for future growth in output despite a proposal by Ottawa to ban certain single-use plastic products by 2021. Nova Chemicals Corp. supports efforts to…
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Shoppers want green packaging, but don’t want to pay for it, study suggests
Canadians say they care about the environmental damage caused by single-use plastic packaging, but not enough to open up their wallets and pay for costlier alternatives, a new study suggests. “I was disappointed,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a Dalhousie University professor…
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Old facilities, changing times, catch up to three western livestock feed plants
SASKATOON – Aging facilities and business consolidation are being cited by Federated Co-operative Limited as reasons for its decision to close three of its six livestock feed production plants on the Prairies. FCL says its Co-op Feeds operations in Melfort,…
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Food and Beverage Industry Front and Centre at Convenience U CARWACS show
The 16th annual Convenience U CARWACS show was recently held at the Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The show is touted as Canada’s largest convenience, gas, and wash industry event. While the main part of the show is the…
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Rite-Vu Hazard Recognition System
Rite-Hite has now made elements of its Rite-Vu Hazard Recognition System available as a retrofit or standalone equipment for any loading dock. Previously, these multisensory safety alerts were only available with Rite-Hite products. Equipment now available for retrofit includes Approach-Vu,…
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Cascades closing two tissue paper machines in Ontario, reports Q4 loss
KINGSEY FALLS, Que. – Cascades Inc. is closing two tissue paper machines in Ontario. The company says the leases for the operations in Whitby and Scarborough expire on Aug. 27 and will not be renewed. The two sites employ a…
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Most Important Asset for CMMS/EAM: PEOPLE
The importance of people’s reliability on your asset data integrity. Even though we are entering the era of IIoT and smart machines, the reality is that most organizations are using Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) or an Enterprise Asset Management…
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Petrochemical growth spurt expected despite rising desire for fewer plastics
CALGARY _ Canada’s slow-growing petrochemical industry is headed for its biggest surge of expansion spending in five years in 2019, thanks in large part to incentive programs by federal and provincial governments. The government support has angered environmental groups who…
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DC Power Supplies from AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect has added PSH series high efficiency power supplies and PSX series rugged IP67 rated power supplies to the RHINO DC power supplies line-up. RHINO high efficiency PSH series 12, 24 and 48 VDC power supplies offer efficiencies up to…
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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…
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Synthetic Lubricating Grease from Klüber Lubrication
Klüber Lubrication now offers Klübersynth UH1 14-151 synthetic lubricating grease for the food and pharmaceutical processing industry. Klübersynth UH1 14-151 is designed with anti-wear properties, water resistance and corrosion protection, reducing the risk of premature bearing failure, and high ageing…
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ABB Makes Appointment
Darcy Simonis has been named as Industry Network Leader at ABB, for their food and beverage operations. She takes over for Markus Brettschneider, who is head of segment and account management, at the global automation and robotics company. “I’m very…
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Sustainable packaging an increasingly high priority for consumers: GlobalData
According to GlobalData, a data and analytics company, consumers are increasingly putting pressure on manufacturers to improve the impact that packaging has on the environment. “This sudden interest in sustainability has been driven by more open discussion via social media,…
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Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada
Calgary – Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall. The company says its Greyhound Package Express service will no longer be available in most…
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Managed dairy system enticed Coca Cola to build Ontario milk plant: Dairy Farmers
Toronto – Coca-Cola Canada’s decision to invest $85 million in a new milk processing plant in Ontario shows why the Canadian government should continue to defend the country’s supply management system, said the general manager of the Dairy Farmers of…
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Ritchie Bros. introduces Marketplace-E, a new way to buy and sell equipment
Vancouver – After a soft launch in late 2017, Marketplace-E is being introduced by Ritchie Bros. as its latest buying and selling solution. Complementing the company’s onsite unreserved auctions and online-only auctions through IronPlanet, Marketplace-E offers sellers increased control over…
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Transcontinental to buy Coveris Americas packaging business for US$1.32 billion
Montreal – Transcontinental Inc. is taking a big leap in its strategic shift towards flexible packaging with the US$1.32 billion purchase of Coveris Americas that will make it North America’s seventh-largest packaging companies. The deal announced Monday after a lengthy…
