Industry Update
August 22, 2019
LVD Co. has acquired automation solutions provider Compac S.r.l. of Urbino, Italy.
August 21, 2019
Nederman employees recently gathered in Mississauga ON at Nederman Canada’s headquarters to celebrate the industrial air filtration company’s 30th anniversary operating in Canada.
August 21, 2019
Six Nova Scotia steel and aluminum companies have been given federal funding totaling $2,479,501 to modernize equipment and infrastructure and adopt advanced machinery, robotics and automation.
August 14, 2019
With the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) fast approaching, Shop Metalworking Technology looks back at some of the top stories about Canadian manufacturers profiled in the pages of the magazine in a periodic feature to showcase the face of manufacturing in the country.
August 14, 2019
The Compagnie Canadienne de tableaux noirs (CCTN), based in Saint-Constant, QC, has received $396,000 in funding through Ottawa’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) Steel and Aluminum Initiative announced in March 2019.
August 11, 2019
Cherubini Metal Works of Dartmouth, NS, is receiving $550,000 from the federal government to expand and buy new equipment for the fabrication of bridges and structural steel.
August 7, 2019
The federal Minister of International Trade Diversification, Jim Carr, has announced that Ottawa will be providing $12 million in funding for a range of projects in Manitoba.
August 6, 2019
Jon Tibbets (left) and Scott Osborne
BLM Group USA has announced the appointment of two new regional sales managers to help develop sales of the company’s laser tube cutting systems, benders and machining equipment product lines.
August 5, 2019
Bombardier has announced that it is investing Cdn$330-396 million this year in its train building operations.
August 3, 2019
The IHS Markit Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) signalled another fall in production levels for the month of July, but the decline was the softest since the current downturn began in April.
July 30, 2019
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has selected the Greater Toronto Area for the site of its new Canadian headquarters in Oakville, Ontario.
July 30, 2019
Ottawa has announced a $20-million investment to support an $81.2-million project that will create 108 jobs and maintain 710 more in Whitby and Cambridge, ON.
July 29, 2019
Bystronic Canada Ltd. has added Munish Khanna to its team.
July 28, 2019
The federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has announced a $16 million investment to help Tenaris upgrade mills in Ontario and Alberta.
July 28, 2019
The federal government has announced funding for two Lower Mainland companies as part of its Steel and Aluminum Initiative.
July 24, 2019
Groupe Tremblay, an SME in the Montérégie region of Québec, has received funding of $925,925 from the federal government.
July 24, 2019
The National Research Council of Canada has partnered with PolyControls to improve accessibility of cold spray additive manufacturing technology for manufacturers.
July 17, 2019
Okuma and Krueger machining event
Manufacturers in the Windsor, ON. area gained some insights into five axis machining at a machining networking event organized by EMEC Machine Tools and Krueger Machining.
July 17, 2019
Metal fabricators from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and as far away as Sudbury attended a Bystronic “Best Choice” learning event to hear about the economic benefits of fiber laser cutting technology.
July 10, 2019
Ottawa has announced an investment of up to $20 million in Canadian auto parts supplier Woodbridge Foam Corp.
