MA RSS

Woodbridge Foam leverages suppliers, customers using innovation

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:04:06 +0000

For managers in advanced manufacturing, knowing about the latest and greatest components and materials being created by their suppliers gives manufacturers a distinct advantage over less curious competitors. At the supplier…

Sunlight-readable touch panels

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:03:14 +0000

To address the requirements of semi-outdoor applications, the Industrial Automation Group of Advantech has launched a new range of devices that are specifically designed to be visible in bright sunlight.…

Multi-touch control panels

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:02:19 +0000

Beckhoff Automation recently introduced the new CP2xxx and CP3xxx Control Panel and Panel PC series. The aluminum and stainless steel panels are designed to be robust and for use under…

Pressure transmitters

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:00:40 +0000

AutomationDirect is now offering the ProSense SPT25 pressure transmitter series, engineered to meet many industrial, commercial and OEM pressure measurement applications. Compatible with many different media sensing applications, the all…

CAW says GM to go ahead with closure of one of its Oshawa plants by June 2013

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:13:04 +0000

The Canadian Auto Workers union says General Motors is going ahead with plans to close its consolidated plant in Oshawa, Ont.The union says it's been told the facility _ the…

Chinese company to acquire auto parts maker Wescast for $195 million

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:41:11 +0000

A subsidiary of Sichuan Bohong Industry Co. of China has agreed to acquire struggling Canadian auto-parts maker Wescast Industries Inc. for $195 million. The deal was announced by Wescast early Friday.Wescast,…

UN study foresees net gain of manufacturing jobs through greener policies

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:01:22 +0000

Some 15 million to 60 million jobs could be created worldwide over the next two decades, including in manufacturing, if nations took better care of the planet, according to a…

Cascades says labour agreement means Norampac Trenton mill won't be closed

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:08:41 +0000

Cascades Inc. says it no longer plans to close its containerboard mill in Trenton, Ont., saving 130 jobs. The Quebec-based paper and packaging company had said last month that the Norampac…

Two new reports differ over Mulcair's Dutch Disease claim

Wed, 30 May 2012 17:58:44 +0000

On the eve of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's visit to Alberta's oilsands, a new report backs his claim that Canada's economy suffers from a form of Dutch Disease. A second…

Manufacturing executives see large gaps in skilled labour, survey says

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:03:13 +0000

More than half of Canadian manufacturing executives who took part in a survey see large gaps in skilled labour, according to a new PwC barometer report for the first quarter…