February 27, 2023 With the sale of robots hitting record levels, Marc Segura, ABB Robotics President is making several predictions on key trends in robotics automation for 2023. “The impact of global labor shortages is increasingly being felt by many businesses while they try to keep pace with customer demands,” said Marc Segura, ABB Robotics…
February 24, 2023 New data types FIXED and LFIXED The data types FIXED (fixed point number with 6 decimal places) and LFIXED (fixed point number with 11 decimal places) are now available for the controller PSSu H PLC2 FS SN SD(-T). As a result, more complex arithmetic calculations are now possible. Nesting of data types…
February 23, 2023 A digital transformation comes with many challenges: making your production more calculable, boosting productivity, and optimizing OEE. Watch the video to find out how the Industrial Connectivity Services team tackles them – as well as another challenge! Industrial Connectivity Services enable you to access and collect any data from literally any source,…
Proposed legislation will consolidate an investment-ready mega site in Southwestern Ontario February 23, 2023 Mega site in Southwestern Ontario will attract investment and strengthen competitiveness. The Ontario government has introduced legislation that, if passed, will strengthen Ontario’s competitiveness by consolidating a new investment-ready mega site in St. Thomas. The proposed legislation builds on the province’s…
February 22, 2023 Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd. carries solutions by SMC Automation, including air-management systems in five configurations. These devices enable visualization of production-equipment status, information that can easily be monitored from another location or even outside the office: flow rates, pressure, and temperature, as well as different kinds of sensor data, can be communicated…
February 22, 2023 Dorner industrial material-handling solutions are available in Canada through Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd., including belt, modular-belt, and flexible chain conveyors. Recently, the Barrie, Ont. supplier received the prestigious Dorner Million Dollar Club Award, for its services as a strategic distributor in providing these innovative conveying solutions to businesses across the country. Canadian…
February 22, 2023 Reduce, reuse, and recycle are the watchwords of sustainable industries. However, until now, for many players in industry it was simply uneconomical to repair worn-out machine components. That’s changing with 3D metal printing machines from the CHIRON Group powered by Sinumerik One from Siemens. More Information Refurbishing instead of replacing Reduce, reuse,…
February 21, 2023 Industry-leading automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas welcomes new partner Xigent Automation Systems, a full-service provider of automation and robotics solutions. Omron Automation Americas recently announced Xigent Automation Systems as a new partner in its Certified Systems Integrator program. Based in Lewis Center, Ohio, Xigent has been providing innovative solutions for nearly…
February 14, 2023 Guillevin is Now Certified as a Great Place to Work® In November 2020, Guillevin was certified as a Great Place to Work®. This certification qualifies Guillevin as one of Canada’s top employers in the 1000+ employee category. Great Place to Work® is a global people analytics and consulting firm that specializes in workplace trust….
Humber Helping to Train the Next Generation of Tradespeople with Support of The Schulich Foundation February 10, 2023 Recently, at Humber College’s North Campus, the Schulich Foundation announced the establishment of the Schulich Builders: Scholarships for Skilled Trades, Canada’s largest skilled trade scholarship program. Recognizing a decline in the number of skilled workers in Canada,…
February 9, 2023 Proax Technologies Ltd. is proud to announce that we are now an authorized distributor of the Zimmer Group, the market and technology leader in clamping and braking elements. Zimmer Group offers more than 4,000 variants for profile and circular shaft guides and a wide range of guide systems for all manufacturers. Zimmer Group is also…
February 8, 2023 Forbes magazine has released its annual ranking of Canada’s best employers for 2023 and for the eighth year, ABB is among the most recognized employers in the country. The ranking was based on a survey of more than 12,000 Canadians employed by companies and institutions with a minimum of 500 employees. Participants were asked…
Award recognizes Emerson’s leading global industrial software and IoT expertise provided through the power of Plantweb with AspenTech February 8, 2023 Global technology and software company Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has been named the IoT Breakthrough 2023 “Industrial IoT Company of the Year” for the fifth time — an honor the company also received in 2018,…
Ovation Green will help producers navigate the emerging sustainable energy economy February 8, 2023 Emerson has combined its comprehensive power expertise and renewable energy capabilities into the Ovation™ Green portfolio to help power generation companies meet the needs of customers navigating the transition to green energy generation and storage. By uniting the recently acquired Mita-Teknik software and technology with…
February 6, 2023 The Eplan Partner Network was founded over two years ago and around sixty companies have joined in the meantime. Strategic partners such as Phoenix Contact, Siemens and Rockwell Automation, plus technology partners – including ABB, Lapp Kabel, Wago and Weidmüller – come together under one guiding principle: providing the highest degree of…
Program will kickstart opportunities for hydrogen to contribute to Ontario’s clean electricity grid The Ontario government is establishing a Hydrogen Innovation Fund that will invest $15 million over the next three years to kickstart and develop opportunities for hydrogen to be integrated into Ontario’s clean electricity system, including hydrogen electricity storage. This launch marks another…
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Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
