Wicks chooses combination machine from XYZ
June 10, 2011 – 8:00 am | No Comment

A combination machine from XYZ Machine Tools has enabled subcontractor Wicks Engineering to improve productivity at its facility in Leeds. Wicks specialises in prototype work as well as repair and maintenance projects that can demand a significant amount of reverse engineering. Wicks Engineering specialises in prototype and repair and maintenance The company’s work has included film props for movies including ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’

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Talking turkey
June 15, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment
Talking turkey

White meat or dark?

$99M automotive R&D centre opens for business
June 15, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment
$99M automotive R&D centre opens for business

OSHAWA, Ont.: The General Motors of Canada Automotive Centre of Excellence ( ACE ) is now officially open for business.

Teknor launches rigid PVC compounds
June 15, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment
Teknor launches rigid PVC compounds

TORONTO— Teknor Apex’s Vinyl Division is introducing new rigid vinyl compounds for a range of uses. After decades of being associated strictly with flexible vinyl, Teknor has developed more than 30 standard compounds

Plastic bag companies sue over environmental claims
June 15, 2011 – 8:37 am | No Comment
Plastic bag companies sue over environmental claims

SAN FRANCISCO— The New York Times recently reported on a lawsuit underway in the U.S. , where three plastic bag producers are suing a company for exaggerating the environmental impact of plastic

Maintenance matters
June 14, 2011 – 10:59 pm | No Comment
Maintenance matters

Maintenance matters precisely because vehicle performance affects everything from a company’s bottom line to employee and customer satisfaction.

Fednav Group brings ship to Great Lakes
June 14, 2011 – 12:34 pm | No Comment
Fednav Group brings ship to Great Lakes

Hamilton: Montreal-based Fednav Group, which owns Federal Marine Terminals (FMT) at the Port of Hamilton, has invested in three new state-of-the-art vessels to trade on the Great Lakes-Seaway System. The first ship, the MV Federal Yukina, arrived at Federal Marine Terminals, Hamilton, this week from Japan, carrying industrial slag, a material used in steel production. The vessel was delayed by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

PowderMet 2011 Conference Report: Novel manufacturing technologies for high performance PM automotive applications
June 14, 2011 – 9:24 am | No Comment
PowderMet 2011 Conference Report: Novel manufacturing technologies for high performance PM automotive applications

A number of papers at the MPIF’s PowderMet 2011 Conference, held in San Francisco, 18-21 May, 2011, focussed on high performance component applications in the two dominant PM automotive market sectors of engine components and transmission components.

New green chemical plant in Ont
June 13, 2011 – 1:46 pm | No Comment
New green chemical plant in Ont

MISSISSAUGA, Ont.— A new green chemicals company called Switchable Solutions Inc. (SSI) is building a plastics recovery facility in Mississauga, Ont. SSI designs and operates green chemical process technologies.

$3.5M broadband project for B.C. engineering company
June 13, 2011 – 11:12 am | No Comment
$3.5M broadband project for B.C. engineering company

VANCOUVER— Norsat International Inc., a designer and provider of broadband communications products has scooped up a $3.5-million contract in B.C. The Vancouver-based company will provide broadband access for more than 2,700 residents living in remote First Nations communities

$17M for Quebec rail R&D facilities
June 13, 2011 – 11:11 am | No Comment
$17M for Quebec rail R&D facilities

MONTREAL: Bombardier Transportation is investing $17 million to create a Product Design and Development Centre for North America in Saint-Bruno, Que. and it’s building a new state-of-the-art test track at its manufacturing plant in La Pocatière