Tool Certainty
June 22, 2011 – 7:07 am | No Comment

For GKN Aerospace to overcome tool-related variations on its largest milling machines, it had to confront error sources that go unnoticed in many shops.

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Workplace wellness is priceless
June 16, 2011 – 10:08 am | No Comment
Workplace wellness is priceless

LAVAL, Que.― The majority of workers in Canada would choose health benefits over cold hard cash, according to a new survey by Sanofi , a Quebec-based healthcare solutions provider. It found 59 per cent of group health benefit plan members would rather keep their plan than receive $10,000. Even if that amount doubled, 48 per cent would still choose the benefits plan

$61M wind project underway in Nova Scotia
June 15, 2011 – 8:34 pm | No Comment
$61M wind project underway in Nova Scotia

AMHERST, N.S.— Toronto-based renewable energy developer Sprott Power Corp.

Electronic Components Can Now Be Purchased Reputable Electronic Components Distributors
June 15, 2011 – 12:22 pm | No Comment
Electronic Components Can Now Be Purchased Reputable Electronic Components Distributors

Electronic Components Can Now Be Purchased Reputable Electronic Components Distributors IndustrialSAVER Electronics Parts Buying Guide adds testers, assembler tools, supplies and components to its product lines Pasadena, California – The online industrial marketplace IndustrialSAVER, commonly referred to as I-SAVER by its users in the manufacturing community, introduced Wednesday morning its newly revised and more extensive Electronic Components Directory . The company reported in a press release published in an online California business blog the directory now includes additional offering for electronic parts and supplies, including hard-to-find and obsolete components to go along with its existing product line of batteries, LCD products, robotics, interconnects, electromechanical devices, semiconductors, wire & cable, ICs, passive components, opto & illumination products, power supplies, computer parts and other products for electronics applications. Carlos Price, spokesman for IndustrialSAVER.com, which recently published a buying guide for electrical equipment and accessories said the Electronic Components Manufacturers & Distributors on the site can be explored

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.