According to Ralph Kroman, a partner at the law firm WeirFoulds LLP, security measures will reduce the likelihood of hacking and other electronic intrusions; however, competitors often acquire confidential information such as customer lists through former employees of a business. If an employee leaves a business and discloses confidential information to a new employer who is a competitor, it can be difficult to prove in court that confidential information was in fact disclosed.

Quality and taste are never out of fashion when it comes to packaged food products, but it is important to keep your packaging capabilities and know-how up to date to keep your customers and consumers happy and loyal, as folks at Cibona Foods Inc. know very well

TORONTO: There are plenty of mergers and acquisitions going on out there and Canadian PLANT has been one of them. We are now part of the Toronto-based Business Information Group (BIG), a leading operator of Canadian trade magazines and industry-focused web sites, which acquired the Industrial Group of trade publications and directories from Rogers Publishing Ltd., part of the Rogers cable, wireless, media and entertainment empire. The deal includes Canadian Manufacturing.com, Canadian Metalworking, Canadian Packaging, Canadian PLANT & PLANT West, Design Engineering, Food in Canada, MM&D, Plastics in Canada, Purchasingb2b, and the FRASERS Industrial Directory and several properties dealing with other business sectors.

Kingston, Ont. – Researchers at Queen’s University are looking into an innovative way to help protect food prices from rising fuel costs. By harnessing waste heat produced by Canada’s industrial plants, producers could heat greenhouses for growing fresh fruit and vegetables.

Ottawa, Ont. – According to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada (CBC), the Canadian food industry generates more than nine per cent of the country’s GDP. The study, Valuing Food: The Economic Contribution of Canada’s Food Sector , is the first of 20 reports by the Centre for Food in Canada, a three-year CBC program designed to facilitate research towards a Canadian Food Strategy

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Lantek has released Lantek Integra 2011 web-based ERP software recently. The system allows companies to automate, manage and control all of their business processes in a web-based environment, facilitating management access across the Internet from any location or time zone.Integra 2011 has a new ergonomic web interface which has been developed to enhance compatibility with the most popular web browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera, and mobile devices such as the iPad. To improve display performance, page rendering speed has been dramatically increased enabling large quantities of data to viewed very quickly on a single page, Lantek claims.Graphic wizards in the new software make it easy to customize reports.

There is no doubt that most of the more popular social media platforms were initially created to increase social interactions and, one could argue, to enhance communications at a personal level. At first glance, it would appear these platforms provide very little value in the business world, particularly in supply chain management

As Canada’s economy continues to rebound from the recent turmoil, manufacturers are seeking opportunities for growth.

Toronto – Two recent studies have found that Canadians and Americans have very different palates. The studies, which are from market research firm The NPD Group, are called A Look into the Future of Eating-Canadian Marketplace , and A Look into the Future of Eating-United States Marketplace and were released in late May. What they found was that Canadians are fond of salty or savoury snack foods – like cheese, potato chips and crackers – and their consumption of these foods will outpace population growth over the next decade.