OTTAWA —The Bank of Canada has warned that Europe is almost certainly headed towards another recession—albeit a brief one. As gloomy as it is, that was the bank’s base-case scenario and it assumes the euro-area crisis will be contained

TORONTO: CP will be the exclusive Canadian rail transportation provider for Woodstock, Ontario-based transportation company Contrans, and will use multimodal flat rack containers from Raildecks Intermodal. The railway company said the agreement extends the long-haul efficiencies of rail to markets usually served by transport trucks

Metal prices have followed the downward trend in global share prices in recent weeks as fears relating to the potential impact that Europe’s debt crisis will have on dampening demand for raw materials.

A new 12,000 m2 Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, UK, has been officially opened following its completion earlier this summer. The new MTC is the result of a £40 million joint investment from Advantage West Midlands and the East Midlands Development Agency to bring together some of the UK’s leading academics, engineers and industry professionals under one roof to develop and demonstrate new manufacturing technologies on an industrial scale. Near-net shape hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) and direct laser deposition are among the net shape manufacturing processes which will be included in R&D programmes at the MTC.

Fleet Management: July-August 2011 Print Edition Tires are black and round—that much never seems to change, except for the occasional intrusion of various white sidewalls every couple of decades. Still, for most drivers tires are an afterthought, often poorly maintained and taken for granted and that in itself is funny because despite how proudly purchased and carefully maintained a truck is–its only connection to the road is those four small patches of rubber. However, the science and chemistry that go into those tires is always changing, as are the designs

TORONTO —Lawyers representing plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit against Sino-Forest Corp. are seeking more than $7.37 billion in damages

US consumers rebounded in July to boost spending by the most in five months. The increase is likely to ease fears that the U.S. economy is on the verge of another recession

Dawson Creek, B.C. – The Braden Road Phase 3 project will be rebuilt by Brocor Construction Ltd. The $8.5-million contract went to the local contractor to complete the reconstruction of the entire length of Braden Road between Highway 97 North and Highway 97 South.

OTTAWA: Wind Works Power Corp. has signed definitive agreements with a German manufacturer to provide wind turbines specially designed for damp weather conditions with major temperature fluctuations. REpower Systems SE will deliver and install 25 of its MM92 type turbines for five Ontario wind farms, including Settlers Landing, Snowy Ridge, Grey Highlands, Cloudy Ridge, and Clean Breeze, for a total capacity of 50 megawatts

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has reported the continued success of its popular PM summer school. This years event, the 11th PM Summer School organised by the EPMA, was held at the Fraunhofer Institut IFAM in Dresden and was coordinated by Professor José Torralba from the Universidad Carlos III Madrid, in conjunction with Professor Bernd Kieback and his team from the University of Dresden.