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Humber Recognizes Long-Time Supporter and Industry Connections with Named Atrium in The Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation

“We’re proud to be formally acknowledging Polytainers and the incredible support Humber has received from Polytainers, the Barrett Family Foundation and the Barrett family. We’re grateful for the unlimited possibilities you’ve provided for our students.” With those words, Humber College President and CEO Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan highlighted the importance of the longstanding relationship between the College, the Barrett family and their company Polytainers.

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Proax 60 Years of Excellence as A Technical Distributor in Automation

Proax Technologies is proud to announce that they are celebrating 60 years of serving the automation market! Industrial Automation has become an essential part of all manufacturing and Proax is well positioned to enable all industries to drive sustainable business growth through automation. Over the years, Proax has invested heavily in growth, with multiple acquisitions and new territory openings. They are continuing to look for opportunities to grow their footprint in the North American Market.

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Comau Selected To Support Foton Daimler’s Localized High-End “Actros” Truck Production

Comau has built an advanced, automated welding solution for Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd (BFDA), a joint venture between Daimler Trucks AG and the Chinese truck manufacturer Foton Motor. In doing so, Comau is helping support BFDA’s first localized heavy-duty truck for the Chinese market, the “Actros”, which is based on the Mercedes-Benz global platform and uses Daimler’s most advanced truck technology.

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Changing Scene | Product News

ABB Provides Power Management System for BHP’s Jansen Potash Project in Canada

ABB has been selected by BHP to deliver a power management system for the Jansen Potash Project in Canada, which will provide nutrient-rich potash fertilizer to enable more sustainable farming globally. The global resource company is progressing the US $5.7 billion Jansen Stage 1 Potash Project which is expected to achieve first production in late 2026.

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Changing Scene | General Manufacturing

Festo Didactic at the Forefront of Developing Canada’s Future Work Force

With Canadian manufacturing suffering from a growing labour shortage, the participation of industry in skills development is emerging as a vital component in hiring and retention. Festo Didactic has made a focus on the need for recurrent education for existing workers so their skills remain relevant. How that’s done is evolving.

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Changing Scene | General Manufacturing

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Wins Rethinking Future Award

The new Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre here, has been named winner of the Rethinking The Future Award 2022 in the Industrial (Built) category. Rethinking The Future is an annual award program which aims to promote outstanding work in the field of architecture and design across the world.

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Changing Scene | General Manufacturing

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Wins Rethinking The Future Award 2022

The Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre named winner of the Rethinking The Future Award 2022 in the Industrial (Built) category. Rethinking The Future is an annual architecture award program which aims to promote outstanding work in the field of architecture and design across the world. Over 1000+ registrations were received from more than 40 countries, spanning architecture, landscaping, urban design, product design, and interior design in ~50 categories.

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Endress+Hauser Supports Energy-Saving Targets

Endress+Hauser is pursuing the goal of using energy efficiently and economically at all of its buildings and plants. In view of the current challenges with gas and electricity supplies, over recent weeks the company has initiated a wide range of measures aimed at further reducing energy consumption. Nevertheless, a Christmas tree will shine once again in front of the company headquarters in Reinach, Switzerland

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Changing Scene | Electric Vehicles (EVs)

Canada’s First All-Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Facility Opens in Ontario

Recently, the Ontario government is celebrating the opening of General Motors of Canada’s (GM Canada) first full-scale electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in Ingersoll and the first BrightDrop Zevo 600s to be made at the facility. With support from the province, GM Canada has transformed its CAMI manufacturing plant into an all-EV manufacturing facility, the first of its kind in Canada.

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ABB Opens State-Of-The-Art Robotics Mega Factory in Shanghai

Recently, ABB officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated, and flexible robotics factory in Kangqiao, Shanghai, China. The 67,000m2 production and research facility represents a $150 million (1.1 billion RMB) investment by ABB and will deploy the company’s digital and automation technologies to manufacture next generation robots – enhancing ABB’s robotics and automation leadership in China.

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Basics – Harmonized Standards, Directives and Laws in the EU

The European Union is experiencing ever closer union. This leads to increasing harmonisation of laws, regulations and provisions in engineering. Initially, the EU formulates general safety objectives via directives. These safety objectives require precise specification. Specific regulation occurs via standards.

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Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Achieves ZCB Certification

The Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre is Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) – Design Certified, the first of two advanced sustainability targets for the new facility. The 47,000 SF training and administrative centre located in Burlington, ON, is the first privately owned facility to target ZCB and LEED Gold Certification simultaneously, and the first Net Zero Energy, Net Zero Carbon design for the international company, setting a new standard for its international portfolio of buildings.

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Mining & Quarry: Avoid Conveyor Downtime with NSK Solutions

NSK presents advanced, field-proven solutions that have delivered exponentially longer bearing life in mine sites around the world. You’ll discover how to achieve dramatic improvements to productivity and efficiency through an understanding of root causes of bearing failure, advanced bearing material technology for superior wear-resistance, and more.

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Omron Announces PPD Automation as Certified Systems Integrator Partner

An industry-leading automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas welcomes new partner PPD Automation, which has been expanding its robotics solutions portfolio to incorporate Omron collaborative and mobile robots. A Quebec-based company with experience in control panel building, robotics, and Industry 4.0 solutions, PPD Automation’s mission is to turn a challenge into an advantage by helping customers increase production speed, reduce costs, and maintain the highest product quality

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Government of Canada Supports Economic Growth and Job Creation for Rural Southern Ontario Manufacturer

Recently, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario announced economic growth and the creation of good jobs through an investment of over $1.5 million, through the Business Scale Up and Productivity stream, for TS Manufacturing Company, a Lindsay-based, family-owned, dynamic ‘one-stop shop’ manufacturer of quality equipment for the forest products industry worldwide.

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Changing Scene | Advanced Manufacturing | General Manufacturing

German Technology Day 2022 At Humber College

A video re-cap of GTD 2022 at Humber College, Toronto in 2022.

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Changing Scene

Humber Recognizes Long-Time Supporter and Industry Connections with Named Atrium in The Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation

Proax 60 Years of Excellence as A Technical Distributor in Automation

Comau Selected To Support Foton Daimler’s Localized High-End “Actros” Truck Production

ABB Provides Power Management System for BHP’s Jansen Potash Project in Canada

Festo Didactic at the Forefront of Developing Canada’s Future Work Force

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Wins Rethinking Future Award

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Wins Rethinking The Future Award 2022

Endress+Hauser Supports Energy-Saving Targets

Canada’s First All-Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Facility Opens in Ontario

ABB Opens State-Of-The-Art Robotics Mega Factory in Shanghai

Basics – Harmonized Standards, Directives and Laws in the EU

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre Achieves ZCB Certification

Mining & Quarry: Avoid Conveyor Downtime with NSK Solutions

Omron Announces PPD Automation as Certified Systems Integrator Partner

Government of Canada Supports Economic Growth and Job Creation for Rural Southern Ontario Manufacturer

German Technology Day 2022 At Humber College

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