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Leadership With a Mission
Looking to the mission statement can help define leadership goals.
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The 4/50 Rule
Removing non-value-added tasks to boost efficiency.
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Amphibious Ski Plane
Newly designed aircraft a hit for recreational flyers.
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The Role of Government
Governments encourage sector growth through innovation.
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Industry Update: The Solar Experience |
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Seeing the (Green) Light
Increasing green-light-on time with automation
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Creating Concept Parts
Rapid prototyping accelerates the part-creation process
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Reducing Back Injuries
While it's easy to take precautionary measures to prevent back injuries, it's much harder to treat and resolve back problems. Concentra, a health and wellness company with more than 300 urgent care and occupational medicine centers, identifies...
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Engineering Licensure 101
Understanding P.Eng Certification
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Auto Sector Update
Assembly jobs don't necessarily translate into parts jobs
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10 Questions for Industry Minister Christian Paradis
Industry Minister talks auto sector, aerospace, and R&D
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Tracking Injuries
Recording and analyzing injury data can help identify problem areas.
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Multitasking, Business-style
Ensuring accounts payable success.
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Manufacturing Defense
Introducing "digital thread" manufacturing to aerospace production.
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Canadian Aerospace Outlook
Production and profits are expected to rise in Canada's aerospace sector.
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A Look at Bombardier Aerospace
Using grid tombstones and plates, along with modular components, allow fast, accurate alignment on the precision grid system.
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Solar Power Generation
Solar power expert Joshua Pearce, Queen's University, explains the future of solar in Canada.
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Manufacturing Meets Social Media
An inside look at how one Canadian manufacturer is harnessing the power of social media.
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Canadian Automotive Content
Automotive industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers talks about the role Canada plays in the North American auto sector.
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Industry Update: The Health of Canadian Medical Manufacturing
Parts are made for the medical industry are generally small and therefore require small tooling, such as Iscar's Minicut (shown here).
As the Canadian population ages, the demand for joint replacements, dental implants, prosthetics, and...
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Note to the Government: Manufacturing Matters
Poll: The country’s manufacturers believe they can compete on quality and value, but not on price.
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Part Marking
For the medical, aerospace, and automotive industries, the traceability of parts is not just an option but a firm requirement.
For example, the aerospace sector uses a data matrix code to manage the life cycle of spare parts. A...
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Industry Update: Power Generation
Solar power is one of the least understood means of generating electricity, and for good reason. Solar power collection is relatively easy, but storage is difficult. Also, at night the entire system is reduced to a collection of parts,...
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Automotive Update
In 2009, more than 30 North American automotive companies declared bankruptcy, and these losses have meant a rise in unemployment.
In the assembly sector, employment levels have fallen to their lowest point since the mid-1960s. More...
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Industry Update: Aerospace
(left to right) Jack Dougherty, vice president of Boeing’s H-47 programs, Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay, Minister of Industry Tony Clement, DaveGossen of I.M.P. Group; and Chief of the Air Staff Lieutenant-General Angus Watt...
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For What It’s Worth
Private Equity Groups (PEGs) have not been hard-hit by the credit crunch or the recent stock market decline. They have capital to invest and are looking for business acquisitions or investments.
One of the major market shifts for...
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Shades of Green
Canada’s power generation sector is a complicated mix of manufacturing, politics, and economics, and there are champions and naysayers for each type of energy-creating technology.
Hydroelectric power generation is so ingrained in...
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Teach Your Children Well |
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Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show
As more than 500 manufacturers and distributors prepare to convene at Toronto’s Direct Energy Centre Oct. 19 to 22, the message that manufacturing still matters is the prevailing theme.
The upcoming event will unveil the latest...
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Auto Parts Manufacturing Forecast
Among other major changes occurring in the automotive sector this year, Canadian auto parts-makers will cut the work force by one-third as part of a 34 percent reduction in industry costs, according to The Conference Board’s “Canadian...
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Rethinking the Diesel Engine
The environmental demands on truck manufacturers are becoming steadily tougher, and this autumn European emission standards will become tougher still.
Pressure for the development of environmentally optimized technology is...
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Western Canada and the Recession
A great deal has been discussed over the past few years about the westward shift of the Canadian economy, a shift that reflects the dynamic growth that has taken place within the four western provinces while the manufacturing economy...
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Product Liability Exposures
Companies have a duty to protect consumers from potential hazards, even if the end user is negligent or deliberately misuses the product. In fact, courts hold manufacturers to a higher standard because they have a more intimate knowledge...
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‘Buy American’ Hurts Manufacturing
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), Canada’s largest trade and industry association, recently applauded Canada’s premiers for the support and concerted efforts they are demonstrating in fighting protectionism in the U.S. and...
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Advancing Automotive Research
These magnesium cast wheels are an example of part production from lighter-weight material in today's cars.
In April the federal government announced the establishment of an automotive research fund designed to keep the Canadian auto...
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Getting to Know the EDC
In Canada, one in three jobs relies on exports. Due to the size of Canada's population, the domestic market remains limited for small businesses, so they have to think globally to compete.
Export Development Canada (EDC) is...
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