Even as a young boy, Dietmar Harting wanted to grow up to “become a boss”. And he became a veritable boss. For nearly five decades, Dietmar Harting commandeered the company founded by his parents in 1945, today’s HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG, and turned the small mid-sized enterprise into a successful global player during his era.
Beckhoff Automation recently expanded its footprint in the Northeast region with new offices in Greater Boston and Philadelphia. Both locations, strategically selected based on growing customer demands and market share in these areas, will provide additional applications engineering, sales and training resources.
Industrial companies trying to keep up with today’s complex requirements for machine-safety systems while staying as productive as possible now have more help available to them through the Machine Safety System Integrator program.
To simplify website access and improve user experience on digital channels, Schneider Electric has updated its web domain from www.schneider-electric.ca to www.se.com/ca. Easier to write and to remember, the new web address ensures quicker access to Schneider Electric online platforms.
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum Canadien sur l’Apprentissage (CAF-FCA) has announced a task force to develop a national strategy for women in trades.
Automation, networking and robotics are rapidly gaining ground in metalworking – and in storage and sawing technology. Storage systems and sawing machines are increasingly being integrated into a uniformly controlled material flow in which all processes between incoming and outgoing goods are fully automated – from the storage of the long goods raw material to the dispatch of the palletized finished parts.
ABB has launched a scalable, digital application that gives metals producers a complete overview of their production assets’ health, helping to avoid excess maintenance, prevent unnecessary exposure to hazardous areas and speed up repairs.
Siemens has expanded the Ruggedcom Multi-Service Platform product family of utility-grade communication devices by introducing a new, more powerful version of the Ruggedcom APE (Application Processing Engine) – an industrial application hosting platform designed for running third party software applications in harsh, mission-critical environments.
Endress+Hauser has broken ground for its new $28 million Customer Experience Centre for Central and Eastern Canada. When construction of the approximately 47,000 sq ft facility in Burlington is completed late next year, it will provide customers from Manitoba to Atlantic Canada with a generously equipped, state-of-the-art training and support hub for selecting and familiarizing themselves with the company’s latest innovations for process automation.
Electricity Human Resources Canada has announced this year’s keynote speakers for Agents of Change 2019, hosted in Toronto on Wednesday November 13, 2019.
The production of semiconductors is complex. Until now there was no mobile, automated semiconductor production system that enabled component transfer from one step to the next. That has now changed with the KUKA wafer handling solution.
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) is hosting a National Symposium: Preparing Youth for Careers in the Skilled Trades on October 24-25 in Ottawa, ON.
In March 2018, Brock Solutions committed to becoming a more environmentally sustainable organization. Starting at their head office in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Brock Solutions set a goal with Waste Management to increase the office’s waste diversion by approximately 50% by year end to coincide with the Canadian average.
B&R has integrated the industrialPhysics simulation tool into its Automation Studio engineering environment. The 3D simulation software greatly simplifies model-based machine development. Developers can import CAD data from machine components or entire machines directly into the simulation tool.
The BCEA’s Woman’s Network THRIVE Summit is taking place on October 4th at the Executive Inn Burnaby. The event features some high profile speakers who will be discussing some pressing industry topics.
NSI Industries has announced the acquisition of electrical products manufacturer Bridgeport Fittings, a Stratford, Connecticut based American-made manufacturer of electrical fittings for cable and conduit installations.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
