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EPLAN Canada offers its support to Seneca College’s new Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) by sponsoring a one-of-a-kind educational course in North America

Seneca College officially opened the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship on September 27th, 2019. The facility houses a large portion of Seneca’s advanced technology and automation equipment. Students enrolled in the Electromechanical Engineering Technology – Automation (EMA) advanced diploma program will have the opportunity to learn from the latest industrial equipment, and discipline specific software.

 

 

 

Weidmüller Canada Unveils Enhanced Operations at its Canadian Headquarters

Weidmüller Canada Unveils Enhanced Operations at its Canadian Headquarters

 

On September 17, 2019 Weidmüller Canada held a re-opening ceremony at its Canadian facility in Markham, Ontario. The location is home to Weidmüller Canada’s administrative staff, customer service representatives, technical support group, inside sales and a complete product warehouse and distribution centre for Canada. Weidmüller was initially founded in 1975 in Germany and has been in operation in Canada since 1986.

 

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Taking action to create the world we want: Hatch announces participation in one of the United Nations Global Compact inaugural programs

Hatch is excited to announce that a team of its young professionals has been selected to participate in the inaugural Young SDG Innovators Program, an initiative of the United Nation’s (UN) Global Compact. This elite program engages young professionals in a ten-month program to advance sustainability efforts, drive innovation, and create solutions that challenge the status quo.

 

 

 

MD Packaging Inc. appoints Kevin Kronberger as SBU Manager, Consumables & Western Canada to help facilitate their National Strategy

MD Packaging Inc. appoints Kevin Kronberger as SBU Manager, Consumables & Western Canada to help facilitate their National Strategy

MD Packaging Inc. recently announced that Kevin Kronberger has joined the MD team full time as SBU Manager for both their Consumable Division and Western Canada machinery division. Kevin is based out of Calgary and will be tasked to expand the Western Canadian sales/service presence in the very short term.

 

 

 

BeAM and Siemens intensifying collaboration in industrial 3D printing for Directed Energy Deposition

BeAM and Siemens intensifying collaboration in industrial 3D printing for Directed Energy Deposition

BeAM and the global technology company Siemens announced at EMO 2019 their plans to further intensify their already successful collaboration. This is based on the successful piloting of Sinumerik One, the new CNC generation from Siemens. As a “digital native”, the new controller features software for the creation of digital twins, which supports the seamless integration of hardware and software.

 

 

 

ABB reinvents process control with new generation human machine interfaces

ABB reinvents process control with new generation human machine interfaces

Successfully operating in more than 450 cement and mining sites worldwide, the ABB Ability System 800xA Minerals Process Control Library is a ready-to-use, tailor-made automation software solution for the mining and cement industries. It is designed to achieve the highest plant productivity, availability and safety, as well as the best operator efficiency.

 

 

 

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Siemens plans to acquire Process Systems Enterprise

Siemens is planning to acquire Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), a technology- leading global supplier of software and services for advanced process modelling. Advanced models are used within digital R&D, design and operations in the process industries to help make fast, safe and more efficient decisions through rapid and effective exploration of the decision space.

 

 

 

Beckhoff Increases Northeast US Presence with Boston, Philadelphia Area Offices

Beckhoff Increases Northeast US Presence with Boston, Philadelphia Area Offices

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.

 

 

 

From Long Goods Raw Material to a Palletized Finished Part

From Long Goods Raw Material to a Palletized Finished Part

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.