Omron Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Bashar Abuhamdan to the position of Account Manager – Southern Alberta. Reporting directly to Josh Yates, Regional Sales Manager – Western Canada, Bashar will be responsible for managing Omron’s end users, EPCs, System Integrators and OEM’s.
Al Diggins, Chair, Treasurer and General Manager of Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), could not be more pleased with the results of a two-year program designed to help Northern Ontario manufacturers enhance their productivity, competitiveness and business management capacity.
Beckhoff Automation will highlight the latest smart factory hardware, software, EtherCAT and TSN networking solutions, plus an integrated PC- and EtherCAT-based CNC platform at the inaugural Hannover Messe USA 2018 trade show in Chicago. The event, which is collocated with the long-running IMTS trade show, will run from September 10 – 15, 2018…
As a world leader in Safety Automation, we appoint Systematic Fluid Power Ltd. to be our new distribution partner for the South-Western Ontario region.
JMP Solutions today announced that it is being named as one of this year’s Best Workplaces™ in Canada for medium-sized companies given by the Great Place to Work® Institute. JMP has been a certified Great Place to Work® now for six years in a row.
Beckhoff Automation is pleased to announce the promotion of Calvin Wallace to the managing director position of Beckhoff Canada (Beckhoff Automation Ltd.). Wallace takes over the leadership role previously held by Joe Ottenhof, who is retiring, but will remain with the company on the board of directors.
If you keep customer service in focus all the time, you will not only meet your customers’ business objectives, but also drive project success. Large industrial automation capital expense projects are complex and can expand outside of the four walls of a facility and across an enterprise.
In a world of connected plants and machines that communicate with each other, fast data connections are needed to make such scenarios possible in the first place. The coming 5G mobile communication generation is of critical importance, because present communications standards cannot fulfill the requirements of industrial applications.
Canadian manufacturers recorded robust rises in output, new orders and employment during July, thereby signalling another marked improvement in overall business conditions across the sector. However, the latest survey also signalled a steep and accelerated rise in prices charged by manufacturing firms, which was widely linked to the impact of U.S. trade tariffs on steel and aluminium.
The International Society of Automation and The Open Group have agreed to a liaison Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in advancing and harmonizing the development of a multivendor, interoperable, secure control architecture for application across the process industries. Activities will include sharing of best practices, document review and joint forums.
Proax is pleased to announce that we’ve become Canada’s first and only SMC Elite Distributor. This is an exclusive status with only 10 Elite Distributors in North America. SMC has established requirements for its distributors and the Elite level is at the top.
Both national and international customers as well as (potential) customers of EPLAN are invited to come discuss automated engineering, whether executives or users of the software. How do I implement an integrated and automated process, from order processing to engineering to manufacturing?
“Highest Reputation“ – this was the accolade bestowed on automation specialist Balluff by Focus-Money in a Germany-wide study in the category “Electronic component production”. In this category Balluff received the highest possible rating of 100 points, making it the top competitor.
The expertise of AB Rotech’s engineering team covers the entire robotics welding lifecycle, from design and commissioning to electrical engineering and customer service. The parties agreed to not disclose the value of the acquisition. The acquisition is subject to regulatory clearance and is expected to close later this year.
The Rockwell Automation 2018 TechED North America technical education and user conference concluded with over 2,300 attendees participating in a unique five-day learning and networking experience. The event took place from June 10 to 15 in San Diego and featured over 300 hundred hours of training and knowledge sharing.
Rockwell Automaton has added five new members to its Machine Safety System Integrator program. Created in 2014, the program helps industrial companies identify system integrators with current safety standards expertise and a proven track record in designing safety systems.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
