Ontario and Prodomax Automation create 20 new jobs
Ontario is partnering with Prodomax Automation Ltd. to help expand its facilities, creating 20 new jobs and retaining 133 positions in Barrie.
ASBIRI Program to Aid HiFi Engineering Manufacture New leak Detection Technology
Hifi Engineering, a Calgary start up, plans to grow their business by building and manufacturing new leak detection technology in Alberta and exporting their product to monitor thousands of kilometers of pipeline worldwide.
Eclipse Automation Ranks No. 490 on the 2017 PROFIT 500
Canadian Business and PROFIT has ranked Eclipse Automation No. 490 on the 29th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Published in the October issue of Maclean’s magazine and at CanadianBusiness.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth.
Phoenix Contact Buffer Modules Bridge Cyclical Failures Lasting up to 30 Seconds
Phoenic Contact’s buffer module combines an electronic switch-over unit and maintenance-free, capacitor-based energy storage in the same housing. The lockable USB interface for connection to higher-level controllers makes it convenient to shut down your PC.
Rittal launches a Hygienic Design Campaign for the Food & Beverage industry
For Hygienic Design, Rittal has modified the design of its enclosures in a number of respects. For example, the attachment to the enclosure wall using threaded bolts and nuts has been designed so that the screw fastening is not visible from the outside. The enclosure is made from stainless steel with a brushed grain size of 400, producing a surface roughness average – Ra of less than 0.8 mm.
Danfoss Joins UN initiative to Curb the World’s Cooling Challenges
The UN Economic Commission for Europe has estimated that, by 2050, the world’s population will reach about 9 billion – 70% of whom will live in cities, which equates to adding 235 cities the size of Paris. This, combined with rising global temperatures, will result in a boom in demand for cooling devices such as air conditioners and refrigerators and a corresponding surge in energy demand, which will create additional impacts on the climate.
Rittal – Hygienic design enclosures reduce cleaning & downtime!
Downtimes during production represent the “worst case scenario” for plant operators. They reduce productivity and, consequently, impact sales. However, in hygienic-critical production situations, longer downtimes are unavoidable because of the amount of cleaning required.
Nestlé: Setting the technical benchmark with Hygienic design from Rittal
The Nestlé Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Orbe, Switzerland, is the Group-wide research and development centre for coffee, chocolate drinks and malt beverages. Nestlé demands state-of-the-art process technology, high availability and hygienic design from its suppliers when purchasing new machines. This applies for Rittal too.
