Minister Ng meets with trade groups

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Minister Ng meets with trade groups and organizations to discuss economic recovery

Minister Ng highlighted the benefits of the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) for small and medium-sized enterprises across the country. » Read more

RBC economists say Canada is headed towards a short recession

RBC economists say soaring food and energy prices, rising interest rates and ongoing labour shortages will push the economy into a "moderate contraction" next year. » Read more

StatCan says trade surplus grew to $5.3B in May 2022

Imports of consumer goods fell 4.7 per cent in the month, while aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts fell 22.7 per cent compared with April. » Read more

MANUFACTURING IN FOCUS

Compass Group Canada and SJW Robotics announce an exclusive partnership

With the ability to produce 60+ meals per hour, the product is a natural fit for some of Compass Groups managed facilities where kitchen services are not available. » Read more

UgoWork to offer 360-degree forklift battery management

UgoWork offers Energy as a Service to other organizations in its supply chain through a pay-per-use model. » Read more

Green ammonia market may rise as efforts to boost clean energy increase: Frost & Sullivan report

The valorization of green ammonia from renewable energy sources is paving the way to generating safer agricultural products and offers cleaner industrial chemical manufacturing. » Read more

NEWS

Western Forest Products announces $29M investment towards its B.C. operations

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Continental Tire Canada announces partnership with Tree Canada

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Oceana Canada calls for more government action on refillable and reusable packaging choices

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Ovivo acquires Wastech Controls & Engineering

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Clear Blue Technologies expands to Nigeria

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Piramal Pharma Ltd. introduces new board members

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MANUFACTURING IN-DEPTH

Q&A with Basetwo AI’s CEO Thouheed Gaffoor

CMO spoke with Basetwo AI following the recent launch of their no-code platform, a program that helps data scientists and engineers in the pharmaceutical industry work together without need for programming language. » Read more

Fabtech 2022 highlights demand for manufacturing trades

While the metal fabrication industry has found ways to mitigate the labour shortage through automation and robotics, experts at this year's Fabtech show say professional welders and machinists will always have a place on plant floors. » Read more

$150M is not enough: Canada’s proposed Purdue Pharma settlement for opioid damages is paltry and won’t prevent future crises

Unless something radically changes in how the pharmaceutical industry is regulated, there is little reason to assume a similar crisis won’t occur again. » Read more

LATEST FROM PLANT

Auto sales down 11.5 per cent in June from a year earlier

The consultancy estimates 143,773 new light vehicles were sold in the month for the lowest June sales since the recession year of 2009. » Read more

FortisBC, Suncor to partner on Port Moody hydrogen pilot project

The $11-million pilot project will also be supported with grant funding from the provincial government’s CleanBC Industry Fund. » Read more