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Aerospace mfg industry set to lift off in Canada

Canada's aerospace manufacturing industry's order book is growing, and production is set to increase starting in 2017, according to The Conference Board of Canada's latest outlook for the industry. » Read full article

Microsoft opens tech centre in Vancouver

Microsoft officially opened the doors of the Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre (MCEC) in Vancouver, a state-of-the art development facility that will create innovative products for the global market and develop technology talent in British Columbia. » Read full article

Anechoic chamber enables acoustic testing at Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College in London ON opened the doors to its brand new Canadian Centre for Product Validation (CCPV), representing a one-of a-kind facility in Canada (one of only three in the world). The expansive 25,000 square-foot, two-story centre houses ultramodern validation technologies for product prototyping and testing. » Read full article

Automotive semi market grows slightly

Despite slowing growth for the automotive industry and exchange rate fluctuations, the automotive semiconductor market grew at a modest 0.2 percent year over year, reaching $29-billion in 2015, according to information and analysis providers IHS Inc. » Read full article

IAS & Connect Tech partner on IP router

Information Assurance Specialists, Inc. (IAS) and Connect Tech, Inc. (CTI) are pleased to announce the joint development of a VPX 3U backplane based (VITA 65 compliant) enterprise class router offering called the IAS Router Graphite. » Read full article

Electro Sonic adds to its growing line card

Leading global distributor of electromechanical, interconnect and passive components Electro Sonic Group Inc., Markham ON, has added two new principals to its linecard, including Teledyne LeCroy, manufacturer of oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers and other test equipment. » Read full article

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Multi-cure conformal coating steps-up protection, improves pcb performance

For many years manufacturers of electronics (OEMs) have been looking for a coating that allows them to hide information on their circuitry and provide environmental protection. With the release of its newest conformal coating option, Electronic Coating Technologies, Brampton ON, figures it has found the solution. » read more

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Miniature enclosures optimized for USB interconnect

HAMMOND 1551USB IP54 ABS enclosures are miniature with three new sizes: 35, 50 or 65mm long, 20, 25 or 30mm wide respectively, all 15.5mm high. Products can house small printed circuit boards using USB as the external power and signal interconnect and provide generous room. » Learn More