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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s wholly-owned subsidiary Valeant Canada will be investing a total of $27.5 million in its Steinbach, Man., and Laval, Que., manufacturing facilities in an effort to expand its manufacturing and export capacity.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 22nd Skills Canada National Competition, the “only national multi-trade and technology event of its kind for young students and apprentices in the country.” The organization says more than 200 medals were awarded to champions in six skilled trade or technology sectors. How did competitors from your province or territory fare?
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Bombardier Aerospace and its union have agreed on a plan for cutting 200 positions at the company’s Q400 manufacturing operation in Toronto, Ont., so some work can be outsourced to other countries.
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Ford says its Ford-brand SUVs are seeing their best sales start in company history in the first half of 2016, prompting it to build nearly 22,000 extra SUVs this summer. The increased demand means the automaker will shorten its traditional two-week summer shutdown at three SUV plants — including the Oakville Assembly Plant in Ontario — to just one week.
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Schneider Electric has appointed Annette Clayton president and CEO of its North America operations, where she will be based at the company’s North American headquarters in Andover, Mass. and responsible for driving business strategy and execution for the region.
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Mitutoyo Canada will be hosting a series of complimentary workshops throughout 2016, that cover a range of metrology related topics. Mark your calendar for the upcoming workshops!
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The University of Windsor/FCA Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC) marked its 20th anniversary last week with a special celebration attended by dignitaries, employees, senior executives, media and special guest Kathleen Wynne, premier of Ontario, who made a surprise funding announcement — up to $85.8 million to FCA Canada to support enhanced research at the ARDC, plus advanced training for the workforce at the Windsor Assembly Plant (WAP) and technology enhancements related to the production of the all-new Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid.
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At Hannover Messe 2016, Bosch presented hard- and software solutions for the “flexible, networked factories of tomorrow”: mobile assistance systems that work alongside human operators without the need for safety fences, while modular automation systems analyze, report on and control a wide range of production processes.
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Omega presents the HHC200 series of portable environmental meters for temperature, pressure, RPM/light intensity, air flow, humidity, dew point, and wet bulb measurement.
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B&K Precision describes its model 891 300 kHz bench LCR meter as a “compact, value-priced” LCR meter that can measure inductance, capacitance, and resistance with 0.05-per-cent best impedance accuracy over a fully adjustable test frequency range of 20 Hz to 300 kHz.
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Location: Munich, Germany
Date: June 21-24, 2016
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Location: Chicago, Ill.
Date: September 12-17, 2016
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Location: Mississauga, Ont.
Date: October 4-5, 2016
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