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Honeywell to serve as main automation contractor for new Nova Scotia plant Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has announced it will provide full automation and safety systems and serve as the integrated main automation contractor (I-MAC) for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility being built in Eastern Canada to process North American natural gas for international export. >> Read full article
Ferrero Canada’s $36.1M expansion project to create 55 jobs Ferrero Canada is embarking on a $36.1-million expansion project at its Brantford, Ont., facility to add production lines for three additional products and pursue new markets across North America. Expected to be completed by next August, the expansion will create 55 new jobs and retain 831 existing jobs, said the confectionery group. >> Read full article
EPCOS to acquire Tronics TDK Corp. has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary EPCOS, a manufacturer of electronic components, modules and systems, has acquired Tronics in a move to further grow its sensor business. >> Read full article
FCA US to retool Illinois, Ohio plants to support Jeep brand growth FCA US says it will invest more than $1 billion in its assembly plants in Illinois and Ohio to retool them to support the future growth of the Jeep brand, creating an estimated 1,000 new jobs as a result. >> Read full article
Gildan Activewear adds Peds Legwear to its stock of stockings Gildan Activewear says it will pay US$55 million cash to buy Peds Legwear Inc., a private Canadian company with a North Carolina manufacturing and distribution centre that opened last year. >> Read full article



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