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Kruger to invest $575M in new Quebec tissue plant

KP Tissue and Kruger Products have released a plan for a capital investment of $575 million to construct a new state-of-the-art tissue plant in the Brompton area of Sherbrooke, Quebec. » Read full article

Motion Industries announces passing of president and CEO Tim Breen

Tim Breen, president and CEO of Birmingham, Alabama–based Motion Industries, a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, has died. » Read full article

3D Systems and GF Machining Solutions announce partnership

3D Systems and GF Machining Solutions (Georg Fischer AG) have announced a partnership that will allow manufacturers to produce complex metal parts with tight tolerances, and reduce the total cost of operation. » Read full article

Omron Canada announces three new hires

Omron Canada, the industrial automation solution specialist, has made three new appointments across the country, with two new account managers in Western Canada and a new safety services specialist based in Toronto. » Read full article

Canadian manufacturing sales up 1.1% in June

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose more than expected in June, boosted by the petroleum and coal product industry. » Read full article

Sponsored Spotlight

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FEATURED NEWS

EMC reports successful lean manufacturing training program in NWO

The Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) has announced that its two-year program to help manufacturers in Northern Ontario enhance their productivity, competitiveness and business management capacity was a success. » Read full article

Products

AutomationDirect adds integrated motors and drives to SureStep line

AutomationDirect, a distributor of industrial automation products for electrical control systems, has added integrated motors and drives to its SureStep line of stepper motion control products. » Read full article

Phoenix Contact’s QUINT power supplies meet SIL 3 safety regulations

Phoenix Contact's QUINT line now provides IEC 61508 SIL-rated power supply solutions to fulfill critical safety requirements. » Read full article

Events

IMTS
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Date: September 10-15, 2018 » More info

AI Manufacturing
Location: Oak Brook, Ill.
Date: September 12-13, 2018 » More info

2018 Ignition Community Conference
Location: Folsom, Calif.
Date: September 17-19, 2018 » More info

Transatlantic Conference: Advanced Manufacturing and Lightweighting
Location: Hamilton, Ont.
Date: September 24-25, 2018 » More info

AUTOMA 2018
Location: Berlin, Ger.
Date: October 1-2, 2018 » More info

International Robot Safety Conference
Location: Detroit, Mich.
Date: October 9-11, 2018 » More info

Supporting Women in Trades Conference
Location: Halifax, NS.
Date: November 6-7, 2018 » More info

Advanced Design and Manufacturing Expo
Location: Montreal, Que.
Date: November 14-15, 2018 » More info

IDTechEx Show!/Printed Electronics USA
Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Date: November 14-15, 2018 » More info

SPS IPC Drives
Location: Nuremberg, Ger.
Date: November 27-29, 2018 » More info