AI, innovation and the future of Canadian manufacturing: Key takeaways from CMTS 2025
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Editor's Note 
 
After a week of vacation I am back and excited to share Manufacturing AUTOMATION's recap of CMTS 2025, as well as a primer for the upcoming ADM Expo beginning next week. Annex Business Media will have a booth at the show, be sure to visit!
- Jared Dodds, Editor
 
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Industrial downtime costs up to $500,000 per hour, can happen weekly, ABB report finds

A new global report from ABB, developed in partnership with Sapio Research and based on a survey of 3,600 senior decision-makers across multiple sectors, finds that just over half of respondents (55 per cent) have a strategic and proactive plan to modernize facilities and manage out obsolete components like old motors and drives.


Flexxbotics’ FlexxCORE technology named a finalist in Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards 2025

Flexxbotics, delivering digital solutions for robot-driven manufacturing at scale, announced that its FlexxCORE technology has been nominated as a finalist in the Groundbreaking Technology category for the Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards 2025.


ABB to divest Robotics division to SoftBank Group

ABB has announced it has signed an agreement to divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp. for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion and not pursue its earlier intention to spin-off the business as a separately listed company.


Carney says renegotiating CUSMA likely won't resolve all trade issues with U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says it's clear the U.S. will keep targeting certain sectors with tariffs even after the renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade.


Real Time Automation launching cybersecurity course focused on IEC 62443 standard deployment

Real Time Automation has announced the first practical course on deploying the IEC 62443 standard build specifically for plant implementers.


 
 
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AI, innovation and the future of Canadian manufacturing: Key takeaways from CMTS 2025

More than 750 exhibitors and over 10,000 industry executives and key stakeholders came together to showcase the latest in machine tooling, additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing solutions and more. » Read More...
 
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ADM Toronto 2025 keynotes and conference tracks offer a roadmap for the future of Canadian design and manufacturing

Canada’s manufacturing sector continues to face increasing global competition, technological disruption and urgent demands around sustainability. To help support their efforts, the Advanced Design & Manufacturing (ADM) Toronto 2025 show is poised to deliver like it never has before. » Read More...
 
 
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Events 
 

Advanced Design and Manufacturing Expo

Date: October 21 - 23, 2025
Location: Toronto, Ont.
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2025 SPARK Symposium — Waterloo

Date: October 28, 2025
Location: Waterloo, Ont.
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2025 SPARK Symposium — Montreal

Date: October 30, 2025
Location: Montreal, Que.
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Rockwell Automation Fair

Date: November 17 - 20, 2025
Location: Chicago, Ill.
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