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Transcontinental to buy Coveris Americas packaging business for US$1.32 billion

Transcontinental Inc. is taking a big leap in its strategic shift towards flexible packaging with the US$1.32 billion purchase of Coveris Americas that will make it North America's seventh-largest packaging companies.


Strong Canadian manufacturing growth maintained in March

The pace of growth in the Canadian manufacturing sector signalled a robust improvement in business conditions during March, which continued the positive trends seen throughout the first quarter of 2018.


Pace of U.S. factory growth slipped in March

The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reports that its manufacturing index slipped to 59.3 last month from February’s reading of 60.8, which had been the highest since 2004.


Ritchie Bros. introduces Marketplace-E, a new way to buy and sell equipment

After a soft launch in late 2017, Marketplace-E is being re-introduced by Ritchie Bros. as its latest buying and selling solution. The user-friendly e-market allows three options: make offer, buy now and reserve price.
 
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How Suncor is Leveraging Data to Mitigate Asset Risk

An interview with Suncor’s Leigh Mork
In this exclusive interview, Leigh Mork, Director of Maintenance and Reliability Integration at Suncor Energy, shares Suncor’s approach to mitigating asset risk and how to use asset information to enable safe, reliable and cost effective operations. Read the full interview to find out more about Suncor’s asset management framework and how they’re leveraging new technologies to consolidate information and improve asset visibility, tracking and monitoring across the company.
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Wrench Time - How to improve maintenance productivity

Wrench time explains why a company can get a 50 per cent boost in maintenance productivity. That means a good workforce completing 1,000 work orders each month could become a superior workforce completing 1,500 work orders per month, for free! That’s a big deal. Here’s how you should measure... » Read More
 
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