
Industry
Manufacturing

Survey illustrates where business added automation in 2020
Increased efficiencies, cost reductions, social distancing highlights tech implementations

Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot shareholders approve merger
Taking on an enormous technological shift in auto industry

Ready to coach? Making use of new skills
Obstacles and escalating priorities can sap a team leader’s will to learn.
Experts probe Elmira chemical manufacturing site for groundwater contamination
ELMIRA _ More than 30 years after the cancer-causing…

Tesla’s annual sales up 36%
But, electric car firm falls short of delivery goal
Pharmacies push to join COVID 19 vaccination effort as distribution ramps up
Pharmacies are pushing to get involved in Canada’s vaccination effort,…
US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat
Safeguards that were put in place after the initial wave of the virus

Lifting safely: How to avoid back injuries
Lifting is among the most common causes of back injury in workplaces.

Orders for big ticket manufactured goods up 0.9% in November
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose…

Getting smarter: Companies engage with digital technology
Survey shows more manufacturers are investing in the future.
Health Canada warns against unlicensed PPE firm
Health Canada is urging Canadians to immediately get rid…

Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is also entering the logistics automation market and will introduce a mobile robot for warehouses in 2021

Bombardier signs $721M deal with TransLink
Contract for 205 new SkyTrain cars

Power of observation: Step back, let it happen
Acting as an observer rebalances processes.

Let there be light, by deploying LEDs with wireless controls
EcoGrid makes LED energy efficiency projects pay off with Bluetooth technology.