Operations
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High-tech sausage: new line gives processors 25% speed advantage
Artificial casing extrusion technology uses real smoke in smoked sausage production.
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Get organized: shadow boards improve plant productivity
Set up tools as runners, repeaters and strangers to save time and effort.
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Details count: focus on fine points to reduce rework
Getting them right ensures you deliver what the customer wants.
US factory output slides in July on tumbling auto production
Production dropped 0.1%, pulled down by a 3.5% plunge in cars, trucks and auto parts output – the sector’s third consecutive decline.
Manufacturing sales down 1.8% in June: StatsCan
Drop blamed on lower sales in the petroleum and coal products, transportation equipment and chemical industries.
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Auto disruption: APMA focuses on tech, trade and Trump
The automotive parts association’s annual conference for suppliers set a positive note despite uncertainties globally and closer to home.
BC small businesses affected by wildfires get emergency grants
Certain businesses that have been under evacuation orders or alerts are eligible for a $1,500 emergency grant.
New Flyer lands contract to provide Edmonton with 110 clean diesel buses
Buses will be deployed on the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) network starting 2018.
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Cyberattack that paralyzed world’s biggest shipper cost up to $300 million
The Copenhagen-based group says the impact will be reflected in its third quarter results as revenue was mainly lost in July.
High-tech US plants offer jobs even as the laid off struggle
Factories will need to fill 2 million jobs over the next decade, but many workers are facing an in-demand skills deficit.
Wisconsin wouldn’t break even on Foxconn incentives for 25 years
Governor bill would hand the company up to $2.85 billion in tax credits, based on the number on the number of jobs generated.
Oil sands pilot project closed due to 2016 wildfire won’t be restarted
Japex has abandoned the development due to low oil prices and the technical risks of reactivating the wells.
Nissan to pay $97.7M in proposed Takata settlement
Settlement would pay for a new outreach program to ensure Takata air bags are removed from 4.4 million affected Nissan vehicles.
GreenMantra awarded $2.2M to construct polystyrene demo plant
Design and engineering of the new facility will begin this year, with construction starting in 2018.
Electrovaya gets $3.8M to develop Li-Ion batteries for commercial vehicles
Funding made available by Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
