Fabrication Events
A new era for natural gas
Technical advances in natural gas extraction and new discoveries of deposits are poised to radically alter the fuel’s production, processing and delivery in North America.
Maximize your assets’ value
Experts from academia, science and plant professionals from around the world who attended the 2009 International Maintenance Excellence Conference (IMEC) shared some valuable strategic insights.
Events
Supply Chain Canada: The ups and downs of global sourcing
While not without risks, China remains a viable choice for offshoring
$1T business bonanza in India
Canadian manufacturers take note: India plans to invest more than US$1 trillion over the next five years to meet infrastructure demands and more than half of that money will be coming from the private sector.
National conference focuses on skill trades
Join the conversation on building skilled talent across Canada by participating in the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s national conference in Regina June 3 to 5.
Canadian PLANT Manufacturing Events 2011
Conferences, seminars, trade shows, training sessions and more for Canadian manufacturers.
Sparks are flying at Fabtech
Reports and photos from the Fabtech show in Chicago, where vendors demonstrating new welding, fabricating, stamping and finishing equipment.
FABTECH Canada coming in 2012
TORONTO: Canada is getting its own fabricating show. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA) and the American Welding Society (AWS) will be launching FABTECH Canada March 20-22 at the Toronto Congress Centre. The event will showcase the latest fabrication technologies, tools and trends used in industries ranging from automotive ...
Kevin O’Leary to headline CMTS
A dragon will descend on the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show 2011 (Oct. 17 to 20) in October and will add some heat to the world of manufacturing.
Investing in technology?
Today, the page is turning. Manufacturers are more confident about their prospects, and this optimism is reflected in the growth this year of the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show 2011 (CMTS).
Future outlook positive at CMTDA cruise
“we’re seeing a major increase in orders since January...we’re way of per-recession times. We’ve turned the corner, no question"
Time to invest?
Manufacturers in Quebec and Alberta who are ready to spend investment money on improving their productivity can check out new technologies, systems, equipment, machinery and more at two regional shows presented by SME.
Is your plant world class?
Maintenance professionals, practitioners, scientists and speakers from around the world gather in Toronto each year for an exchange of ideas and to report on research and effective maintenance practices.
Oil sands looking for clean tech solutions
There are plenty of lucrative opportunities for Ontario manufacturers to supply clean tech and environmental expertise to Alberta's oil sands companies.
Plug into the oil sands’ multi-billion dollar supply chain
There’s money to be made from Alberta’s oil sands and not just by energy developers. There are opportunities for Canadian manufacturers to be part of a multi-billion dollar supply chain that is in need of products and services from a range of industries.
Tinkerbox inspires teens’ inner engineer
Autodesk has come up with a design tool/game for teens called Tinkerbox that will awaken the designer/engineer in all of them.
Autodesk Inventor helps design world’s “greenest” car
Autodesk's Clean Tech Partner Program for Winipeg-based KOR EcoLogic’s 200 MPG Urbee.
Autodesk adds offline editing to AutoCAD WS
Designers who have their heads in the cloud can access, edit and share their AutoCAD designs and DWG drawing files anywhere using web browsers and mobile devices with AutoCAD WS, but now the app supports offline editing, too.
Labour Relations: Chinese autoworkers offer signs of hope
Leaders representing the G20 nations participated in a two-day summit in June to discuss a variety of global issues, including how to stop the slow, continuous bleeding brought on by the most devastating economic recession in recent memory.
Conference preview: Protecting profits with cleantech
What does the man who coined the term ‘cleantech’ more than a decade ago think about its promise today? Nicholas Parker, executive chairman and co-founder of the Cleantech Group (San Francisco), and one of the first to invest in sustainable technologies, says cleantech might be the only way manufacturers can protect eroding profits. “Consumer-facing industries ...