OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Canada has been awarded an order by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP to supply 124 wind turbines in the Chatham-Kent municipality in southern Ontario. The investments in the project are expected to top $100 million, and the turbines will be...

TORONTO – A recent survey commissioned by the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) suggests that almost all Canadians believe construction work, including welding contractors and steel fabricators, should be overseen by a national organization and held to a national standard. The survey, which took...

A group of Canadian automotive suppliers have been recognized by General Motors as the automaker unveiled its 21st annual Supplier of the Year award winners earlier this month. Four Canadian firms were among the list of 83 suppliers to receive the award of excellence from GM, and all are...

MONTREAL -- Bombardier Transportation has denied a European newspaper report that it faces large penalties for the late delivery of 59 double-decker inter-city trains ordered in 2010 by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Der Sonntag, quoting unnamed sources, said Bombardier faces at least...

PARIS -- Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian's Lion Air worth (euro)18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande said should inspire the struggling French economy and all of Europe. The CEOs of both companies signed the contract for 234 planes in...

WASHINGTON -- A strong increase in auto output boosted U.S. factory production last month, the latest sign that manufacturing is helping drive economic growth after lagging for much of 2012. The Federal Reserve says factory output rose a seasonally adjusted 0.8 per cent in February from January,...

TORONTO – Magna International founder, Frank Stronach visited one of the campuses of Toronto's George Brown College on Thursday, touring the college’s trade facilities. Stronach was at the college to visit the tool and die program, speak to the students about the issues facing the...

TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar was higher Thursday amid mixed commodity prices and economic data. The loonie was up 0.1 of a cent to 97.44 cents US. Statistics Canada reports that Canadian industries operated at 80.7 per cent of their production capacity in the fourth quarter, down slightly from...