Mazak Corp. Canada, Cambridge, Ont., has assembled a new, sevenmember sales team to support the province’s manufacturing customer base. Among those members are three recently hired sales professionals: Bob Kanarek, Martin Craven, and Darcy Ball. “Ontario has extremely competitive and complex...

The French industrial engineering group Fives has acquired MAG Americas, a global supplier of high-performance machining solutions and composite processing. MAG Americas is a subsidiary of the MAG Group, and enjoys a unique position in the high-end segment of large and complex parts machining...

Official figures show that industrial production across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro fell by 0.4 per cent in January. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, added Tuesday that production for durable consumer goods in the eurozone fell by 1.4 per cent, with capital good...

MONTREAL -- Bombardier has appointed a German executive with rail and aerospace experience to replace Andre Navarri as president and chief operating officer of Bombardier Transportation, its Berlin-based railway division. Lutz Bertling, 50, who was selected following a global search, takes over the...

TORONTO -- Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd. and a subsidiary of India's Tata Steel Ltd. have reached a strategic co-operation pact on operations near the Quebec-Labrador border. Labrador Iron has agreed to sell a 51 per cent stake in its Howse iron deposit to Tata Steel Minerals Canada for $30...

Within the past couple of years one can see a general trend in high power diode lasers among others towards the highest possible brightness. The product portfolio of TRUMPF high brightness diode lasers with output power < 1kW will be presented. The architecture of these diode lasers, their main...

Thanks to its high innovation track record, it has developed strong relationships within the key and demanding industries it serves, such as aerospace, oil & gas, mining, agriculture and off-road vehicles. In 2012, it displayed a turnover of around $400m, of which 67% was generated in North...

EXSYS Tool, San Antonio, Fla., has opened a new facility in Brampton, Ont., to better serve its Canadian customers. As an extension of the company’s main facility in Florida, EXSYS Canada aids Canadian manufacturers by providing them with modular toolholding systems together with local service...

The contract includes a PEMA one-side welding station and stiffener mounting and welding stations equipped with hi-tech PEMA WeldControl 100 system. The line is also equipped with a special covered conveyor solution to make working on the line safer and to transport welded panels smoothly. This new...

“We are very pleased with the progress being made on the CSeries aircraft program and we are excited to open our facility and publicly show the world the advances and key milestones we have achieved as we get ready for first flight,” said Mike Arcamone, President, Bombardier Commercial...