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Welcome to Advanced Manufacturing magazine's e-newsletter! "A must-read for decision-makers who manage, source and implement manufacturing technologies. Canada's #1 source for advanced manufacturing technology news, analysis and products." e-Newsletter Today's e-newsletter is sponsored by:
No one likes to give money away and some believe that's exactly what governments are doing in loaning money to the Canadian auto industry. The federal and Ontario governments announced on Dec. 21 they'll provide $4 billion in loans to General Motors and Chrysler. Ottawa is contributing $2.7 billion and Queen's Park will kick in $1.3 billion. The aid package represents about 20 per cent of a similar loan program announced in Washington for the two American automakers. While the bailout comes in the form of loans that are to be repaid, it seemed initially that public opinion was against any help for the auto industry, but a recent national poll suggests otherwise. A Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey found 56 per cent of Canadians supported the notion of "proportional, repayable loans," while 33 per cent were opposed. Predictably the number in favour of the loans rose in Ontario, with 62 per cent in favour of the bailout. People have come around to the fact that to let the auto industry fail, would be too big a hit for our economy to take, especially in this current climate of crisis. And remember, these are loans. If the companies fail to change their ways – and there is ample evidence that they were on their way to turning things around before the collapse of the economy last fall – they may still go out of business. Another fact to keep in mind is that while car sales are down and may never reach the heights of earlier this decade, there are still a lot of older models out there and people will continue to buy cars and that number will certainly grow over the next few years. The only question is will they buy GMs, Fords and Chryslers? John Tenpenny, editor Please feel free to drop me a line: Today's e-newsletter is sponsored by:
A partnership between a software company and local groups jointly launched the Manufacturing Innovation Network (MIN), an online network which facilitates and promotes awareness, excellence and innovation within the manufacturing industry in the Waterloo Region.
Global economic downturns provide opportunities to invest for the future, Eberhard Veit, Ph.D., chairman of the board of directors at Festo, the German-based supplier automation technology told a gathering of international business press at the 7th International Festo Press Conference, Dec 2-3 in Delft, The Netherlands.
Ontario's Ministry Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) are helping Food Sector Manufacturers and Processors across Ontario to enhance their global competitiveness, protect jobs and engage leading-edge professional peer-to-peer knowledge networks, through advanced manufacturing training, next generation Web 2.0 networks and labour-pool building initiatives designed specifically for this important sector.
Saskatoon-based International Road Dynamics Inc. announced the award of a Quantity Purchase Agreement for Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) and Virtual Weigh-In-Motion (VWIM) Systems, Service and Maintenance from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
ASQ (American Society for Quality) has learned that when it comes to kids' dream jobs, engineering is not on the list. An overwhelming 85% of youth say that they are not interested in a future engineering career for a variety of reasons, according to a recent survey of youth and adults conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of ASQ.
The credit crunch is rapidly making its way from Wall Street and Bay Street to Main Street, Canada and is squeezing privately held businesses across a wide swath of industries. Slowing growth, weakening demand and reduced lending by banks compound an already difficult environment. While some regions of the country and certain industries are proving more resilient than others, our general advice to owners of privately held businesses is to take proactive steps to prepare for challenging days ahead, particularly with respect to businesses that rely on the US market or are exposed to highly volatile commodities.
Surveying the plant, it is easy to ''see'' automation opportunities. A typical signal is a manual operation performed at several manual or semiautomated stations on a product family. Typically these are ''adjustment'' operations, packaging and secondary processing operations.
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