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SME success stories: Amphibious ambitions
- By Nick Healey
- Aug 20, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
Canada has a strong history of unique and important inventions. They can be as simple as five-pin bowling, or high impact game-changers like insulin or the pacemaker. Now, another invention by a Montreal company, is well on their way to winding up in a group with the latter.” Normrock...
SME success stories: Building a boom town
- By Nick Healey
- Aug 18, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
It’s hard not to notice the scope of expansion going on in Calgary these days. Housing developments dot the city’s perimeter, a brand new tower gleams in the city centre, and roads are being built faster than GPS systems can manage. It’s definitely a different city than your...
SME success stories: Radical torque tools
- By Nick Healey
- Aug 13, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
Pulling up to New World Technologies in a quiet subdivision of Abbotsford, B.C., one gets the impression that this is a well-run business. The gleaming reflective glass on the main building’s exterior is more reminiscent of a software company than a machine shop, but huge loading bays in an...
Blue skies ahead at Signature Tool Inc.
- By Nick Healey
- Apr 2, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
The story of Signature Tool Inc., in Oldcastle, Ontario, might as well be a metaphor for the cutting tool industry in this country. Sitting on the couches in the shop’s main office co-owners Frank Quint and Greg Soulliere talk about their days at the helm of their shop and seem very much at...
This week in metalworking: February 24 – February 28
- By Nick Healey
- Feb 28, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find...
Countdown to FABTECH Canada
- By Nick Healey
- Feb 27, 2014
- Fabricating
- Blog Post
As I walked the floors of Chicago’s McCormick Place at the US edition of FABTECH in November, I was struck by the sheer volume of foot traffic around me. Booths were packed, the floor was noisy with both machinery and conversation. Most of the time it seemed that I...
Cycle Start, Episode 4
- By Nick Healey
- Feb 26, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
The fourth installation of the Cycle Start series has been released. The series, which is being put together by Joe Poulin of Hurco Canada takes look at machine shops, and aims to get young people involved in the machining industry. The fourth edition visits Groulx Machining in North Bay, Ontario...
‘The Haas Way’
- By Nick Healey
- Feb 14, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
California is well known for its scenic coastline, and the traffic-choked highways. Once you start to get away from all that though, you quickly find yourself immersed in desert — the kind of place where you could watch your dog run away for days. It’s that sprawling...
This week in metalworking: January 27 - January 31
- By Nick Healey
- Jan 31, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find us on...
Training profile: Seneca College [video]
- By Nick Healey
- Jan 30, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
Seneca College is spread across a number of locations in the Greater Toronto area, with 10 campuses in total. The college has a thriving metalworking program, which is based at their Centre for Advanced Technologies at the school’s Jane campus, in the North York region of Toronto....
This week in metalworking: January 13 – January 17
- By Nick Healey
- Jan 17, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find...
Cycle Start, Episode 3
- By Nick Healey
- Jan 6, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
The third installation of the Cycle Start series has been released. The series, which is being put together by Joe Poulin of Hurco Canada takes look at machine shops, and aims to get young people involved in the machining industry. The third edition visits Rian Solutions in Brantford, Ontario...
This week in metalworking: December 16 - December 20
- By Nick Healey
- Dec 20, 2013
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find us on Google+...
SME Canada's Janine Saperson on what's in store at FABTECH Canada [Video]
- By Nick Healey
- Dec 11, 2013
- Fabricating
- Article
At the recent FABTECH 2013 show in Chicago, Illinois, our editor, Jim Anderton spoke with SME Canada's Janine Saperson about what visitors to FABTECH Canada can expect. The show will be held at the Toronto Congress Centre, March 18-20, 2014. "(The American edition) is one of the largest, and one...
A sloped roof — now that makes sense
- By Nick Healey
- Dec 10, 2013
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
A little something came across my news feed the other day saying that ArcelorMittal will supply roughly 20 per cent (3,000 tonnes) of the steel required for the construction of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, in St. Paul, Minn. Apparently, construction ceremonially kicked off on Tuesday,...
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