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Endress+Hauser’s 2024 Sales, Profits Hold Up Well

April 10, 2025 Canada Helps Spur Growth in Sales in the Americas Endress+Hauser achieved a positive performance in 2024 amid a challenging environment. The family-owned measurement technology and automation solutions specialist increased its sales, created new jobs worldwide, invested more than at any time in its history and maintained profit stability. It also anticipates additional…

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Festo’s “Incredible Machine” at Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength

April 1, 2025 Hannover Messe Highlights Festo’s Innovative Strength During a tour of the Festo stand at Hannover Messe on March 31, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated the company on its 100-year success story. In this its anniversary year, Festo welcomed Scholz, accompanied by Stéphane Dion, Special Envoy of Canada, this year’s partner country for…

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Festo: Optimistic Start for 100th Anniversary Year

April 1, 2025 Solid 2024 financial results despite a difficult environment The Festo Group achieved a positive result in the financial year 2024, on par with the previous year, as announced by the Chairman of the Management Board, Thomas Böck, at a press conference held during the Hannover Messe. The innovation leader significantly expanded its…

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Festo Canada Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Make Canada an Automation Nation

April 1, 2025 The year was 1975. Newly created Festo Canada joined an industrial eco-system feeling the stirrings of accelerating technological change, a transformation that would become known as Industry 3.0. PLCs, articulated robots, computer numerical control systems were beginning to proliferate. The first US patent for Ethernet was filed that year. (That was also…

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Endress+Hauser’s Next Generation Dosimag, Dosimass Offer IO-Link Version for Digitalizing Filling Applications

March 27, 2025 Endress+Hauser is launching the next generation of Dosimag and Dosimass, its OEM specific flowmeters for filling applications, which now can be ordered with IO-Link connectivity – a world first for this class of liquid measurement instrument.   This new lineup provides best-in-class filling and batching performance, with high precision and repeatability and…

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Industry Insights: February 2025 – Navigating Economic Uncertainty

March 26, 2025 As we enter 2025, Canadian industries are facing a rapidly shifting economic landscape shaped by fluctuating trade policies, rising costs, and ongoing supply chain disruptions. From industrial manufacturing to technology and energy, businesses are adjusting their strategies to remain competitive in the face of uncertainty. Despite economic pressures, Canada’s industrial sectors are…

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Fighting for Canadian Workers and Businesses

March 10, 2025 Last week, the United States administration imposed unjustified tariffs on Canada, disrupting a successful trading partnership and raising costs for Americans and Canadians alike. The federal government will use every tool at their disposal so Canadian businesses and workers can weather this storm. They will defend Canadian jobs. The Minister of Finance…

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Festo Names Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker CEO of its North America Business Region

March 4, 2025 Uhlenbecker will assume his new role on April 1 upon the retirement of current CEO Carlos Miranda. Festo announced the retirement of Carlos Miranda, its North American Business Region CEO, effective April 1 and the appointment of the region’s new CEO Dr. Wilm Uhlenbecker. A family-owned global business with more than $3.7…

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Festo Celebrates its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!

Innovation and Responsibility – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow March 4, 2025 Festo is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. A family-owned global business with more than $3.7 billion in revenue and 20,000 employees, Festo is recognized as a premier automation supplier and innovator. Festo has operated in North America for more than 50 years. “One of…

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Festo Enhanced Its Popular VEMD Mass Flow Controller

February 245, 2025 The upgraded VEMD delivers a host of benefits, including high dynamic range at an affordable price. Festo has expanded the capabilities of its popular VEMD mass flow controller to maintain the unit’s cost competitiveness while improving connectivity, control dynamics, and flow range. The VEMD controller is applied in the medical laboratory, pharmaceutical,…

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Automated for Flexible and Precise Dispensing Technology

February 20, 2025 PC-based control in a multifunctional cell for bonding, sealing and potting processes The Scheugenpflug ProcessModule axis system forms the basis of Atlas Copco’s dispensing and screwing cells and a flexible integration platform for general contractors and machine builders. Precise process sequences are ensured by TwinCAT CNC and servo drive technology from Beckhoff,…

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Tolomatic Overview Video

February 18, 2025 Since 1954, Tolomatic has been manufacturing innovative automation components. From gearboxes and brakes to pneumatic actuators and complete electrical linear motion systems, our motion solutions are moving businesses forward. Tolomatic’s reputation for innovative linear motion products is earned daily through the efforts of their engineering, operation, and sales associates. Over 35% of…

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Redundant Servo Feedback: When Fail-Safe Positioning Is a Must

February 18, 2025 Servo systems depend on closed-loop feedback motor control to determine the rotor’s position at any given moment. The drive uses this motor feedback loop to properly commutate the motor phases, precisely controlling its torque, position and speed according to the application requirements. When encoders fail Although encoders are generally highly accurate and…

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ABB and Agilent Technologies Enter Collaboration to Advance Laboratory Automation

February 5, 2025 ABB Robotics and Agilent Technologies collaborate to produce automated laboratory solutions ABB Robotics and Agilent Technologies, a global leader in analytical and laboratory technology and software, have signed a collaboration agreement to deliver automated laboratory solutions. Working together, ABB and Agilent will combine the benefits of their technologies to enable companies across…

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From Small Lab to Global Additive Manufacturing Powerhouse

January 28, 2025 Waterloo’s MSAM Lab is increasing capacity for research, training and partnerships to meet growing demands in the field of advanced manufacturing By Darren McAlmont, University Relations In 2004, the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab at the University of Waterloo was a small, 150 square foot, windowless space. Today, it has expanded to…

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Omron Announces ATS Corporation as a Certified Systems Integrator Partner

January 27, 2025 ATS Corporation Partners with Omron as Certified Systems Integrator Omron has welcomed ATS Corporation (ATS) as the newest partner in its Certified Systems Integrator program. Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, ATS is a global automation and technology company supporting customers across various industries, including Life Sciences, Food & Beverage, Energy, Consumer Products,…