2017 Barrie Business Awards Finalists Announced!

2017 Barrie Business Awards Finalists Announced!

Barrie’s Chamber of Commerce and City of Barrie have announced the finalists for this year’s 2017 Barrie Business Awards. The awards, which will be presented by Bell, Busch Group of Companies, OLG and Alectra Inc, will announce the finalist’s at a...
The Future of Automation Engineering

The Future of Automation Engineering

Advanced manufacturing is a type of manufacturing employed by the leaders of industry. It incorporates automation to produce high quality components as efficiently as possible. From automation in building cars, to medical devices and consumer products, there is a...
The Future of Automation Engineering

Innovations in the Medical Device Development Process

What Drives Innovations? New ideas, new scientific discoveries and changes to manufacturing technologies often drive innovative medical device development. The regulatory process heavily affects the device development pathway. Globally, there are many changes...
The Future of Automation Engineering

The Future of Jobs: Effects of Automation on Jobs

It is natural to assume that if a machine (or robot), displaces a human in an effort to automate a process, a machine has taken that humans job. This is simply not true. In this article we investigate why we believe that automation in the workplace is not only...
Linear Transfer Systems & Automation

Linear Transfer Systems & Automation

Linear transfer systems have been the backbone of the automation industry landscape for a long time. Or should we say, the back saver, as linear transfer automation has removed a lot of heavy lifting in the assembly industry as products are transferred from the...