Press Lock Technologies faced a manufacturing challenge. Read how they partnered with SONAMI helped tackle it.
Collaborative R&D Project Boosts Tooling Life and Sales for Manufacturing Startup
Industry partner’s app gets upgraded with the power of AI
Meet Angad and Prabhpahul Singh, co-founders and the brains behind LeanSuite, a software development company that offers lean manufacturing and process improvement solutions for manufacturers and companies in other sectors. The Brampton, Ont.-based company was created to specifically fulfill the needs of small businesses in terms of operations management and…
I scream, you scream, try our new vegan ice cream
Four All Ice Cream scoops, including their Chocolate Orange Vegan Ice Cream Vegan ice cream enthusiasts are flocking to Four All Ice Cream, a Kitchener-based artisanal ice cream brand with a cult following that was dreamed up by entrepreneur Ajoa Mintah. The small-batch ice cream manufacturer places customers at the…
Robots will be cooking your meals
People are thinking carefully about new ways to work and the rules of engagement. In general, more people are leaving their jobs. There’s been a full-scale exodus from hospitality during the pandemic. The global health crisis exasperated a pre-existing condition. Filling jobs has been hard in the sector for decades….
Brilliant Photonics’ UV-C commercial lighting system to disinfect COVID-19 virus
Brilliant Photonics is well known for developing high-tech industrial lighting systems for the agricultural and horticultural industries. Now the Kitchener, Ont. company is adding another market to its list – industrial disinfection technology to help kill viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. Thanks to a project with the…
Seeing a flexible future
Canadian smart glasses that could change the wearable game In 1983 the first iteration of the mobile phone was released by Motorola in the United States. If you’re old enough, you might remember Tom Selleck as Magnum PI using one, a big beige brick with an antenna. Not something to…
Steel company earns millions with ‘magic’ drill thanks to McMaster partnership
The making of holes is a common operation in machining, yet it’s also one of the most complex, with frequent tool failure. When a company annually produces 18 million parts with holes, it stands to reason improving tool life makes a significant impact on their bottom line. Bettering their drilling…
Hamill Machine Co. enters new markets thanks to partnership with SONAMI
History has shown us that a company’s success depends on how well it innovates. Niagara’s Hamill Machine Co. knows this well, having relied on its ingenuity to successfully reinvent itself in the face of an ever-changing landscape. When owner Bob Benner took over Hamill two decades ago, he knew the…
Battery innovator powering lucrative future thanks to SONAMI partnership
Portable battery power is supercharging the green energy industry. In fact, global forecasters expect the market for lithium-ion batteries to hit at least $40 billion by 2025. Ontario engineer-entrepreneur Francois Byrne intends to capitalize on this growing market with his high-powered battery systems that can replace industrial gas/diesel generators. Byrne’s…
Plumbing company to help break chain of deadly hospital infections thanks to SONAMI partnership
Great ideas are oftentimes born from the unlikeliest of places. However, if you are a plumbing fixture designer, tapping a revolutionary idea from a hospital sink is not as strange as it may seem. This was the case for Chris McLeod, who read a disturbing story a few years…