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
Redefining manufacturing: Assessing 3D printed stainless-steel for aerospace applications
Promation collaborated with Centennial College to evaluate if their 3D printed specimens could meet aerospace specifications.
Robotic Arm Revs Up Safety for Motorcycle Riders
EatSleepRIDE Mobile Inc. gives solo riders their freedom and peace of mind back through CRASHLIGHT, a ride-tracking and community app.
Revolutionary robotic harvester tackles food supply challenges
For many Canadians, flashbacks to March 2020 conjures images of panic buying and empty grocery store shelves. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the food supply chain in other, less obvious ways. During the first wave, Canadian farmers experienced many difficulties hiring temporary foreign workers due to border…
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…
App lights way out of pandemic darkness
An interdisciplinary team at Niagara College develops smartphone technology for an Ontario manufacturer Walk into the dark hush of Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal. There’s a glow from the dark recesses on the periphery of the central nave—hundreds of candles. Flickering golden flames lit by the faithful. A symbolic gesture…
The Power of Partnership in Aerospace Innovation
Collaborative industry and academic research is the edge Marsh Brothers Aviation in Burlington has a world-class reputation for polymer engineering. They design and manufacture innovative light-weight non-metallic self-lubricating bushings, bearings, and seals. One polymer, AeroTough®, is already approved by Transport Canada for use in the manufacture of landing gear parts,…
Sheridan team creates PPE for front-line healthcare workers
Sheridan College’s Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT) has answered the call to create personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at CAMDT, located at Sheridan’s Davis Campus in Brampton, Ont., delivered a total of 1,900 certified and reusable face shields: 1,700…