Latest News: Montreal Metro Uses Wood Blocks on Their Braking System - BC sawmill starting vineyard - Canada’s labour shortage will be a long-term challenge for the economy, new report finds


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October 5, 2022

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Cabico opens automated factory

Quebec’s fifth-biggest wood products manufacturer Cabico & co is flexing new muscle and looking to hire more employees today after plunking down close to $25 million to expand and modernize its plant ... Read more.

Message From the Publisher

I’m not sure if change is the only consistent, but we are covering a lot of changes this week with articles on the newest robotics, digital automation, improved office designs and sawmills changing into vineyards. In fact, not everything is changing: make sure to read about Montreal Metro’s wooden brake shoes. No changes in production since their introduction in 1966.

– Mike Neeb, Publisher

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Krattiger Holzbau AG introduced a new business model with the purchase of a multifunction bridge from Weinmann and the integrated adhesive application system ... Read more.

Latest News

Montreal Metro Uses Wood Blocks on Their Braking System

Since its inauguration in 1966, the Montreal metro has been using yellow birch wood brake shoes, an idea inspired by the technology of the Paris metro. ... Read more.

BC sawmill starting vineyard

Sawmill operator Gorman Group is going back to its founding family’s farming roots with the development of a vineyard on an Okanagan Valley hillside destroyed by a forest fire in August last year. ... Read more.

Canada’s labour shortage will be a long-term challenge for the economy, new report finds

RSM Canada (“RSM”), a global provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on middle market businesses, launched its third 2022 edition of ... Read more.

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Feature

Building Better Places to Work: A Look at Minto’s New Offices

In 1955 four Ottawa brothers – Louis, Gilbert, Irving, and Lorry Greenberg – joined together to start Minto, a homebuilding business. By 1986, ... Read more.

Latest Products

RDM – Rotary Cope and Stick Door Clamp

Door Master Model RDM is a 5-section Rotary Door Clamp for Cope and Stick Doors (90°). The RDM is designed for quick and accurate assembly, clamping and squaring of your cabinet doors. The 5-section Door Master for Cope ... Read more.

Kentwood Moulders – HD Class

The Kentwood HD Series features heavy-duty (HD) configurations designed to meet the requirements and challenges of the high-volume industrial producer with extra machining capabilities to handle ... Read more.

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Design

Explore the Possibili-trees of Wood Design

As many people return to in-person work or at least split their time between the office and home as part of a hybrid solution, they continue to want warm living spaces that help them relax and reconnect with ... Read more.

Business / Technology

Biesse has a new commercial manager for Canada

Wood and advanced materials machinery and systems manufacturer Biesse Canada has appointed Shawn Colepaugh as its commercial manager. “We highly value our Canadian customer base and ... Read more.

Sames Kremlin Has a New Name

Since its creation in 1924, Kremlin has developed worldwide as an expert in paint and sealant application solutions in all industrial markets. Their acquisition of iNTEC in 2020 also strengthened their place ... Read more.

Latest Events

October 13-14, Wood Pro Expo, Manheim, PA

October 18-22, Woodworking Technology Days, Mississauga, ON

October 25-28, 2022,  CME Annual General Meeting, Online

October 26-28, Kitchen + Bath Canada, Toronto, ON

October 27-29, SIBO, Drummondville, QC

November 23, Top Government Funding For Hiring & Training, Online

November 29, Vision 2030, Quebec, QC

December 1, Low Embodied Carbon Designs Course, Online

January 31 - February 2, KBIS 2023, Las Vegas, NV

March 27-29, 2023, International Mass Timber Conference, Portland, OR

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