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Kraft works on becoming trash free 
February 03, 2012
Kraft Foods says it has cut trash pickups at its production plants since 2005, with 36 sites now sending no trash to landfills.
The food processor sa...
Manufacturing jobs fall year-over-year
February 03, 2012
Canada's employment picture changed little in January.
The country's unemployment rate edged up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.6 per cent as mo...
Caterpillar shuts London plant
February 03, 2012
The Cat didn't come back.
Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail shut the doors on the London Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont. Feb. 3 a month after...
Dollar reaches parity with US
February 02, 2012
Stronger manufacturing numbers world-wide helped push the Canadian dollar above par against the US dollar for the first time since Oct. 31 on Feb. 1.
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GE opens new engine icing test facility
February 01, 2012
GE Canada and StandardAero have officially announced the opening of a new $50 million aircraft engine testing, research and development centre in Winn...
Canadian manufacturing flat in January
February 01, 2012
Production and new orders were flat for Canadian industry in January, the results of a new business survey say.
According to the RBC Canadian Manufac...
GM plans $8.8 million investment in St. Catharines
January 31, 2012
General Motors of Canada will be putting 42 employees back on the assembly line at the St. Catharines Powertrain Facility to work on the work on the a...
Canada lags in innovation
January 31, 2012
While Canada placed 11th in a 142-country survey of innovation performance, the country's score could have been higher had some business leaders shown...
Mexico settles in as Canada's third-largest trading partner
January 31, 2012
When it comes to international trade, Mexico is still a strong - and growing - number three for Canada.New numbers compiled by the NAFTA office of Mex...
SEI Industries Ltd. named national winner of the 2011 Regional Awards for New Technology
January 30, 2012
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NR...
CME to host workshops on new SMART funding for Southern Ontario manufacturers
January 30, 2012
Exporting and export-ready manufacturers in Southern Ontario can learn how to access up to $75,000 in financial support for product and process improv...
Western Canada to drive car sales
January 30, 2012
A Scotiabank economic report is predicting a good year for Canadian car sales.
While Canadian sales hit rock bottom at less than 1.2 million units in...
Japanese auto parts makers found guilty of price fixing
January 30, 2012
Ten years of fixing the prices on vehicle electrical parts has landed two Japanese auto suppliers more than a half billion dollars in criminal fines.
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China loses WTO ruling
January 30, 2012
The World Trade Organization has ruled against China and its export restrictions on raw materials.
China had promised to eliminate most export duties...
Renewable energy hits new milestone
January 30, 2012
Renewable energy hit a new high water mark last year.
A PriceWaterHouse Coopers report says the dollar value of global renewable energy deals reached...
January 30, 2012 News Release CME to host workshops on new SMART funding for Southern Ontario manufacturers
January 30, 2012
Exporting and export-ready manufacturers in Southern Ontario can learn how to access up to $75,000 in financial support for product and process improv
South America poised to become world leader in wood chip exports
January 27, 2012
A steady appetite for wood chips at pulp-and-paper mills has turned Latin America into the world's largest source in the last five years.
Combined, C...
New rules to be adopted for credit rating agencies
January 27, 2012
Credit rating agencies looking to do business in Canada will have a new set of requirements to live by as early as April.
Canadian Securities Adminis...
Montreal dryer maker plant to close
January 26, 2012
The high Canadian dollar and a slow US economy turned out to be the final straw for a Montreal dryer manufacturing plant.
Management at Mabe Canada's...
Cameron supports Canada, EU trade deal
January 26, 2012
The proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union has found a supporter in British Prime Minister David Cameron.
The British PM...
US manufacturers more optimistic about future
January 26, 2012
Three months have given US manufacturers a whole lot more optimism about their prospects.
The latest PwC US Manufacturing Barometer says manufacturer...
New SMART funding to help Ontario manufacturers go global
January 10, 2012
Photo: Jayson Myers, president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (middle), and Ian Howcroft, vice president, CME Ontario (right