Cameco Corp. says spot uranium prices are up amid the production disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company says the uranium spot price has increased by more than 35 per cent since the company announced the first disruption at its Cigar Lake mine on March 23. The comment came as Cameco reported a first-quarter loss of $19 mil…
JW Winco, Inc., has opened a new distribution centre and branch office in Canada. The new facility, located in Woodbridge, Ontario, has over 6,000 square feet of warehouse space, and over 2,300 square feet of office space. “We have over 2,500 individual items in stock to improve our service to our customers in Canada,”
In a collaborative effort to support the healthcare industry during this COVID-19 crisis, Heidenhain is working with Applied Motion Products, Inc. to expedite critical components to a large manufacturer of ventilators. Now in various stages of delivery, the Applied Motion Products’ StepSERVO Integrated Motors equipped with Heidenhain’s R
Vaccine development requires an automated pipetting system which performs programmed transfers of liquid. The word "pipetting" is referring to the laboratory tool called pipette, which is commonly used in molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and medical tests, to transport a measured volume of liquid. Automatic pipetting in
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), through its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc. (MCA), entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gelest Intermediate Holdings, Inc., parent of Gelest, Inc. and part of New Mountain Capital, LLC (NMC). “We are excited to acquire Gelest as its business fits well within MCC’s long-term s…
Imperial Oil Ltd. is slowing or deferring maintenance work throughout its operations as it tries to ensure employee safety in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected 83 workers at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The Calgary-based company said Friday it will start a planned one-month maintenance shutdown of one of i…
Ontario provided guidelines to businesses Thursday for how to eventually reopen safely, giving a glimpse of life post-isolation, with physically distant offices, a greater reliance on retail delivery and restricting passengers on public transit. There are no dates yet for restarting the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but Premier Doug F…
Bosch Rexroth won the Spotlight On New Technology Award from the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2020) for its High Force and Low Voltage Subsea Valve Actuator (SVA). This groundbreaking innovation enables the implementation of the all-subsea factory in green- as well as in brownfields. The award-winning solution was recognized for i
VELO3D has announced that it has raised $28 million in a Series D funding round. New investors Piva and TNSC joined the round, along with existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Playground, and Khosla Ventures. This brings VELO3D’s total funding to $138 million. “With the VELO3D integrated solution of Flow a
ISO 6336 is the most important standard for the strength calculation of cylindrical gears. Parts 1 (principles, general influence factors), 2 (flank) and 3 (root) have been revised and republished in 2019. Compared to the previous version, the changes in the calculated safeties are in some cases significant and will influence the design
After receiving all the official approvals, Voith successfully completed the acquisition of ELIN Motoren GmbH on April 30, 2020. ELIN Motoren, headquartered in Austria, is a high-tech company in the field of electric motors and generators that is active worldwide and supplies individualized solutions for industrial applications. &nbs
The global COVID-19 crisis is placing unprecedented demands on government and healthcare organizations, driving a critical need for front line workers’ access to personal protective equipment (PPE). Power management company Eaton is using its manufacturing, 3D printing expertise and partner network to fulfill a JobsOhio order for rapid p
With the backdrop of a global pandemic that impacted the end of the first quarter, AD reported a 2% increase in member sales across its 12 divisions, totaling $11 billion in the first three months of 2020. On a same-store basis by business unit, three-month Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Pipe sales were up 3%; Electrica
Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the latest release of its Simcenter FLOEFD software, a CAD-embedded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool. Simcenter FLOEFD is part of the Simcenter portfolio of simulation and test solutions that enables companies optimize designs and deliver innovations faste
Gates recently introduced the world’s first wrapped V-Belt technology using Ethylene Elastomer (EE) compounds for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the agriculture, forestry and heavy industrial markets. The launch of the Xtreme V-Force Mega banded V-belt platform leverages Gates’ materials science and manufacturing process expe
GAM announces the release of the new GSL series of strain wave gearboxes. The new gearboxes provide zero-backlash and high torque in a small gearbox for robotic and motion control applications. The GSL gearbox uses harmonic gearing for a very compact design that easily integrates into applications requiring high ratios
Amidst the highly unprecedented coronavirus outbreak and the economic slowdown leaving the auto industry by storm, ETAuto discusses its impact and future recovery with yet another expert, Vikram Kirloskar of Toyota Kirloskar Motor. Once we come out of the pandemic outbreak and the subsequent lockdown, the auto industry
