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CSA Group – Celebrating a Century of Higher Standards
November 6, 2025
For over 100 years, CSA Group has remained an organization dedicated to safety, sustainability, and social good. From developing standards for aircraft parts, bridges, and wire rope in 1919, to enhancing standards with over 70,000 global members.
A global organization dedicated to safety, social good and sustainability, they are a leader in North American Standards and in Testing, Inspection and Certification around the world. Their mandate is to hold the future to a higher standard.
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N³ Summit: The Next Big Thing in One Big Room
November 6, 2025
Canada’s flagship advanced manufacturing summit is coming back to Toronto March 31 to April 1st, 2026.
Where Canada comes to build what’s next
N³ brings together Canada’s advanced industries under one roof. Automation, AI, robotics, quantum, defence, homebuilding, and more. If it’s shaping the future, it’s here.
This summit is built for decision-makers and doers. For those who are scaling businesses, driving investment, designing policy, and building real technology.
Whether you’re here to discover, pitch, learn, or lead, N³ offers a rare space where Canadian industrial innovation moves faster.How to participate
Exhibitors
This is your platform to showcase new technologies, share your story, and start meaningful conversations with investors, manufacturers, policymakers, and talent. Be seen, be heard, and be in the room where decisions get made. BECOME AN EXHIBITOR
Visitors
Whether you’re looking for the right partner, the right investment, or the right solution, N³ brings the full ecosystem to one place. Get a closer look at what is emerging, connect with leaders who are building it, and walk away with ideas and momentum. Buy tickets
Other ways to join
Interested in sponsoring, speaking, or contributing to the program? N³ offers a variety of curated ways to embed your brand or leadership voice within Canada’s growth story. Details coming soon.
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Innovative Shuttle Warehouse | Bergzeit GmbH | SEW-EURODRIVE
October 23, 2025
Innovative Shuttle Warehouse
The mountain sports retailer Bergzeit has been operating an automated shuttle warehouse with 54,000 storage locations since 2022. Equipped with regenerative drive technology from SEW-EURODRIVE, the system feeds the lifts’ braking energy back into the grid. The result: greater energy efficiency, lower operating costs, and a more sustainable logistics process.
In addition, Bergzeit invests in a photovoltaic system generating 550,000 kWh annually, electric mobility, and climate-friendly shipping solutions. Together with SEW-EURODRIVE’s innovative systems, this creates a future-proof energy concept for logistics and mountain sports.
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SEW-EURODRIVE Canada Secures New Location for Canadian Headquarters
SEW-EURODRIVE’s commitment to exceptional service is what got them here. For over 50 years, they have been providing top-tier drive system solutions to Canadian businesses—helping not only their own company grow but their customers as well.
As they look to the future, they are doubling down on that commitment by continuing to invest in their people and their infrastructure. And with that, they are excited to announce a major milestone: they have secured a new location for their Canadian headquarters in Caledon, Ontario!
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Mackinnon Magnetics: Innovation Starts Here
October 15, 2025
General Purpose Low Voltage Dry-Type Transformers
At Mackinnon Magnetics, they are ramping up their facility to make three-phase dry-type transformers from 15 to 1000 kVA, custom up to 600 volts, in copper or aluminum. Enclosures are ventilated 3R indoor/outdoor.
All their transformers are engineered, built, and tested at MacKinnon Magnetics facility to meet CSA, IEEE, NEMA, and DOE standards.
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Third-Party Gear Unit Repairs | SEW-EURODRIVE
October 14, 2025
Third-Party Gear Unit Repairs | SEW-EURODRIVE
Discover professional industrial gear repair for all manufacturers, including third-party gear unit repairs. SEW-Eurodrive’s service covers damage of any scope – from simple maintenance to pattern-based manufacturing using 3D laser scanning and reverse engineering. Get insights into foreign gear repair, disassembly, fault analysis with reporting, assembly, and final inspection. They also handle transport to their global service centres and on-site commissioning – starting from batch size 1.
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PxG® Integrated Precision Planetary Gearmotors from SEW-EURODRIVE
The new PxG® integrated series combines PxG® planetary gear units and CM3G.. servomotors to create a single highly compact, precise, and dynamic unit.
SEW-EURODRIVE’s PxG®M..CM3G.. precision planetary gearmotors have been specifically developed for highly dynamic applications involving precise positioning. One key feature is their extremely compact design, with an installation length up to 40% shorter than conventional servo planetary gearmotors with adapter mounting for the motor. In the future, this means PxG® integrated precision planetary gearmotors will even be suitable for many applications that previously required right-angle gear units. Furthermore, the compact design ensures extremely high torsional rigidity and a low mass moment of inertia. Together with the high overload capacity, these features maximize the solution’s dynamic credentials.
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Pilz: Safety. Security. Automation.
October 14, 2025
Pilz’s innovative, proven products and systems cover a broad spectrum, from sensor and control technology to drive technology, and are in use all over the world. Their global presence enables you to benefit from their experience locally, wherever you are. Their international team of experts is also committed to your project.
Watch the video to learn more about their product range!
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Sensor-Based Safety = Efficient Automation with Pilz
Image Source © Pilz GmbH & Co. KG Safe automation is impossible without safe sensor technology. A universal safety concept is only enabled through interaction with sensors in the field – they not only detect hazardous situations but also record data, so that machinery can be operated safely and proactively.
Pilz sensor technology is broadly positioned for the widest range of applications: from position monitoring and safeguarding of access gates and maintenance flaps through to area and zone monitoring. Their sensor technology portfolio, PSEN for short, offers a broad spectrum: it is coordinated, certified to international standards, robust and long-lasting. And it encompasses many technologies in order to meet the respective application challenges: from safety switches, electromechanical and electromagnetic guard locking devices through to optoelectronic sensors such as safety light curtains, laser scanners or radar systems.
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Bringing Safe, High-Speed Ethernet to Hazardous Environments
October 6, 2025
Ethernet cables are familiar to just about everyone who uses a computer, providing high-speed wired connectivity to local, metropolitan, and wide area networks. But until recently, they couldn’t be used at the field level in factories with hazardous conditions.
Working with suppliers, ABBe developed Ethernet-APL – a safer solution that limits supply voltage and current to eliminate the risk of sparking.
With Ethernet-APL, you get:
➡️ Enhanced data rates of up to 10 Mbps
➡️ A shielded two wire connection
➡️ Cable lengths of up to 1,000 meters
Watch Tilo Merlin, Platform Manager at ABB, explain how we developed an ethernet solution in which intrinsic safety is fully integrated – enabling high-speed connectivity in challenging environments.
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ABB Receives CDP’s ‘A’ Score for Transparency on Climate Change
ABB has been recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change by the global environmental non-profit organization Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for the second consecutive year, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’. ABB is one of a small number of companies that achieved an ‘A’ – out of over 22,000 companies scored. ABB also improved its CDP Water score to A-. Over 700 financial institutions with over US$142 trillion in assets requested companies disclose through CDP on climate change, forests and water security.
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Historical Movie | SEW-EURODRIVE
October 1, 2025
Behind every major success story, there is a captivating tale to tell. What started in a small workshop in Bruchsal evolved during the turbulent post-war years into a world-leading drive and automation technology company – SEW‑EURODRIVE, or SEW for short. One family full of determination, technical ingenuity, and economic vision laid the foundations for global success.
The boom years, bold decisions, and revolutionary developments made the name SEW synonymous with innovation and quality, and the company has been shaping drive and automation technology for over 90 years. With their visionary ideas and technical excellence, the pioneers from Bruchsal quickly set new standards and are now driving the world. Part one of our blog series is all about turbulent beginnings, a boss with real guts, and momentous post-war years that first opened the door to international expansion.
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SEW-EURODRIVE – Unstoppable, Integrated, United
Since the start of SEW-EURODRIVE nearly 100 years ago, the importance of being aligned with the needs of the market and the customers it serves has remained their focus. The quality of products and a consistent and timely supply have helped make SEW a trusted manufacturer of gearmotors, drives, and modular systems. SEW’s passion for technology has served them well over the years: new products designed and manufactured, the adoption and creation of technology and solutions for industry, as well as steadied expansion in the face of challenges. Driving the world is what they do.
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Weidmüller in :60 PROeco II Power Supplies
September 17, 2025
Introducing the new PROeco II power supply series — the next generation of compact, efficient, and cost-effective power solutions from Weidmüller. With up to 95% efficiency, a 15% smaller footprint, three-color status signalling, and improved MTBF, PROeco II is built to meet the demands of modern industrial automation while fitting seamlessly into existing designs.
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Weidmüller Achieves Nearly One Billion Euros in Sales Despite Challenging Market Conditions
Following exceptionally strong growth in 2021 and 2022, the electrical connectivity and automation specialist Weidmüller has experienced a decline in sales for the second consecutive year. In 2024, revenue fell by approximately 11 percent compared to the previous year, reaching EUR 980 million. The decline in sales is attributed to a weak economy. “Given the challenging market conditions, we had to accept a drop in revenue. Last year’s result fell short of our expectations – the market correction following the growth trajectory proved more persistent than we had anticipated,” says Dr Sebastian Durst, CEO of the Weidmüller Group, headquartered in Detmold.
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Remlive Presence of Voltage Indicators
September 15, 2025
Remlive presence of voltage indicators provide a visual reminder that a circuit is live. This helps reduce exposure to hazardous voltage and ultimately saves lives.
- Quick and easy method to check isolation to enhance LOTO procedures, reducing the risk of electrical hazards.
- With the electrical separation between the DIN rail unit and the door mounted display, hazardous voltages remain within the cabinet.
- Display status on the front of the control panel. Low voltage to the door ensures maximum safety.
- Extensive global certifications, including up to OVC IV.
- Simple way to check 3 phase rotation with optional Phase Indicator Display. Reduces the requirement for live testing. Prevents equipment damage.
- Easy to install in new or existing control panels, with small footprint and minimal maintenance required.
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Enhancing Workplace Safety with Remlive Electrical Warning Indicators: The RL-24i Family
Electrical accidents remain one of the most significant workplace hazards across industries. According to statistics from Safe Work Australia, 142 workers died from electrical contact between 2003-2015. In Great Britain, electrical injuries to workers average one fatality every 10 days, while the U.S. recorded over 1,600 deaths due to electrical incidents in just one decade. These sobering statistics highlight why proper electrical safety monitoring is essential in any industrial environment. For over 25 years, Remlive has been keeping workplaces safe with their innovative electrical safety warning indicators.