Georgian College info session on maintenance management programPEM Staff | Aug 9, 2010 Georgian College and the Plant Engineering & Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) will hold an information session on professional and workforce development on Aug. 31, 2010, at the college's Barrie Campus. PEMAC and Georgian College invite you to an information session on professional and workforce development. PEMAC is a national association ... Read more |
Website helps Canadian employers recruit, retain apprenticesPEM Staff | Jun 14, 2010 The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum has announced the release of its "Apprenticeship Works: Build on it" database of practical tools that will help employers recruit and retain apprentices. "This one-stop-shop will show you what many of Canada’s most successful employers already know — that apprenticeship training is the foundation to building a ... Read more |
PEMAC issues call for papers for MainTrain 2010 in TorontoPEM Staff | May 31, 2010 PEMAC — the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada — invites the submission of presentations/workshops for the MainTrain 2010 conference to be held in Toronto from November 15 to 17, 2010. Since 2004, MainTrain, developed and produced by PEMAC, has been Canada’s premiere maintenance, reliability and physical asset management conference. ... Read more |
Cindy Snedden named PEMAC's MMP Program Manager and RegistrarPEM Staff | May 31, 2010 PEMAC (Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada) president Brian Malloch is pleased to announce that Cindy Snedden, P. Eng., has joined the association as MMP Program Manager and Registrar. Snedden the team at Northern Lakes College (Slave Lake, Alta.) in developing the first live, on-line delivery of PEMAC's MMP (Maintenance ... Read more |
Lockheed contributes to Sask. school's aviation maintenance programPEM Staff | May 25, 2010 Lockheed Martin Canada is donating $100,000 and collaborating with the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies' (SIIT) Aviation Maintenance and Engineering (AME) program to implement an extensive suite of curriculum materials that will help faculty and students develop industry-ready skills. The government's Department of Western Economic Diversification has added its support ... Read more |
Quebec industry anticipates business to increase in next 12 monthsPEM Staff | May 21, 2010 Almost two-thirds of industry professionals in Quebec anticipate business activity increasing in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). The survey was designed to gather information about the economic outlook of manufacturers in Quebec, their spending plans for the future and their ... Read more |
Make maintenance case with proof of ROI: masters panel| Apr 28, 2010 MainTrain St. John’s second-day Maintenance Masters panel sessions brought to light several asset management and maintenance strategies, but the four participants’ key presentation centred on the need for maintenance professionals to gain upper management’s support of maintenance projects by making a proper up-front business case and proving the return on ... Read more |
Ontario increases support for FIRST robotics competition for studentsPEM Staff | Apr 13, 2010 More Ontario schools will put their technology skills to the test through the expansion of the FIRST Robotics Canada competition across the province. The province is helping FIRST offer its competition to all school boards by fall 2010 and will be providing $3 million over five years as part of ... Read more |
PEMAC launches Sudbury chapter March 25 PEM Staff | Mar 18, 2010 Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) president Brian Malloch is pleased to announce the creation of the Greater Sudbury Chapter. Chapter president Edgar Jaunzarins invites you to join fellow maintenance and reliability professionals and practitioners for an evening of networking and information sharing. Staff development, education and certification, career ... Read more |
PEMAC calls for papers for MainTrain's Fort McMurray eventPEM Staff | Mar 15, 2010 The Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) and the Fort McMurray PEMAC Chapter invites interested parties to submit abstracts or topics for presentations/workshops for the MainTrain 2010 conference to be held in Fort McMurray from Sept. 15 to 17, 2010. Since 2004, MainTrain has been developed and produced by ... Read more |
EMC prepares for national manufacturing conference and exhibition in Hamilton PEM Staff | Mar 1, 2010 Advantage through Excellence: Building the Case for Manufacturing in Canada is a two-and-a-half day event exploring the competitive advantages, opportunities and successes that can be achieved by manufacturers through peer-to-peer networking and sharing of best practices. Organizers say the event will feature six conference streams, attract more than 500 manufacturing delegates, ... Read more |
Safe Motion seminar offers new insights into machine safetyNewswire | Feb 16, 2010 To help industries meet the ongoing challenge of workplace safety and regulatory compliance, Bosch Rexroth Canada is offering a free Safe Motion Seminar on two occasions: March 30 and May 11, 2010. The seminar will demonstrate how worker safety can be greatly enhanced with drive-integrated machine safety functions. The Safe Motion ... Read more |
Bosch Rexroth hydraulic maintenance seminar in Edmonton focuses on protecting investment PEM Staff | Mar 11, 2010 A substantial investment in industrial hydraulics often depends upon basic monitoring and changing of a hydraulic machine’s lifeblood — oil. The Hydraulic Maintenance Unplugged seminar in Edmonton offered by Bosch Rexroth Canada will show manufacturers how to stay ahead of hydraulic maintenance needs. The seminar will also emphasize predictive maintenance ... Read more |
Eliminate costly problems using root-cause analysis Tony Rodriguez | Mar 10, 2010 In most industrial operations, 80 percent of the losses are caused by 20 percent of the problems. Equipment downtime, reduced production output, excessive off-spec product, costly repairs, environmental spills, explosions and fires are some of these problems; most of them are repetitive and have multiple root causes that are difficult ... Read more |
The Journey: Make the successful transition from reactive maintenance Joel Levitt | Feb 22, 2010 Raise your hand if you would like to go from reactive to proactive maintenance. Going from reactive to proactive is like yearning for the shiny red bike in the toy store window before Christmas. All the kids going by want one, but only a few of those kids' parents will ... Read more |
TRAINING & EDUCATION: New PTDA Foundation Vanguard campaign hits targetsRobert Robertson | Jan 25, 2010 As 2009 drew to a close, the Chicago, Illinois-based Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) Foundation challenged the association's members to lead the charge in linking young adults to career paths in industrial distribution by "being in the Vanguard." Eighteen employers rose to the occasion by making their 2010 PTDA Foundation ... Read more |
MAINTRAIN TORONTO: PEMAC and PEM recognize excellence at MainTrain 2009 Robert Robertson | Dec 7, 2009 TORONTO — The Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada PEMAC) and PEM handed out awards at the recent MainTrain 2009 conference held here. MainTrain 2009 gathered North America's leading experts, suppliers and practitioners to create knowledge transfer, hands-on training and networking opportunities. The winner of this year's PEMAC Sergio Guy ... Read more |
Maintrain rolls into TorontoPEM | Nov 10, 2009 With maintenance managers and their teams under greater pressure than ever before to deliver increased value to their businesses with shrinking budgets and limited resources, MainTrain Toronto is the industry’s can’t miss training, knowledge transfer and networking event. Here are just a few highlights of this year's program. MainTrain is ... Read more |
Mike Holmes Salutes the âGreat 38âPEM | Jul 7, 2009 GATINEAU, QC - Skills/Compètences Canada, a not-for-profit organization that actively promotes careers in skilled trades and technologies, and the Members of Team Canada gathered for a Champions Breakfast in Ottawa on Friday June 26th for the final countdown to WorldSkills Calgary 2009.... Read more |
InfraCanada/InfraQuebec and infrared user group conferences a big success PEM | Jun 24, 2009 FLIR completed its most successful series of InfraCanada/InfraQuebec and infrared user group conferences in Oakville, Montreal and Calgary in June. The events had dedicated streams on infrared for building science applications with experts in the field from Paul Frisk of the Infrared Training Centre, Tony Colantonio from Public Works Canada, ... Read more |
Bosch Rexroth Canada holds training day Robert Robertson | May 20, 2009 Bosch Rexroth Canada's training seminar presenters: Kevin Eaton, supervisor for OEM support, and Darren German, service manager, Hydraulic Business Unit. BURLINGTON, ON - Bosch Rexroth Canada recently held its "Hydraulics Unplugged" training seminar for more than 30 industry attendees here. Learning topics included the economics of oil analysis, condition monitoring, predictive main... Read more |
Big Sell Ken Mark | Apr 23, 2008 Calling students to the trades The skills shortage is a problem that just won't go away, as Canada's workforce isn't getting any younger. Industry now faces an alarming challenge. All you have to do is look around and evidence of the aging landscape is everywhere. The hard reality is that thousands ... Read more |
Gen-XAnne Houlihan | Apr 23, 2008 Harness young leaders on shop floor For many years, those in the "Baby Boomer" generation have held the reigns in most companies, leading Generation X (Gen-X) workers in day-to-day business activities. As the years tick by, however, more and more older workers will retire, leaving leadership positions in organizations up for ... Read more |
It's not what you know... The top five tips on making the most of networkingAlison Dunn | Apr 15, 2001 If you've heard it once, you've probably heard it a million times: it's not what you know, it's who you know. And while it's imperative to have the right education and experience for a job, you can't discount the power of networking. Networking is what helps you get ahead on a ... Read more |
Maintenance guide PEM | Feb 23, 2009 Pepperl+Fuchs offers a new "AS-Interface Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide." This 16-page illustrated guide is filled with information to help AS-Interface users maintain and get the most from their AS-Interface solution. It includes practical tips on basic network layout, addressing modules, Gateway quick start and advanced features, and exchanging SafetyNodes and ... Read more |
Temperature instrumentation PEM | Feb 23, 2009 A new 80-page catalogue that covers sensors, thermowells, and transmitters is now available from ABB Instrumentation. The catalogue opens by noting that ABB offers a wide range of high-quality RTD and thermocouple sensor assemblies with and without thermowells, plus a series of world-class temperature transmitters, says the company. Sanitary sensors ... Read more |
