CTMA: : The Canadian Tooling and Machining Association

Windsor Chapter Meeting – Feb. 23

julie — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:31 +0000

Join us for two (2) tours being hosted by Valiant Machine & Tool Inc. including their new corporate headquarters and the Valiant Training and Development Centre. Dinner will follow at the Caboto Club and a presentation entitled “How Can We Make Manufacturing Sexy” by Karin Lindner of KARICO Performance Solutions.

Tigercat Plant Tour – Jan 26

julie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:04:55 +0000

Join the Western Ont. Chapter for a tour of the Tigercat facility in Cambridge where they design and build premium quality, purpose-built forestry equipment for felling, transporting, processing and loading tree-length and cut-to-length timber. Tour participants will have the opportunity to tour the fabrication and assembly facility for Tigercat’s 600 series of skidders, 700 series of feller buhchers, mulchers and forwarders. Dinner will follow at the Saginaw Golf Course along with a presentation on the potential implications from the Jenkins Panel Report on the SR&ED tax credit program. Read more …

ATS – Photowatt Ontario Inc. Tour & Dinner Meeting

julie — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:03:24 +0000

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

TOUR: 4:00 pm

Photowatt Ontario Inc. – a division of ATS Automation Tooling Systems

730 Fountain Street N., Cambridge, Ontario

Join us for a tour of ATS’s Photowatt Ontario facility that offers turnkey solar project development, installation and solar products. The company recently began production of Photovoltaic (PV) modules on a new 100MW line at the ATS campus. The “Made in Ontario” production will meet rapidly growing Ontario demand from residential, commercial and industrial markets as well as large-scale solar fields. The world-class line was designed and built by ATS’s automation division.

COCKTAILS & DINNER: 6:00 pm

Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre (Dorset Room) – 700 Hespeler Road, Cambridge, Guelph

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SPEAKER PROGRAM: 7:30 pm

Does Your Company FIT With F.I.T. – Ontario’s Solar PV Program?

By: Helen Plastis, Executive Vice President – Sky Solar (Canada) Ltd.

Helen’s presentation is designed to provide key information on the opportunities available under the Ontario Power Authority’s FIT program. She will cover developments in the industry, status of the program review currently underway and the value of installing rooftop solar for companies in the manufacturing and processing sectors.

REGISTRATION FORM & MORE INFORMATION – Download (PDF)

Samco Machinery Plant Tour & Dinner Meeting

julie — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:37:10 +0000

Join the Toronto Chapter on Nov. 23/11 for a tour of Samco Machinery Ltd., a global leader in the manufacture of precision roll forming equipment since 1972 including uncoilers, decoilers, roll form dies and presses. Samco provides a full range of roll forming solutions for the steel building construction, automotive, HVAC, and furniture industries around the globe. Samco has also combined its metal roll forming expertise and know-how to become a leading fabricator in PV solar panel mounts used in a variety of solar power applications. The tool room is a self sufficient department dedicated to the die making aspects of the Samco machinery. They have wire EDMs, milling machines, cylindrical grinders and a newly acquired CNC machining center. The tour through Samco’s 80,000 sq. ft. expansive facility will include a look at their in-house manufacturing as well as their tooling, machining and metal fabricating capabilities.

Networking, cocktails and dinner will follow the tour along with a presentation entitled “SQUEEZING THE MOST FROM YOUR RESOURCES” by Nabeel Khan, Director of Tacteco Solutions Inc. Energy is a resource and it needs to be managed just like any other. It can be overwhelming exploring methods to reduce your energy consumption and lower your costs in a marketplace that is inundated with possibilities. During this presentation, Nabeel will discuss possible solutions and pitfalls of implementation – all in an effort to do more with less.

CMTS – 2011

julie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:31:02 +0000

Be sure to visit all of the CTMA members that are exhibiting at the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show in Toronto this week!

Click here for a show map & list of exhibiting CTMA members.

2011 Wage & Business Survey

julie — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:30:02 +0000

The CTMA’s 2011 Wage & Business Survey is now OPEN. Members are invited to participate in the 2011 Wage & Business Survey designed to provide benchmarking information on wages, benefits, business statistics and other business information for the machine, tool, die & mould industry.

Members may submit their data online or by fax/mail. Be assured that all submitted information will be treated with absolute confidence. Only PARTICIPATING members will receive the results which are expected to be available mid-December.

Deadline for submissions is NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Legendary Motorcar Company Tour & Dinner Meeting

julie — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:30:49 +0000

Join us Oct. 6 for a tour at Legendary Motorcar Company in Halton Hills (Milton), Ontario that has grown to become the nation’s #1 total collector and specialty car facility, home to the Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame and NASCAR Canada head office.

Legendary Motorcar Company first opened its doors in 1985 with a dream of restoring and trading in the finest and rarest of classic and performance cars. Legendary Motorcar soon began producing national show winning restorations and record sales. By 1990 they expanded to 12,000 sq ft, and began selling European marquees, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes, Porsche and continued to sell some of the rarest domestic models. In 2002 the company moved into its brand new 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Halton Hills that includes: 100 car showroom, fully equipped mechanical and assembly bays, downdraft spray booth and body shop, plus a conference center and set for the Dream Car Garage television show seen on SunTV and The Mens Channel. All of this adds up to a complete, state-of-the-art facility for every aspect of the car collector’s needs from ground-up restorations, to service, race car builds and support, appraisals, storage and an ever-changing inventory of some of the world’s finest collector and investment cars for sale.

SPACE IS LIMITED … for more information and a registration form Read more …

AGM & Dinner – Sept. 14

julie — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:57:05 +0000

UPDATE … join more than 60 CTMA members at our 2011 AGM & Dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Elm Hurst Inn, Ingersoll, Ontario. The event will feature the association’s Annual General Meeting, Speaker Program featuring “Canada’s Economic Prospects & Challenges” and “Trade Solutions to Cope with a Strong Loonie”, Apprentice Bursary Awards presentations presentations, Honorary Member Recognition, Networking and Dinner. Read more …

Chicago Purchasing Fair – Sept 7 & 8

julie — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:22:16 +0000

The CTMA is pleased to offer another sales opportunity for Canadian tool shops in partnership with our USA-based affiliated association, the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA).

The NTMA-PMA-CTMA Contract Manufacturing Purchasing Fair providing opportunitites for face-to-face, business-to-business, cost-effective sales networking, takes place September 7-8, 2011 at the International Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL Tel: 847-544-5300.

New Funding for Advanced Software & Machine Training

julie — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:32:03 +0000

UPDATE JULY 11, 2011 … Due to the overwhelming response to this program, NEW APPLICATIONS are NOT BEING ACCEPTED at this time.

The CTMA is pleased to announce that the Province of Ontario is providing $900,000 in funding from Communities in Transition to reinstate the CTMA’s successful advanced software training program that mitigated training costs for the Ontario machine, tool, die and mould sector. Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Sandra Pupatello made the announcement at a press conference that was held yesterday at Electromac (a CTMA member company) located in Windsor, Ontario. Read more …