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Windsor Chapter Meeting – Feb. 23

02/3/12

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 KARICKO Performance Solutions.

Tigercat Plant Tour – Jan 26

12/19/11

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 [...]

ATS – Photowatt Ontario Inc. Tour & Dinner Meeting

11/3/11

Join the Western Ont. Chapter in Cambridge on Dec. 1/11 for a tour of ATS’s Photowatt Ontario facility that offers turnkey solar project development, installation and solar products. The tour will be followed by networking, cocktails, dinner and a presentation designed to provide key information on the opportunities available under the Ontario Power Authority's FIT program.

Samco Machinery Plant Tour & Dinner Meeting

10/31/11

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. Cocktails, networking, dinner and a presentation entitled "Squeezing the Most From Your Resources" will follow.

CMTS – 2011

10/17/11

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

2011 Wage & Business Survey

10/13/11

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.

Legendary Motorcar Company Tour & Dinner Meeting

09/12/11

Join us on Oct. 6 for a tour of the Legendary Motorcar Company, the Nation's #1 total collector and specialty car facility and home to the Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame, and NASCAR Canada head office. Space is limited so register early to avoid disappointment!

AGM & Dinner – Sept. 14

07/30/11

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 and

Chicago Purchasing Fair – Sept 7 & 8

07/29/11

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).

New Funding for Advanced Software & Machine Training

06/10/11

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.