IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation recently announced that it is combining its modular design expertise with the fabrication and construction capabilities of Supreme Group, a Canadian based-company that specializes in fabrication and module assembly across Canada, to form Supreme Modular Fabrication Inc. The 50/50 partnership will own, operate and deliver a full range of unique module assembly and fabrication services to the Canadian market place from its 50-plus-acre module yard near Edmonton, Alberta.

Canadian manufacturers are expecting business activity to increase in 2013 despite some uncertainty in the economy, reports a recent survey by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), producer of the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) 2013, to be held at The International Centre, September 30 to October 3.
 

MONTREAL - Demand for aerospace engineers will accelerate over the next few years as three European companies announced plans that create nearly 200 jobs in Montreal.

DETROIT (AP) - Honda is recalling more than 225,000 minivans and SUVs in North America - including 20,800 in Canada - to fix a problem with the automatic shifters.

DETROIT (AP) - Nissan is recalling more than 20,000 Nissan and Infiniti SUVs, including almost 900 in Canada, because a brake part can fail and make it harder for the driver to stop the car.

EDMONTON, Alberta — He has performed motorcycle repairs across Africa in the basements of strangers using batteries as welding equipment. He has stopped in the hills outside of Morocco to repair a Volkswagen minivan using whatever was at hand–including a stick of chewing gum. Now LA-based, Edmonton-native Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard is returning to deliver the keynote address at the Western Manufacturing Technology Show (WMTS) the muchanticipated biennial event happening June 4-6.

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors and Ford are putting aside their longstanding rivalry to work together to develop a new generation of fuel-efficient automatic transmissions.