Seminar (Milton, ON)- How to Prepare for a SR&ED Review
In collaboration with Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), NorthBridge Consultants will be holding a SR&ED seminar in Milton, Ontario on April the 26th, 2012. Date: April 26, 2012 Time: Registration & Breakfast (7:30am – 8:00am); Presentation and Discussion (8:00am – 10:00am) Location: 605 Santa Maria Blvd, Milton ON L9T 6J5 Title of Seminar: How to Prepare […]
Seminar (Hawkesbury, ON)- How to Prepare for a SR&ED Review
In collaboration with Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), NorthBridge Consultants will be holding a SR&ED seminar in Hawkesbury, Ontario on April the 20th, 2012. Date: April 20, 2012 Time: Registration & Breakfast (8:30am – 9:00am); Presentation and Discussion (9:00am – 11:00am) Location: 519 Main Street East, Hawkesbury, ON Title of Seminar: How to Prepare for a […]
The Automotive Innovation Fund
The Automotive Innovation Fund (AIF) was established in 2008 to support research and development projects to build more fuel-efficient vehicles. Managed by Industry Canada, the AIF reviews proposals of more than $75 million over 5 years, including vehicle and powertrain assembly, large-scale automotive Innovation, and other R&D initiatives. For example, in 2009, AIF awarded$54.8 million […]
Launch of Canadian Manufacturing Network
The Canadian Manufacturing Network has launched with a Manufacturing JOBS Resource Network and a National Skills & Learning Portal. The Canadian Manufacturing Network was made possible through a collaboration between two of Canada’s leading manufacturing organizations: Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC), and the Textiles Human Resources Council (THRC). Manufacturing JOBS Resource Network (MFGJOBS) After more than a […]
September Survey of Manufacturing
Yesterday, StatsCan released their Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for the month of September, and results are positive! For the third month in a row, sales increased – this time, they rose 2.6% to $49.2 billion. Highlights are as follows: Manufacturing sales increased in nine provinces – most notably in Alberta, where there was a 5.9% […]
August Survey of Manufacturing
Good news for Canadian manufacturers – according to StatsCan, manufacturing sales in August rose 1.4% to $47.6 billion. This is the highest level that manufacturing sales have been at since October 2008. A breakdown of some of the provinces is as follows: Manitoba fell 2.4% Newfoundland and Labrador rose 53.6% to $397 million Nova Scotia […]
On Monday, StatsCan posted a new study: The year in review in manufacturing. According to this study, manufacturing sales increased 8.9% from 2009, to a total of $529.8 billion. While this is the largest single annual increase since 2000, it is still below the sales figures from 2008. Nineteen industries (95.4% of total manufacturing) saw […]
The State of Imports and Exports
There were a number of articles released late last week about different countries around the globe and their states of importing and exporting – looking at what was said about the state of Canadian importing and exporting habits, it’s good to note that things are looking good for Canada. Canada’s numbers themselves are extremely positive […]
August’s Manufacturing Sales
StatsCan released August’s Survey of Manufacturing on Friday. Overall, manufacturing sales in August increased 2% to $45.1 billion. This is 17.6% higher than the low of May 2009. The industry highlights are as follows: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: rose 13.8% to $4 billion Petroleum and Coal Products: rose 2.4% to $5.4 billion Non-metallic Mineral Products: rose […]
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing sees sales increases
According to February’s Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, released on April 16th, done by Statistics Canada, manufacturing sales increased once again. Some quick stats: In eight of the previous nine months, sales have been increasing. Dollar manufacturing sales have increased every month for the past six months. In February, that increase was 0.3% Durable good (electronic […]