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• Precision ADM Receives ISO13485 Medical Device Certification

  Canada Makes partner Precision ADM Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the first Canadian metal Additive and Subtractive manufacturing services company to receive…

• AP&C unveils new state-of-the-art additive manufacturing facility in Saint-Eustache

  Canada Makes partner AP&C opens a second plant in Québec Advanced Powders & Coatings (AP&C), a subsidiary of Arcam AB and a GE Additive Company, the Canadian…

• Coffee lovers create portable pour-over kettle on NAIT 3D printer

  Pursuit of the perfect cup leads to a prototype and a new business venture The pour-over may be one of the simplest yet most appreciated…

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  CME Survey: Women in Manufacturing. Have your Say

  Help Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) and our partners support, promote and inspire women to pursue careers in manufacturing. Did you know in Canada, women…

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  CAD MicroSolutions Partners with Canada Makes to Enable Innovation in Canada

  OTTAWA, Ontario, August 30, 2017 – Canada Makes is pleased to announce a new partnership with CAD MicroSolutions Inc., a leading provider of mechatronics and…

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  Humber College partners with Canada Makes

  Canada Makes is pleased to announce Humber College Institute of Advanced Learning as its newest academic partner. Humber has chosen to establish this strategic partnership…

• Government of Canada launches 1.26-billion dollars Strategic Innovation Fund

  Today, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, launched the Strategic Innovation Fund, a 1.26-billion dollars investment that is fully aligned…

• Quebec to Open Its First Medical 3D Printing Center

  Quebec is about to become a bigger presence on the 3D printing map, as the province’s government has agreed to provide $2,983,800 for the development…

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  Join Canada Makes as a delegate for AM trade mission to Formnext in Germany

  Canada Makes is looking for delegates interested in joining a trade mission to the Formnext trade-show in Frankfurt Germany this coming November 14 to 17th.…

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  Edmit Industries joins Canada Makes

  Canada Makes is pleased to welcome Edmit Industries as a new member. Since 2008, the Chateauguay Quebec based Edmit has been working with metal additive…

• ICTC Releases Additive Manufacturing: The Impending Talent Paradigm

  The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) announces the release of its latest report, Additive Manufacturing: The Impending Talent Paradigm. Additive Manufacturing (AM) (often referred to…

• Burloak Advances Heat Exchanger Technology

  Paris, France – June 20, 2017 – Burloak Technologies, a leading Canadian additive manufacturing company, and part of the family of Samuel companies, has announced the…

• TIGER-VAC joins Canada Makes

  Canada Makes is pleased to announce Tiger-VAC as its newest member. For over 40 years Tiger-Vac has been an industry leader in industrial vacuum cleaner…

• Additive manufacturing in archeology

  An archeological sensation is being copied true to the original using 3D printing 3D printing the cultural history of humanity? Absolutely. 3D production methods are…

• Case Study: Topology Optimisation & Additive Manufacturing of Actuator Support Fitting

  The following is a case study of an aircraft bracket built on an EOS M280 in Aluminum AlSi10Mg optimized with Altair to improve the original…

• Seeing Logistics In 3D: The Democratization Of Manufacturing

  By Alan Amling, UPS From hearing aids to jet engines, 3D printing is revolutionizing the world of manufacturing. How will commerce change when thousands of products,…

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  Mazak joins Canada Makes

  Canada Makes is pleased to welcome Mazak Canada as its newest Leadership level partner. Mazak has been contributing to the development of the machine tool…

• Jesse Garant Metrology Center is re-defining the future of service based part inspection

  Jesse Garant Metrology Center (USA & Canada) announced that it has expanded its operations to accommodate the growing demand for high volume part inspection for…

• Taking the Lead in Additive Manufacturing conference: A great success

  May 31st saw more than 200 industry professionals attend the Taking the Lead in Additive Manufacturing conference in Boucherville, Québec. The day’s sessions included both…

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  Canada Makes renews Metal Additive Demonstration Program

  Canada Makes is pleased to announce the renewal of its Metal Additive Demonstration Program for 2017/18. The program is funded by the National Research Council (NRC)…

• UNB Launches Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence

  On Tuesday the University of New Brunswick launched Canada’s first research centre for 3D metal printing for the marine and defence industries. The  Marine Additive…

• Government of Canada announces $8.9 million AM investment in the University of Waterloo

  May 24, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario) – The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism,…

• Design for additive manufacturing: Guidelines & case studies for metal AM

  The Government of Canada recently commissioned the Fraunhofer Institute to deliver a report ‘Design for Additive Manufacturing (AM) – Guidelines and Case Studies for Metal AM’.…

• Redesigning medical instruments using 3D metal printing

  3D metal printing helps surgeons to perform heart operation Additive manufacturing methods of 3D printing are increasingly opening up new paths in medical technology. Alex…

• State-of-the-art equipment for innovative AM research at McGill University

  McGill University is very excited about its recent acquisition of new equipment that greatly increases its additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities. Located in Prof. Mathieu Brochu’s…

• Canadore introduces additive manufacturing capabilities to companies building parts for space mining

  Canadore College’s Innovation Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Production (ICAMP) and Canada Makes are helping ensure Canada’s participation in the next stages of mining in…

• Precision ADM, Melet Plastics & Canada Makes partner on conformal cooling project

  Precision ADM recently completed a conformal cooling mold project that developed an improved “Venturi Cup” for Melet Plastics. The project received funded from Canada Makes…

• McMaster University joins Canada Makes

  Canada Makes is pleased to welcome McMaster University as a member to its network. A world-class institution, McMaster’s Faculty of Engineering plays a key role…

• Canada Makes, Edmit & MDA team up for innovative space application parts

  Canada Makes, Edmit Industries Inc. of Chateauguay Quebec and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec partnered to build 3D printed Titanium parts…

• P&G and AMM partner with Canada Makes’ Metal Additive Demonstration Program

  Procter & Gamble Belleville Plant partnered with Additive Metal Manufacturing Inc. (AMM) and Canada Makes to explore building new customized parts using additive manufacturing (AM).…

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  Canada Makes releases the Metal Additive Design Guide

  A new introductory design guide for metal 3D printing is now available. OTTAWA – Canada Makes is proud to announce the launch of the Metal…

• Canada Makes funds Shimifrez project with the Metal Additive Demonstration Program

  Shimifrez expansion to create eight jobs at its new facility in Vaughan Shimifrez Inc., a global leader in fabricating precision photo chemically etched and electroformed of…

• Taking the Lead in Additive Manufacturing presented by Réseau Québec-3D & Canada Makes

  Taking the Lead in Additive Manufacturing On May 31, 2017 come and see an impressive lineup of Canadian and international additive manufacturing experts and more than 300 participants with 20 exhibitors for…

• EMV vehicle goes metal additive with Canada Makes & Precision ADM

  Additive manufacturing is changing how we build things and electric vehicles in how we go places. For these reasons they are often referred to as…

• Budget 2017 supports industry-led advanced manufacturing super cluster

  (OTTAWA) – Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, the voice of over 10,000 leading manufacturers and exporters, is encouraged by the commitment the Government of Canada has made…