SEW-EURODRIVE Canada Secures New Location for Canadian Headquarters
March 18, 2025 SEW-EURODRIVE’s commitment to exceptional service is what got them here. For over 50 years, they have been providing top-tier drive system solutions to Canadian businesses—helping not only their own company grow but their customers as well. As they look to the future, they are doubling down on that commitment by continuing to…
Fighting for Canadian Workers and Businesses
Last week, the United States administration imposed unjustified tariffs on Canada, disrupting a successful trading partnership and raising costs for Americans and Canadians alike.
The federal government will use every tool at their disposal so Canadian businesses and workers can weather this storm. They will defend Canadian jobs.
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LOVATO Electric’s New BF Series Safety Contactors
Lovato Electric expands its range of safety devices with the new contactors BFS type, designed to meet the requirements of ISO 13849-1 and IEC/EN 62061.
The range is composed of three-pole contactors with rated motor current from 9 to 38A AC-3 400V, available in variants with coil voltage at choice between 24VAC, 110VAC, 230VAC and 24VDC.
Compared to traditional contactors, BFS contactors also offer additional features:
- Auxiliary contact block not removable from contactor to prevent tampering
- Manual operation or operation with tools prevented by guards
- Auxiliary contact block with yellow cover to highlight devices forming part of the safety circuit
- Contactor status clearly visible through the front window.
Discover more about what makes BFS contactors the ideal solution for safety applications here.
Honouring an Industry Leader
Trevor King, One of the Canadian Automation Inaugural Leaders, Passes at Age 85
Unfortunately, on Wednesday February 5th 2025, Trevor King passed peacefully at the age of 85.
Some of you may have met him over his very long career in the Automation/Distribution industry. Trevor first came to Canada in 1973 and brought with him a British line of motor control called MTE. MTE was the 3rd IEC type line of contactors and accessories to arrive into Canada.
Trevor thrived while working at RHP in Mississauga, distributing and selling the MTE line all over North America. In 1992 Trevor received an offer to become MTE’s sole distribution partner, and therefore in September of 1992, Trevor opened Everything In Control Inc, located in Burlington Ontario.
At this time Trevor was a customer of Shirley Controls, owned by Joe Sherwood, who were the Finder S.p.A. exclusive Canadian distributor. Upon Joe’s retirement in 1995, Joe recommended to Finder that Trevor and EIC should now be the sole distributor in Canada, and as they say the rest is history.
EIC later added the Pizzato Electrica line of products to their basket and created a very good market presence. Trevor retired in 2017, and in 2019 EIC was finally closed. Continuing Trevor’s legacy, his son Michael King-President, then opened Finder Components Inc.
Trevor was known to many as the English Gentlemen, and always had a friendly demeanor to him. As a family he will be deeply missed by his wife Diana, his daughter Alison (Gerrie Electric), her two children Taya and Lola, Michael’s wife Vida and their two boys, Andrew and Nicholas.
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