Inspiring History – The History of Our Success – Phoenix Contact

May 23, 2024 Partnership with GridBeyond extends ABB’s Electrification Service digital portfolio in energy management and optimization ABB has announced a minority investment in GridBeyond, a leading technology player providing energy management solutions based on artificial intelligence and data science that will enable our customers to optimize distributed energy resources and industrial loads. The investment…
May 1, 2023 ABB was recognized with the Best New Product Award in the category of Commercial, Institutional and Industrial electrical products at MCEE Expo for the Star Teck® ST90 series 90-degree Teck cable fitting. The MCEE Expo is one of Canada’s largest mechanical, plumbing, hydronics, HVAC-R, electrical and lighting expos and was held April…
May 7, 2024 Leading automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas welcomes new system integrator B2 Solutions, an industrial security and technology solutions provider. Omron Automation Americas recently announced B2 Solutions as a new member of the Omron Certified Systems Integrator program. B2 Solutions is headquartered in Mexico and serves clients in Latin America. With a…
December 2, 2024 Phoenix Contact is changing its item packaging over to unprinted folding cartons, both nationally and internationally. The packaging can therefore be reused – in the spirit of a sustainable circular economy. The colorful packaging used by Phoenix Contact for decades will soon become a thing of the past. Unprinted packaging is the way into…
January 29, 2025 Research collaboration spotlights the impact small modular reactors could make in minimizing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in cement production processes Could small modular reactors (SMRs) help decarbonize cement production in Canada? It’s a question Christina Mohan, Chemical Engineering alumni, University of Waterloo, addressed as part of her fourth-year studies. Leveraging her learning…
March 26, 2025 Hammond Power Solutions Inc. (“HPS” or “Company”) has announced the retirement of Grant Robinson from the board of directors of the Company, effective March 25, 2025. Grant was originally scheduled to retire at the upcoming shareholders meeting of the Company on May 8, 2025, but was recently diagnosed with a significant health…
Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.
August 21, 2025 Digital Transformation: The Driving Force of the Energy Revolution The energy sector is undergoing its most significant transformation in a century. The penetration level of renewable energy sources is increasing, however, generative AI and surging adoption of electric vehicles are driving up power loads. From supply-demand balancing to empowering consumers with greater… Read More…
August 20, 2025 No interruption due to Safety and Security When handling radioactive waste, safety is COVRA’s top priority. That’s why the Dutch processing company planned a safety upgrade for its highly automated pressing and transportation system. Cylindrical drums containing radioactive waste are transported through the plant on conveyors and are compressed into flat blocks… Read More…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.