Design Engineering

May 13, 2026, Canada — Annex Business Media, Canada’s largest B2B media company with more than 60 brands and event properties, has launched Manufacturing, Eh?!, a new podcast hosted by Kirstyn Brown and Justin Yule. The podcast aims to be a one-stop shop for discussion, insight and banter about all things Canadian manufacturing — and drawing fro...

May 13, 2026, Burnaby, B.C. — Cybersecurity provider Fortinet’s newly released reports 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report and the 2026 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report warn Canadian organizations face an impending “perfect storm” for cyber risks.

The reports reveal cybercriminals are leveraging agentic AI to launch faster, more sophis...

As the federal government moves forward with its commitment to an investment of 5 per cent of GDP into our countries defence sector, the need for strategy, representation and leadership for manufacturers looking to enter the defence ecosystem has become apparent.

It is against this backdrop that the Ontario Defence Association (ODA) took centre stage on Thursday, May 7...

May 12, 2026, Ann Arbor, Mich. — North American companies ordered 9,055 robots valued at $543 million in the first quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3).

Compared to the first quarter of 2025, this represents a 0.1 per cent decrease in units ordered and a 6.4 per cent decline in revenue.

May 11, 2026, Buffalo, N.Y. — Allient Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of precision and specialty motion, controls and power products and solutions, announced its board of directors has elected Alex Collichio as vice president. Collichio will continue to serve as chief administrative officer.

“Alex has been an important contributor to Allient’s...