Canadian PROCESS EQUIPMENT & CONTROL NEWS
Xebec Adsorption Inc. of Montreal, a global provider of sustainable gas technologies, has announced that its subsidiary Xebec Systems USA LLC, has signed a contract valued at $143.2 million with Iowa-based SCS Carbon Removal LLC, a subsidiary of Summit Carbon Solutions.
Planetary Technologies of Dartmouth, NS, has been awarded the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award for its accelerated carbon transition platform. Planetary’s unique innovations leverage the planet’s ability to store carbon as a natural component of ocean chemistry.
Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines based in Cambridge, MA, has announced its plan to build a state-of-the-art mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Quebec that will support a long-term strategic partnership with the Government of Canada to enhance pandemic preparedness.
Oracle and Festo are joining forces to help educators create new opportunities and solve tough challenges at the Oracle Industry Lab in Chicago. The facility is said to provide hands-on, simulated industry settings for customers to experiment, learn, and bring transformative technologies to life.
Endress+Hauser Canada has erected one of the country’s “greenest” commercial buildings for 20 million euros. The recently opened customer experience and process training centre in Burlington, ON, is energy-autonomous and CO2 neutral. The 4,400-square-meter facility — twice the size of the current location — houses a process training centre, a large calibration lab, repair facility, training centre and state-of-the-art office and recreational space for around 120 people.
Gensource Potash Corp. of Saskatoon, a fertilizer development company focused on sustainable potash production, is pleased to announce it will acquire Carlyle, SK-based Innovare Technologies Ltd., a developer of patented selective solution mining and brine processing technology for the recovery of potash and other soluble minerals.
In the wake of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change detailing the essential need for carbon removal technologies to prevent the worst effects of climate change, Invert Inc., Ripple Inc., and CarbonCure Technologies have signed a pioneering carbon credit purchase agreement for permanent CO₂ storage through carbon mineralization.
Exro Technologies Inc. of Calgary, a clean technology company that has developed a new class of power electronics for electric motors and batteries, announced today that its Coil Driver technology received a Gold Edison Award for Best New Product in manufacturing, logistics and transportation at the 2022 Edison Awards Gala in Fort Myers, Florida. Exro CEO Sue Ozdemir attended the ceremony and accepted the award on behalf of the Company.
Since 1995, Electro-Federation Canada (EFC), representing over 200 organizations in the electrical industry, continues to support university and college students with funding through the EFC Scholarship Program. A record of over $160,000 raised will offer 63 scholarships supported by leading Canadian electrical manufacturers and distributors this year.
Beginning in January 2023, Ontario engineers will be required to participate in a mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) program to annually maintain their licence. This follows approval of Ontario Regulation 353/22 by PEO’s Council on April 8, 2022, and by the Ontario Cabinet on April 19th.
