Career-Ready with CTMA Webinar

Career-Ready with CTMA: Access Hiring Grants Starting July 15, 2019

UPDATE: View the 2020 application page for Career-Ready with CTMA. Ontario-based automotive suppliers are constantly seeking high-quality manufacturing employees. Recruiting youth workers is a great way to build your team, which is why the new Career-Ready with CTMA program has been launched, starting today, July 15. The program is specifically designed to close the skilled…

Electric Vehicle Technology Development Timeline

Electric Vehicle Technology Development and Adoption Timelines

Electric vehicle technology adoption must marry the readiness of manufacturers, consumers, and government regulators, all of whom have expressed varying levels of caution and optimism about the widescale adoption of EVs. Thereā€™s no one group that can independently bring electric vehicle technologies to the forefront; rather, it takes the collective and coordinated interest of all…

Precision Fab: $2M in Canadian Manufacturing Grants

Precision Fab Inc. Awarded Over $2M in Canadian Manufacturing Grants

Precision Fab Inc. (PFI) is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of metal racking for the automotive, aerospace, and material handling industry. Headquartered in Aylmer, Ontario, the company operates three North American manufacturing facilities and continues expanding its operations through strategic investment projects. In recent years, Precision Fab has used Canadian manufacturing grants to help spur…

OpenHDMaps AVIN Ventures Program Launch

OpenHDMaps Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) Ventures Program

Ontario is on a mission to strengthen its position as a world-leading automotive manufacturer, by supporting its vast collection of information and communication technology companies. One of the key technologies emerging within the self-driving industry is high definition mapping for autonomous vehicles. HD maps are extremely high-resolution maps with centimetre-level precision to ensure the highest…

Electric Vehicle Technology R&D Trends

Electric Vehicle Technology Research and Development Trends

The electrification of vehicles has long been considered a practical advancement of automotive technology. With many Canadians and global automotive customers shifting their mindset away from internal combustion engines (ICEs), electric vehicles need to be seriously considered by technology developers and automotive manufacturers. Even the shipping and logistics industry is considering how fleets of vehicles…

Canadian Mold Maker Case Study

Case Study: How Automotive Grants Help Overcome Growth Challenges

Canadian automotive manufacturers can accelerate growth by integrating their strategic activities with government funding, but how exactly does it work? How do other automotive manufacturers use government grants and loans to enhance investments and drive organizational success? It can be difficult to visualize the impact of developing and executing a multi-program government funding plan, especially…

Strategic Innovation Fund for Autonomous Vehicle Technology Development

Strategic Innovation Fund: $40M for BlackBerry QNX Technology Development

The Canadian automotive sector is one of the countryā€™s largest export industries and continues to invest in new technologies to make vehicles safer. BlackBerry QNX, a business unit of BlackBerry Limited, has been trusted by automakers around the world to protect software, applications, and hardware systems from cyberattacks. QNX technology is embedded in more than…

Software Options for Scheduling and Production Efficiency webinar

[WEBINAR] Feb 19: Software Options for Scheduling and Production Efficiency

Software solutions have the potential to transform automotive and manufacturing businesses, making them more competitive, innovative, and profitable. In an Industry 4.0-led world, efficiency in manufacturing is dependent on listening to the needs of manufacturers. Itā€™s time manufacturers step into the next generation of efficiency without overly complicated systems that fail to evolve. To keep…

FedDev Ontario Funding for Advanced Automotive Technologies

FedDev Ontario BSP Program: $5M+ for Advanced Automotive Technologies

Canadaā€™s automotive industry is one of the worldā€™s strongest automotive supply chains. Because of this, Ontarioā€™s vast network of parts manufacturers are exploring opportunities to become more productive, scale operations, and improve worker skills to support technology innovation. Two manufacturing businesses in Windsor, Ontario, Service Mold + Aerospace Inc. and APAG Elektronik Corp., have recently…

apmaTEC: Autonomous Vehicle Technology Wanted

apmaTEC: Autonomous Vehicle Technology Wanted

Before connected and autonomous vehicles (C/AVs) are deployed on Canadian roads, there must be significant improvements to how these systems work. Individual technologies must be improved, and their integration needs to be thoroughly tested to ensure driver safety. While innovators have historically had few opportunities to develop and test connected and autonomous vehicle technologies, a…