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Coastal Naturalists Return To BC Ferries For The Summer

Educational program expands to offer more presentations than ever before

What grows in a kelp forest? Where can you find a clam garden? Do salmon have superpowers? Customers travelling with BC Ferries can learn the answers to these and other questions this summer with the return of the popular Coastal Naturalist Program.

From June 14 through September 4, enthusiastic Coastal Naturalists will be on board select vessels and at several terminals to present a free 20-minute educational program for customers of all ages. Visitors and locals alike will learn about the world beneath the waves, find out more about B.C.’s wildlife, marine life, geography, culture and history.

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Jun 13, 2019 - 6 years ago
Sandvik Creates First 3D Printed Diamond Composite

Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has created the first ever 3D printed diamond composite. While this diamond does not sparkle, it is perfect for a wide range of industrial uses. This super-hard material can be 3D printed in highly complex shapes and can revolutionize the way industry uses the hardest natural material on the planet.

Diamond is harder than anything else in nature. It is a key component in a large range of wear resistant tools in industry, from mining and drilling to machining and also medical implants. Since 1953 it has been possible to produce synthetic diamond, but since it’s so hard and complicated to machine, it is almost impossible to form complex shapes.

By using additive manufacturing, Sandvik has managed to 3D-print diamond composites which can be formed in almost any shape. This opens the possibility of using it in applications that were previously considered impossible.

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Jun 12, 2019 - 6 years ago
CP Takes Advantage Of Strategic Land Holdings; Celebrates The Official Opening Of Vancouver Automotive Compound

Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) is using its strategic land holdings to support sustainable, profitable growth and alleviate capacity and congestion issues for automakers shipping to and from Vancouver with the opening of its new Vancouver Automotive Compound (VAC).

[Jonathan Wahba, CP Vice-President, Sales and Marketing Intermodal and Automotive and Tim Quesnel, Ford Canada Regional Sales Manager – Vehicle Sales Western Market Area cut the ribbon at the new Vancouver Auto Compound. (CNW Group/Canadian Pacific)]

The VAC is in a prime location to handle vehicles made in North America for distribution in British Columbia, northern Washington State and parts of Alberta, as well as vehicles imported through the Port of Vancouver.

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Jun 12, 2019 - 6 years ago
High Tech Is Getting The Cummins Diesel Special Back To Indianapolis

by Blair Claflin, Director of Sustainability Communications

The No. 28 Cummins Diesel Special was the technology wonder of its day. More than six decades later, high technology is helping get the record-setting race car back on the track that made it famous.

The Cummins Diesel Special’s triumphant return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway started with a successful 2017 appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.

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Jun 12, 2019 - 6 years ago
Kubota Excavator Wins 2019 EquipmentWatch Award

Kubota Tractor Corporation was recently named a 2019 winner in the EquipmentWatch annual Highest Retained Value awards program, the industry’s only award based on residual values for heavy equipment. The U35-4 tight tail swing compact excavator received this honor as the model series projected to retain the highest percentage of its original value after five years among all competitors in the excavator compact category.

Kubota’s U35-4 tight tail swing compact excavator offers a new class of comfort and luxury in even the most confined work spaces. The U35-4 is equipped with the same spacious cab as a larger 5-ton excavator; the roomy cab features a larger entrance, deluxe suspension seat, air conditioning, easy-open front slide window, ample legroom, digital panel and enhanced ergonomics for optimal operator comfort. Adding and removing attachments is easier than ever: the U35-4 features an auxiliary 1 diverter valve that allows operators to leave the thumb attached and connect other hydraulic attachments to a second port. Powered by a Kubota 24.8 gross horsepower direct injection engine and boasting a max dumping height of 11 feet .7 inches and digging depth of 9 feet 8.9 inches, the U35-4 truly combines comfort with performance.

“The U35-4 provides the perfect combination of comfort, power and versatility to handle difficult jobs in a variety of conditions,” said Jeff Jacobsmeyer, Kubota product manager, excavators, wheel loaders, and TLBs. “This award reflects Kubota’s commitment to producing the highest quality machinery and equipment in the marketplace today.”

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Jun 11, 2019 - 6 years ago
Canada Invests In Construction Of Modern Tall Wood Building In Toronto

Investing in the long-term use of wood in Canada’s construction industry will increase the demand for Canadian wood products, create good, middle-class jobs for Canadians and help the Government of Canada achieve its climate change goals.

Adam Vaughan, Member of Parliament for Spadina–Fort York, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced a $4.1-million investment to build a 10-storey tall wood building in Toronto.

Construction of The Arbour, a $134-million project at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus, will use an estimated 3,000 cubic metres of wood and will be a new, net-zero carbon emissions academic wood structure.

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Jun 11, 2019 - 6 years ago