Machinery

The makers of Tradition brand fruit juices in Quebec’s Monteregie have picked up a federal loan toward major expansion that’s expected to boost both its apple capacity and the volume of juice per apple. Vergers Paul Jodoin, based south of St-Jean-Baptiste, about 40 km east of Montreal, will get a repayable contribution worth over $1.37 […] Read more

Labour peace at Canada’s two main railways may not last, as the union locals representing mechanics and other staff have set strike deadlines into their contract talks. Three Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) bargaining units representing Canadian National Railway’s (CN) locomotive and car mechanics and shop staff, various office staff and truck owner/operators who handle intermodal […] Read more

A Niagara-region cherry processing firm will get a federal loan to set up colour-detecting sorters with which it expects to boost its production capacity. Cherry Lane, based at Vineland Station, about 30 km west of Niagara Falls, has picked up a repayable contribution worth over $163,000 from the federal AgriProcessing initiative. The company makes and […] Read more

The Winnipeg owner of a clutch of grain handling equipment makers is investing further up the value chain in the conveyor business. Ag Growth International on Tuesday announced it’s bought Tramco, a Wichita, Kans. maker of heavy-duty chain conveyor systems used by grain and oilseed processors, for US$21.3 million. Tramco, founded by Wichita businessman and […] Read more

Neither Canadian National (CN) nor Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway have made too much money from their Prairie grain handle in 2009-10. For the first time since the 2002-03 crop year, neither of Canada’s two major railways has booked income from Prairie grain freight beyond the maximum amount allowed by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). CN’s […] Read more