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July 15, 2026, Canada — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose for a fourth consecutive month to hit a record high in May, helped by gains in the auto sector. The agency says manufacturing sales rose 1.3 per cent to $78.1 billion in May. The increase came as sales of motor vehicles rose 11.8 per cent to $4.6 billion in May, while the chemical subsector saw sales gain 4.6 per cent to $5.9 billion.

July 14, 2026, Canada — Canadian manufacturers are investing in digital technologies, but many remain in the early stages of their digital transformation journey, according to a new report from the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen).

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July 10, 2026, Sturgeon County, Alta. — The tech behemoth behind Facebook and Instagram says it plans to make Alberta home to its first artificial intelligence data centre in Canada and its largest outside the United States. Meta announced Wednesday that the $13-billion-plus project is to be built in Sturgeon County, in the Industrial Heartland region north of Edmonton.

July 10, 2026, Miamisburg, OH — Yaskawa America, Inc. has been independently certified to the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard. ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is the globally recognized standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), providing organizations with a structured framework for identifying, managing and continuously improving information security risks.

July 8, 2026, Peterborough, Ont. — Fairbanks Morse Defense, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, finalized its acquisition of the Rolls-Royce Naval Handling facility in Peterborough, Ont. The closing officially establishes the facility as FMD’s Canadian headquarters, expanding the services division and supporting the revitalization of the Canadian defence industrial base.

My first Automate in 2025 was held under a cloud of uncertainty. Tariffs had ground the market to a halt and Canadian-U.S. relations were significantly strained. I addition, I had entered the manufacturing industry mere weeks before the event was held, and my own lack of understanding, alongside market conditions, candidly left me wanting more from the show. This pretence is what made me so excited for Automate 2026, which took place from June 22 to 25 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill.

July 8, 2026, New York — Industrial connectivity and IoT solutions provider ei3 has released a new educational guide to help industrial machine builders prepare for the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

July 6, 2026, Canada — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce Monday that Canada will buy its next fleet of submarines from Germany’s TKMS, according to multiple media reports. The announcement will bring an end to an unusually quick and intense procurement process and will mean Canada is choosing subs built by a NATO ally over South Korea’s Hanwha Oceans. The government is expected to enter into months of negotiations with TKMS to finalize details of the contract.

July 2, 2026, Canada — Canada’s manufacturing sector remained in growth territory during June, expanding for a third month in a row on the back of rising production and new orders.