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Canadian companies more optimistic about 2012 
February 10, 2012
Canadian companies surveyed in the fourth quarter of 2011 say they feel good about their chances this year.
PwC's fourth-quarter 2011 Manufacturin...
Canadian exports rebound
February 10, 2012
Total export volumes for 2011 ended the year almost as high as they were in 2008.
By price and weight, Canadian exports were more than one-quarter...
New deal with China on uranium exports will create jobs for Canadians: CME
February 09, 2012
A new deal struck today between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chinese government will open new markets for Saskatchewan uranium and will cr...
Canada, China create fund to invest in Canadian resources
February 09, 2012
Ties between Canada and China became a little closer Feb. 9 with the announcement a $1 billion US fund has been created to help boost Chinese inves...
Strengthened Canada-China partnership will make a difference for Canadian exporters: CME
February 08, 2012
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), Canada's largest trade and industry association, welcomes the agreements on investment, energy, natural r...
Ontario loses ground in immigration
February 08, 2012
Ontario has continued losing ground to western Canadian provinces since the 2008 recession, say numbers collected during the last census.
The popu...
Prime Minister's economic diplomacy key to advancing Canadian exporters' interests, says CME
February 08, 2012
OTTAWA - Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), Canada's leading trade and industry association, welcomes Prime Minister Harper's leadership in ...
US jobless numbers drop
February 07, 2012
US employers had 3.4 million jobs waiting to be filled in December 2011.
The number of American job vacancies rose by 300,000 from the previous mo...
Virtual goods disappear off virtual German shelves
February 07, 2012
The German manufacturing industry is dipping into a whole new revenue source - virtual goods.
Sales of in-game items to online gamers was a large ...
Prices rise 2.7 per cent in 2011
February 07, 2012
Despite lower prices for Canadian manufactured goods in December, made-in-Canada products were worth 2.7 per cent more at the end of 2011 than they...
CME congratulates Maureen Shaw, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
February 06, 2012
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) wishes to extend sincere congratulations to Maureen Shaw of Victoria, British Columbia, for receiving the ...
Kraft works on becoming trash free
February 03, 2012
Kraft Foods says it has cut trash pickups at its production plants since 2005, with 36 sites now sending no trash to landfills.
The food processor...
Manufacturing jobs fall year-over-year
February 03, 2012
Canada's employment picture changed little in January.
The country's unemployment rate edged up one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.6 per cent as...
Caterpillar shuts London plant
February 03, 2012
The Cat didn't come back.
Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail shut the doors on the London Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont. Feb. 3 a month af...
Dollar reaches parity with US
February 02, 2012
Stronger manufacturing numbers world-wide helped push the Canadian dollar above par against the US dollar for the first time since Oct. 31 on Feb. ...
GE opens new engine icing test facility
February 01, 2012
GE Canada and StandardAero have officially announced the opening of a new $50 million aircraft engine testing, research and development centre in W...
Canadian manufacturing flat in January
February 01, 2012
Production and new orders were flat for Canadian industry in January, the results of a new business survey say.
According to the RBC Canadian Manu...
Canada's Participation in the Multinational Joint Strike Fighter Program Supports Canadian Workers
February 01, 2012
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, today visited two British Columbia companies receiving additional work as a dir
SEI Industries Ltd. Named National Winner of the 2011 Regional Awards for New Technology
February 01, 2012
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC
GM plans $8.8 million investment in St. Catharines
January 31, 2012
General Motors of Canada will be putting 42 employees back on the assembly line at the St. Catharines Powertrain Facility to work on the work on th...
Canada lags in innovation
January 31, 2012
While Canada placed 11th in a 142-country survey of innovation performance, the country's score could have been higher had some business leaders sh...
Mexico settles in as Canada's third-largest trading partner
January 31, 2012
When it comes to international trade, Mexico is still a strong - and growing - number three for Canada.New numbers compiled by the NAFTA office of ...
SEI Industries announced as the Regional Winner of the 2011 Award for New Technology
January 02, 2012
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters - BC Division is pleased to announce the BC/Yukon regional winner and finalists for the 2011 Regional