Canadian Manufacturing’s Top 5 quotes from the summer, fall quarter 2022

The net zero transformation, courtesy of additive manufacturing

The demand for more frontline workers on factory floors, sustainable development and building supply chain resiliency continue to be important themes in Canada’s manufacturing sector. Here are some memorable words from the last quarter.

“Where’s your company going to be in five years? And how are you going to utilize and keep up with the changing policies and the demand? I think, for understanding where your supply chain is going to be at a time of climate change, how you’re going to measure those emissions, how you’re going to report, I think we’re going to see companies really benefit from having those answers.” Kate Flynn, general manager for the Centre for Climate Change Management at Mohawk College.

“I’m not sure of any sustainability-related products we have,” says Manfred Keller, President of Zimmerman Milling Solutions, a German machine-manufacturer helping the aerospace industry cut parts. “We don’t really have machines focused on having a better environmental impact.”

“Fifty per cent of our factory assets are aging, so we’re looking to upgrade those, allowing us to increase production and meet growing demand from our customers. We also foresee an increase in headcount in the double digits as a result of these investments, split between frontline factory workers and in our office,” TJ Kanaris, president of Select Food Products.

“reorganization of manufacturing, onshoring of manufacturing is very important to guarantee supply, and that’s why we built our factory in Montreal, for example. That’s why we’re building the glove factory in Canada as an example. Building even stronger relationship with suppliers, with redundancy. We will favour suppliers who have redundancy and resiliency themselves.” Guillaume Laverdure CEO of Medicom

“Among the many benefits of additive manufacturing, our customers appreciate that this emerging manufacturing process supports their environmental sustainability goals by significantly reducing material waste and overall carbon emissions.” Yevgeni Brif, business development manager at Burloak Technologies Inc.