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Logistics and freight transport, a sector in growth with more than 10,000 direct jobs gained in Greater Montreal over the last decade

Canadian Manufacturing

(Photo: CNW Group/Metropolitan Cluster of logistics and transportation in Montreal) MONTREAL — CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, presents the updated results of the 2013-2014 study carried out by KPMG on the logistics and transportation sector in Quebec and, more specifically, Greater Montreal.

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Robotic delivery company Starship Technologies raises $90 million in new funding

Robotics Automation News

The fresh investment, which brings the total raised by Starship to $230 million since its creation in 2014, will be used to expand […] Starship Technologies, the company making science fiction a reality by putting delivery robots on streets in the US and Europe, has raised $90 million in new funding, co-led by Plural and Iconical.

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Locus Robotics reduces staff, but CEO is still bullish on market growth

Robotics Business Review

” Founded in 2014, Locus Robotics provides autonomous mobile robots ( AMRs ) that collaborate with human pickers to increase warehouse efficiency. “A number of accounts are making adjustments — not just logistics, but across retail and e-commerce. The Wilmington, Mass.-based

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Locus Robotics surpasses 3B picks just 33 weeks after its last milestone

Robotics Business Review

” Founded in 2014, Locus Robotics provides autonomous mobile robots ( AMRs ) that collaborate with human pickers to increase warehouse efficiency. Locus serves the retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and third-party logistics (3PL) industries and offers a robotics-as-a-service ( RaaS ) model.

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Applied Motion Products releases MDX+ low-voltage servo series

Robotics Business Review

” The company claimed that its MDX+ servo series is suitable for manufacturers in logistics, automated guided vehicle ( AGV ), medical, semiconductor, packaging, textile, electronic inspection, and solar industries, among others. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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TRUMPF Inc. Announces Executive Promotions and New CFO

Additive Manufacturing

Steingruber will be responsible for overseeing the finance and controlling, IT infrastructure and business systems, customer contracts & collections, customer financing, logistics & customs, and shared services departments for TRUMPF subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. President & CEO Lutz Labisch.

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TRUMPF Inc. Announces Executive Promotions and New CFO

Fabricating & Metal Work

Steingruber will be responsible for overseeing the finance and controlling, IT infrastructure and business systems, customer contracts & collections, customer financing, logistics & customs, and shared services departments for TRUMPF subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. President & CEO Lutz Labisch.