Industrial facilities in Canada are under growing pressure to operate with higher reliability, lower costs, and greater resilience. Aging infrastructure, tighter production schedules, and rising energy and compliance demands have exposed the limitations of traditional maintenance approaches. Reactive maintenance leads to unexpected breakdowns and costly downtime, while time-based preventive maintenance often results in unnecessary servicing and wasted resources. In this environment, condition-based maintenance is emerging as the preferred approach because it aligns maintenance actions directly with equipment health rather than relying on assumptions or rigid schedules.
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Advancing Thermal Performance in High-Density Electronics and Automotive Systems
Thermal interface materials have moved from passive fillers to critical enablers of performance, reliability and design flexibility in modern electronics and automotive systems. As power densities increase and device architectures compress, heat dissipation is no longer a secondary engineering concern but a defining constraint on product longevity and efficiency. Conventional materials such as standard pads and greases often struggle to keep pace with these demands, particularly when systems must operate across wide temperature ranges while maintaining structural integrity and electrical safety.
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Jaguar Land Rover China
The Mindsets That Drive Effective Brand Advocacy
Liu Shu, Senior Human Resources Business Partner,
Liu Shu is an HR Business Partner at Jaguar Land Rover China. She began her journey with the company as Head of Talent Acquisition, leading employer branding, recruitment and integration programs for new hires. In 2024, she contributed to restructuring Jaguar’s joint venture sales company (INSS), a project to align operations with market agility and customer needs. This experience marked her transition into HR business partnering. Since January 2025, Shu has supported the commercial organization spanning sales, marketing, communications, customer experience and field operations, focusing on organization development, talent management and employee engagement.
