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Suppliers
Guelph brake manufacturer ABS follows export route to success

ABS Friction opened and shipped a container of brake pads to Puerto Rico in 1995. In the 24 years since, the company has sent brake products to 50 countries around the world. But only since 2009 has it sold within Canada.
Trade and Tariffs
How Canada's auto industry can take advantage of new trade deals

New trade deals in Asia and Europe, and $1.1 billion of government money over six years to aid expansion, are measures intended to jolt Canadian businesses, including automotive companies, into realizing they need to think globally.
Technology
BlackBerry 'seeding the market' with new free AV security software

BlackBerry is offering a free security management service to autonomous-vehicle pilot projects to allow cars and infrastructure to securely exchange information. The tech giant eventually plans to charge for the software.
Canada
Tire distributor Groupe Touchette buys Atlas Tire Wholesale, widens national reach
Quebec-based Groupe Touchette Inc. has acquired Atlas Tire Wholesale Inc., a major supplier to dealerships and tire retailers in Ontario, the companies announced Thursday.
Canada
Redesigned Kia Forte EX is the automaker's sales focus in Canada
With its redesigned -- and more advanced -- Forte compact sedan, Kia sees a growth opportunity in the segment even as other automakers scale back the number of traditional car offerings.
Canada
Damaged dealerships reopen after tornado rips through Gatineau, Que.
Battered auto dealerships along a prime car-retailing strip in Gatineau, Que., were back in business Monday after spending a weekend repairing damage caused by a tornado that tore through the nation's capital region on Sept. 21.
Canada
Ottawa getting institute to help advance Canadian development of AVs
The Canadian Automated Vehicles Institute will launch in 2019 as a not-for-profit organization open to private- and public-sector organizations developing autonomous and connected vehicles.
Canada
BlackBerry to help small Canadian companies develop AV tech
BlackBerry's Ottawa-based QNX division will help six Canadian companies research and develop prototype products in "sensor fusion" – including lidar, radar, cameras and GPS. BlackBerry will then connect those businesses with global automakers.
Canada
Ottawa touts private, public test sites and diverse weather in bid for AV research 
In promoting itself as a global centre for autonomous vehicle testing, the City of Ottawa believes it has two can't-miss attractions. Canada's capital city offers roads and weather.
Canada
Ottawa's Myers Automotive dealer group hires former NHL exec as CEO
Cyril Leeder, a founder of the Ottawa Senators and most recently the NHL team's president and chief operating officer, will oversee Myers Automotive's operations.
Canada
Subaru picks Ottawa company's software to link cars with home devices
Buyers of Subaru's redesigned Forester can control smart devices in their homes – from garage doors to lights to thermostats – using a dashboard interface developed by Evolved Vehicles Environments Inc., an Ottawa company.
Canada
Chrystia Freeland: Canada's trade champion
The fate of Canada's auto industry could rest on the slim shoulders of Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, a cerebral Torontonian who doesn't actually own a car.
Canada
Steel tariffs hitting suppliers 'on all sides'
Canadian steel producers are laying off workers as U.S. customers scale back or cancel orders because of U.S. import charges that went into effect in June. Auto suppliers are forced to absorb the added costs.
Canada
How 5G technology will open the digital door to self-driving vehicles
5G technology will allow autonomous and connected vehicles to "talk" to each other and devices outside the vehicle, all at high speed. A $400-million test project is being developed across Ontario and Quebec.
Canada
Toronto automaker turns Ford F 550s into armoured trucks for public sale
Inkas Armored Vehicle Manufacturing may not be Canada's biggest automaker, but it's easily the edgiest, building armoured trucks on Ford F-550 Super Duty chassis.