Major Announcement at the Paris Air Show AV&R Vision & Robotics will be present during the 50th International Paris Air Show Le Bourget which will be held in Paris on June 17th to June 23rd 2013. Come meet AV&R's team in the Hall 3 - Canadian Pavilion at the booth C-80 - D-79. Eric Beauregard, CEO of AV&R, will take part of […]  Continue reading »

AV&R made its way in the International Media: 4 articles on AV&R were recently published! April 1st, 2013: A questions-answers interview about Aerospace Automation was made by Eric Beauregard, CEO of AV&R, for Robotics Tomorrow, an eMagazine dedicated to the robotics. View the result here. March 27, 2013: Eric Beauregard was also interviewed by M. Dan Ovsey, Editor of The National Post […]  Continue reading »

The 2013 Mercuriades Contest presented by The Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ) was held at the Palais des congrès of Montreal yesterday. AV&R Vision & Robotics, finalist in the Innovation* category, was amazed and delighted to win the coveted trophy. This award, sponsored by Investissement Québec, rewards innovation strategies of three types: technological products, innovation in processes and […]  Continue reading »

AV&R will be at two events in May: 1. Civil Aviation Manufacturing (CAM) held in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 7-8, 2013. Aviation Week's Civil Aviation Manufacturing Conference will provide a unique platform to bring together the leaders of major manufacturers and suppliers to discuss manufacturing capabilities: examining, evaluating, and where possible, putting common solutions and best practices into place. Within a schedule […]  Continue reading »

Used to seeing AV&R in the news? Of course. Used to seeing AV&R on TV? Not yet! Last Thursday, Eric Beauregard, AV&R's President & CEO, was interviewed by Tony Keller, the host of Headline, a live show on the Business News Network (BNN) usually hosted by Howard Green. This show's subject was "Canadian Exporters You've Never Heard of..." AV&R Vision & Robotics […]  Continue reading »

The Engine Yearbook, a yearly international publication by UBM Aviation dedicated to aerospace engines, committed 4 pages of its 2013's edition to present AV&R's automated solutions, both in Robotic Finishing and Visual Inspection. Known as a world leader in aerospace and the gas turbine industry, it is only natural that this longest established publication focusing on the aero-engine business included AV&R […]  Continue reading »

November is AV&R's month in the Medias: 3 other articles on AV&R were published! November 7, 2012: M. Randall Mang, Special Projects Editor for The Globe and Mail, interviewed Eric Beauregard, President of AV&R, for the Special Monthly Feature: International business series on trade and emerging markets. Read the article here. November 10, 2012: M. Jean-Francois Dupont, COO of AV&R, tells his journey from […]  Continue reading »

In a special section on the first edition of SME Passport, an internationalization assistance program created by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, the journal Les Affaires portrays the companies selected by this program and their objectives. AV&R was therefore mentioned in this issue.* In its Economy Class program, Radio-Canada's radio interviewed two companies selected by the SME Passport program […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics is finalist of the 2012 Innovation Prize from the Association for the Development of Research and Innovation of Quebec (ADRIQ) in the Product category. This honour will be presented at the gala held on November 22 at the Windsor Station in Montreal. "The Innovation Prize - Product is awarded to a company that has recently developed and […]  Continue reading »

In its September 3rd Edition, Aviation Week & Space Technology had a section of its magazine on Technology's Vanguard, talking about the small and medium-sized enterprises' capacity to innovate. Within this theme, Michael Mecham interviewed Eric Beauregard, AV&R's CEO. In his article called "AV&R Is Young, Hip and Robotic", Mr. Mecham portrays AV&R as an innovative company. You can read this […]  Continue reading »

AV&R is recognized by the major players in the aerospace industry and Quebec's manufacturing sector as a well-established company with a valuable opinion of its activity sectors. Thereby, Aero Montreal and Quebec's Industrial Subcontracting (STIQ), two important groupings in Quebec, recently contacted AV&R to participate in the development of testimony videos on their respective fields. Aero Montreal has created a promotional video […]  Continue reading »

AV&R is selected to take part of the first edition of SME Passport, program created by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal. SME Passport is an internationalization assistance program that aims to provide personalized support to SMEs demonstrating the ambition and a strong potential for developing their activities on an international level and to already exporting SMEs wanting to […]  Continue reading »

Farnborough, July 10th, 2012 - As announced at the Farnborough International Airshow earlier today, GE Aviation places an order of more than 2 M$ to AV&R Vision & Robotics for profiling systems which will be deployed in plants located in Canada and the United States. GE Aviation has recently established a center of excellence in robotics in Bromont, Quebec (read the […]  Continue reading »

AV&R will be present at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) held from July 9 to 15, 2012 at the Farnborough Airport, United Kingdom. The FIA is the world's most iconic global aviation event. A platform for some 1,400 exhibitors from the aerospace, defence, space and security sectors to showcase and demonstrate aircraft, equipment and technologies, the show is specifically […]  Continue reading »

AV&R is quoted again in the media: the magazines Vision Systems Design and Manufacturing Engineering contacted AV&R to add expertise to their recent editions. Vision Systems Design's Editor-in-chief, specialized in machine vision, contacted AV&R to include to its latest May Edition the technology advances recently achieved by our engineering team. Andrew Wilson hence outlined the new Automated 3D Visual Inspection designed […]  Continue reading »

Company more and more known around the world, AV&R Vision & Robotics is present in the news. Two articles were recently published which talked about AV&R: in the Canadian Industrial Machinery magazine and in La Presse. You remember AV&R won an innovation award for its High Precision Automated Blade Profiling System? Well Joe Thompson, Editor of the magazine Canadian Industrial Machinery, […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics' profiling system selected as industry game-changer. Our Automated Blade Profiling System was recently selected by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) as one of the 2012 Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture. An annual effort of SME's Innovation Watch Committee, this list showcases new and emerging technologies and processes that are already making a difference in […]  Continue reading »

AV&R is finalist of the "Innovation Challenge" contest organized by Aviation Week in the category "Power and Propulsion". This contest recognizes and promotes the groundbreaking work being done by tiered suppliers within the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Nominees are judged on technology breakthroughs that provide new or substantially improved performance. AV&R presented its Automated Blade Leading and Trailing Edge Profiling System […]  Continue reading »

Marie Lyan, independent journalist for the Journal Les Affaires, interviewed Eric Beauregard, AV&R's CEO, as part of the series "objective : growth". This series discusses the strategies of SMEs who are experiencing strong growth and portrays the actions taken to start and succeed in this growth. In this article, Mr. Beauregard addresses the strategic alignment, both vertically and horizontally, made by […]  Continue reading »

On December 14, an article on AV&R, written by Marie Tison,* was published in La Presse Affaires. In this article, Mrs. Tison portrays AV&R's "bombed out" offices as well as the owner's future projects to accommodate the business' constant growth. Mister Dupont, Chief Operating Officer (COO), interviewed for this article, praises the merits of the use of robots for part machining […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics received the AQA Business of the Year 2011 Award on November 29. During the gala held at the Delta Hotel, the Honourable Jacques Saada, CEO of the Quebec Aerospace Association (AQA), awarded the Business of the Year 2011 Prize* to AV&R. For the past 9 years, the AQA has been recognizing outstanding business success and excellence of an […]  Continue reading »

The 2011 Desjardins Entrepreneur Awards' Gala was held at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City yesterday. AV&R Vision & Robotics, finalist in the International Commerce category, was surprised and honoured to win the prestigious trophy. This prize, presented by Export Development Canada (EDC), rewards a company brilliantly showing the real positive impacts of extending business development efforts to the international market […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics was named 2011 Bike-friendly Business* by Vélo Quebec in the category 100 and less employees. This award honours companies doing concrete actions to promote biking-to-work and is awarded annually, downtown Montreal during the Car-free Day! "By these bike-friendly awards given each year, Vélo Quebec wants to enhance the dynamism and commitment of organizations that encourage their employees […]  Continue reading »

Welcome on AV&R Vision & Robotics' new website! This website has been redesigned to relate to AV&R's new alignment. Since its founding in 1994, AV&R's team has offered Robotic Finishing and Automated Visual Inspection systems adapted to several industries. Over the years, AV&R developed solutions for several materials (metal, glass, plastic eyewear, etc.) in several fields (aerospace, energy, automotive, eyewear, medical […]  Continue reading »

Alex Anderson, Contributing Editor of Automation World, wrote an article on the necessity to automate Quality Control in many industries. AV&R’s automated systems, assuring parts, are a perfect example of a Quality Control process important and essential. Mr. Anderson then dedicated a part of his article to AV&R. Read the article to see how production of aircraft engine parts, sunglasses and […]  Continue reading »

On July 12th, the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announced the renewal of a contribution of $984,150 in non-repayable funding to support the Quebec Aerospace Association (AQA)’s operations for the next three years. "The Government of Canada sees it as essential to lend […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics is proud to announce a collaborative research and development agreement with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) for the technological transfer of a non-contact three-dimension (3D) measurement system that will answer the rigorous needs of AV&R’s customers in terms of precision and speed. AV&R already offers visual inspection systems detecting surface defects such as dents, nicks, […]  Continue reading »

PLAN is the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec’s magazine. In 2010, Jean-François Dupont, COO and associate of AV&R, has been interviewed to talk about AV&R’s history, a promising and fast growing SME mainly composed of engineers. Read the article.* * The article is in French  Continue reading »

Bennett Brumson, Contributing Editor for Robotic Industries Association, wrote an article named “Unique Robotic Applications”. To gather information for this article, Mr. Brumson interviewed Michael Muldoon from AV&R. He also used a picture of an AV&R Automated Visual Inspection System. To read the article, click here.  Continue reading »

Before Christmas, AV&R Vision & Robotics won contracts worth more than 1.5 million dollars from two major European players in the jet engine industry. AV&R will thus install surface inspection systems in Germany and England. AV&R specializes in gas turbine manufacturing solutions in the fields of Robotic Material Removal and Automated Surface Inspection. Because of its unique expertise, AV&R was chosen […]  Continue reading »

After obtaining a contract in Germany, Audrey Myrand-Langlois, a reporter for Les Affaires.com, conducted an interview with Eric Beauregard, AV&R Vision & Robotics’ CEO. This interview mostly talks about expansion in Europe and its various issues. A summary of their discussion and a "podcast" of the interview are available here, in French only.  Continue reading »

Mr. Jean-François Dupont and AV&R Vision & Robotics have been selected by the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade (MEDIE) to participate in "Croissance Québec Techno". Thanks to its impressive technological offers and an accessible international market, AV&R has been selected among over 50 high technology companies in Quebec. Mr. Dupont, associate of AV&R, has successfully completed the final […]  Continue reading »

AV&R is proud to have received the 2009 Sales Leadership Award of FANUC Robotics. FANUC annually awards the company which distinguished itself with exemplary leadership in sales and integration of FANUC robots. AV&R is proud to have earned this honor for 2009. In addition, AV&R received, for the second consecutive year, an Oscar for outstanding sales growth which is awarded […]  Continue reading »

AV&R Vision & Robotics has developed a team of engineers which are now considered experts in the fields of robotic finishing and automated visual inspection. As a recognition of its valuable expertise, numerous interviews have been requested looking for articles and white papers detailing AV&R’s centers of excellence. Here are articles made with the collaboration of AV&R’s experts: April 2010: Cutting Tool […]  Continue reading »