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 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 and […]  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 »