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July 30, 2019

Grassroots Groups Receive America Walks Community Change Grants

Equitable change across the country, from New York to Kansas to Oregon   America Walks’ Community Change Grant program is a popular initiative started in 2015 that offers $1,500 community stipends to US-based projects supporting healthy, active, engaging spaces for people to live, work, and play. America Walks and other organizations within the Ever Body […]
July 30, 2019

Vandalism Testing of SpeedCheck Radar Speed Sign

  SpeedCheck’s Built-In Protection The SpeedCheck display is protected by a shatter-resistant polycarbonate window combined with an inner LED flex board that acts like a shield and absorbs impact, keeping its internal components safe from damage.   Our Product Technologist team conducted three testing experiments to prove how robust the SpeedCheck system is. We tested […]
Large street intersection with a stop sign and red flashing light with a solar panel mounted on a pole.
July 29, 2019

America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 Bill Released

$287 billion authorized over five years for surface transportation programs On July 29, 2019, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unveiled the new transportation reauthorization legislation, which will be under EPW Committee consideration on July 30, 2019. A bipartisan bill, it is being released by the four Committee leaders: Senators Barrasso (R-WY), Carper […]
carmanah traffic exhibits at the 2019 ite international annual meeting
July 25, 2019

ITE International and Texas District Annual Meeting

Thanks for visiting us! Here’s a quick recap of some of our takeaways and highlights from this year’s Annual Meeting. We’ve been exhibiting at ITE for many years and we’re always excited to join the fun. This year’s conference marks a bit over a year since ITE and Carmanah worked together with the Federal Highway […]
July 17, 2019

Carmanah Provides Update on Expected Tax Treatment of Purchase Price for Going Private Transaction

VICTORIA, BC, CANADA  In connection with the previously announced going private transaction, Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (the “Company” or “Carmanah”) requested an advance tax ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) to determine whether the cash sale proceeds to be received by shareholders in connection with the going private transaction will be treated […]
July 08, 2019

Globalstar Purchases Carmanah’s SmartOne Solar Intellectual Property Assets

VICTORIA, BC, CANADA  Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX:CMH) (the “Company” or “Carmanah”) announced today it has sold to Globalstar, Inc. (“Globalstar”) a perpetual license to use its SmartOne SolarTM intellectual property as well as other assets, including production equipment.  The SmartOne SolarTM is a solar-powered IoT asset tracking device (with ATEX and intrinsically safe certifications) that […]
July 08, 2019

Durable SpeedCheck signs survive extreme conditions

Watch our extreme testing video below Why use a tough radar speed sign? In a 2016 study examining vandalized signs by sign type, both speed regulation signs and advisory speed signs were found to be likely to get damaged: of vandalized signs, 53% were warning signs, and almost 11% of all vandalized signs dealt with […]
July 04, 2019

Carmanah Enters into Arrangement Agreement for Going Private Transaction

VICTORIA, BC, CANADA  – Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (the “Company” or “Carmanah”) announces that it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with CMH Acquisition Corp. (“CMH Acquisition”) (an entity controlled by two of the current directors of the Company, James Meekison and Terry Holland), JDM Investment Holdings Inc. (“JDM”) and TMH […]
speedcheck radar speed sign ice cannon test
July 03, 2019

SpeedCheck Radar Speed Sign Vandalism and Environment Testing

Studies show that speed limit, advisory speed limit, and warning signs are all likely targets for vandalism. As radar speed signs loosely fit into these sign categories, they should be resistant to impacts and tampering in order to preserve the visibility of their display message and their positive traffic calming effect. The SpeedCheck® radar speed […]
June 21, 2019

Carmanah Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

VICTORIA, BC, CANADA  Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (“Carmanah” or the “Corporation”) today announced the voting results from its annual general meeting held on June 21, 2019.  The shareholders voted on and approved to set the number of directors of the Corporation at four, the election of the directors of the Corporation, and the reappointment […]