ADM Toronto 2025: Manufacturing Expo Meets Employee Rights
ADM Toronto 2025 takes place Oct. 21–23 at the Toronto Congress Centre, bringing together Canada’s manufacturing community at a time of rapid change, trade uncertainty, and workforce disruption.
While the event focuses on innovation and global connections, it’s also happening against a backdrop of factory closures, layoffs, and restructuring across the sector.
For many non-unionized employees, that raises important questions about severance pay rights if their job is impacted.
A Unified Manufacturing Showcase
Formerly a series of co-located events, ADM Toronto now operates under one umbrella brand representing the entire supply chain.
Attendees can explore:
- Design software and product development
- Plastics and processing
- Automation and robotics
- Packaging and distribution
When companies invest in new automation or restructure supply chains, workers are often let go. If this happens, employees are typically owed up to 24 months’ severance pay — depending on their age, tenure, and role.
What’s New in 2025?
This year’s show introduces two paid conference tracks and expanded workforce programming.
October 21: International & Interprovincial Trade
Sessions highlight how Canadian manufacturers are diversifying beyond US supply chains and exploring cross-provincial partnerships.
October 22: Battery Workshops & Seminars
Battery-focused sessions explore safety standards, emerging materials, and global innovations, led by international experts.
October 23: ADM Pathways — Workforce Development
This full-day program covers talent acquisition, mentorship, and recruitment strategies.
If you’re attending due to a recent layoff or restructuring, know that career growth and mentorship are important — but so is protecting your immediate financial security through proper severance.
Free Education for Attendees
ADM Toronto also offers free programming, with sessions on:
- AI, robotics, and automation
- Government grants and SR&ED tax credits
- Battery manufacturing trends
- Reusable packaging and circular economy solutions
These sessions highlight the opportunities and challenges shaping Canadian manufacturing.
Automation and sustainability shifts can create jobs — but they also eliminate them. Remember: losing your position due to these changes doesn’t cancel your right to severance pay.
Severance Pay Rights for Manufacturing Employees
For those in manufacturing, recent years have seen layoffs, restructurings, and plant closures across Canada.
If you lose your job in these circumstances, you may be owed significant severance pay:
- Up to 24 months’ pay for non-unionized employees in Ontario and beyond.
- Severance depends on factors like your age, years of service, job type, and ability to find new work.
- Employers often provide less than what the law requires in initial offers.
- Tools like the Severance Pay Calculator can help estimate your entitlement.
Don’t sign a termination package without legal advice. Once accepted, you can’t go back and claim the full amount you’re owed.
Contact an Employment Lawyer
ADM Toronto 2025 highlights how innovation and trade are reshaping Canada’s manufacturing future. But for employees, it’s also a reminder that change often comes with workforce cuts.
If you’ve been let go or are worried about your job security, it’s crucial to understand your severance rights and make informed decisions about your next steps.
Our employment lawyers in Toronto have helped thousands of employees secure proper severance after company downsizing.
At Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, we’ve:
- 👥 Represented 50,000+ Canadians
- 💰 Secured millions in severance payouts
- ⚖️ Settled over 99% of cases out of court
- 📱 Free Termination Consultations — in many, but not all, cases
- ⭐ Earned 3,000+ 5-star Google reviews
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Call 1-855-821-5900 or request a consultation online.
You must go through your union. By law, employment lawyers can’t represent unionized employees — only your union can.
About the Author
Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and the Practice Leader of the firm’s Labour & Employment Law Group. Known for his advocacy and success representing both employees and employers, Lior exclusively serves clients in Ontario, where his extensive experience has made him one of Canada’s most sought-after employment lawyers.
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