Chris Latour
The Robot Industry Podcast
Mass Timber and Element5 with Chris Latour
- Published
- February 12, 2026
- Duration
- 28:21
- Summary source
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- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Discusses Chris Latour and I have known each other for many years, from our days at ATS Automation, and it was…
Summary
Chris Latour and I have known each other for many years, from our days at ATS Automation, and it was my pleasure to reach out to him to arrange a tour of Element5 in St. Thomas, Ontario. So if you have never heard of Mass Timber, it is structurally efficient wood that is bonded together and used to form small and large buildings: walls, ceilings, floors a…
Show notes
Chris Latour and I have known each other for many years, from our days at ATS Automation, and it was my pleasure to reach out to him to arrange a tour of Element5 in St. Thomas, Ontario. So if you have never heard of Mass Timber, it is structurally efficient wood that is bonded together and used to form small and large buildings: walls, ceilings, floors and is engineered to be easy to use, to look beautiful and be functional. Think of a wall that needs a plumbing stack cutout, but it is actually