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#46
Electrohome was one of Canada's largest manufacturers of TVs.  Based in Kitchener. 
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#47
Frito Lay - Cambridge - potato chips
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#48
(07-19-2015, 10:59 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Frito Lay - Cambridge - potato chips

Currently undergoing a $12million upgrade.
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#49
(07-19-2015, 12:11 PM)jgsz Wrote: Electrohome was one of Canada's largest manufacturers of TVs.  Based in Kitchener. 

Also furniture and many other items like radios, motors, etc.

Another former manufacturer of (then) "high tech" stuff was Marsland Engineering at Weber and Columbia.

Meanwhile in today's G&M: Waterloo startup to software leader, Open Text pins future on digitization 
Quote:With a market capitalization of about $6-billion, Open Text is one of Canada’s most valuable software firms. Yet it’s worth less than 1 per cent of the stock market value of Apple Inc. and less than 2 per cent of Google Inc. Rivals International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and EMC Corp. are significantly larger...
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#50
RIMOWA, in Cambridge, manufactures high-end aluminium and polycarbonate luggage and accessories.  Its parent company is German but I believe that the Cambridge plant is the only luggage maker left in North America.  The best place to see their products is at their flagship store on Bloor St. W in Toronto.  

http://www.rimowa.com/en-ca/
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#51
(07-19-2015, 09:40 AM)panamaniac Wrote:
(07-19-2015, 09:33 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: Has Kodiak/Terra Nova been mentioned? http://www.kodiakboots.com/

http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/...cambridge/

Does Kodiak have a shop at the factory?  Once upon a time, most of the clothing/footwear places in town had an outlet where you could buy seconds at a discount, but that seems to have pretty much disappeared.

Yes they do, but it's not a discount store, its a full priced retail.  It's a "Work Authority" store, and the prices are the same at all of them.  It (and the plant) are at 415 Thompson Drive, Cambridge.
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#52
Roadtrek Motorhomes of Kitchener manufactures Class B motorhomes using Mercedes, Ram and Chevrolet chassis.  

http://www.roadtrek.com/about/
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#53
CAML-TOMLIN of Waterloo makes showers and bathtubs.
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#54
SB Leather of Kitchener makes quality leather upholstered furniture - factory and showroom at 224 Madison St S.

http://www.sbleatherfurniture.ca/
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#55
(07-24-2015, 08:29 AM)panamaniac Wrote: SB Leather of Kitchener makes quality leather upholstered furniture - factory and showroom at 224 Madison St S.

http://www.sbleatherfurniture.ca/

I have two wing chairs in my living room manufactured by SB Leather... no complaints and always nice to support a local company.
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#56
Are they actually manufacturing locally?
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#57
(07-25-2015, 01:22 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Are they actually manufacturing locally?

Yup. 
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#58
Centra, Magellan Aerospace, Heroux Devtek all have local manufacturing locations making parts for the aerospace industry.
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#59
Centra Industries (Cambridge)    http://www.centra-ind.com/Centra.php/home/

Magellan Aerospace (Kitchener)    http://magellan.aero/about/

Hervoux Devtek (Kitchener and Cambridge)    http://www.herouxdevtek.com/home

In the same sector, Shimco is also opening a plant and headquarters in Cambridge    http://www.shimco.com/060515_Release_New...ounced.pdf
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#60
Two firms in Kitchener manufacture men's belts and other leather products.  Custom Leather    http://customleather.com/index.php?route=common/home       is the largest such company in Canada, according to its website.  Grizzly Fitness    http://grizzlyfitness.com/store/home.php    is a division of Custom Leather.    Bench Craft Leather Inc    http://benchcraftleather.com/    makes mens and womens dress and casual  belts and a range of leather items, including for RCMP, police and firefighters.
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