Made in Waterloo Region

[rangersfan]

Avidbots - Neo, a self driving floor scrubber is produced in Waterloo.

http://avidbots.com/

[panamaniac]

Avidbots - Neo, a self driving floor scrubber is produced in Waterloo.

http://avidbots.com/

Do they actually manufacture the machine?

[rangersfan]

I am pretty sure that they do.

[rangersfan]

Does anyone know if kaleidescape manufacturers anything in Waterloo?

[Markster]

Does anyone know if kaleidescape manufacturers anything in Waterloo?

I believe their Waterloo office is only a software team.

[rangersfan]

Thanks for letting me know.

[Canard]

Just heard of this company Virtek, they seem to create a wide array of manufacturing equipment, from their website :

Virtek Vision is the market leader in laser projection and quality inspection solutions that support manufacturers around the world in a variety of specialized industries to assist with assembly processes.

Wow, there's a blast from the past!  I first heard about Virtek about 15 years ago.  The CFO at the company I worked at had come from there.  At the time, it was pretty amazing what they were doing.

Their machines (back then - don't know about now) looked like gigantic overhead projects from the 70's and 80's (ie, my rural school in the 90's ).  You'd put your laser-cut stamped metal parts on the glass bed, and a laser beam would come out of the "head" above, which was a mirror (IIRC) on a two-axis setup and it would trace the part.  Then you'd get a very accurate DXF file out of whatever it was you scanned.



Edit - Image added

[panamaniac]

Another thread bumped ...

There was an article in the Record the other day about Athletica Sports Systems of Waterloo https://athletica.com/ They make the "dasher boards" that surround hockey rinks, among other things. Apparently 29 of 31 NHL rinks use Athletica's boards. I had no idea.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/890...quisition/

[Chicopee]

I known Roadtrek has been mentioned here before, but it's worth mentioning again. They have since been purchased by the Erwin Hymer Group, the top RV manufacturer in Europe. They have four facilities in Waterloo Region: Shirley Avenue, Shirley Drive, Reuter Drive (beside Toyota (TMMC)) in a building that previously housed ATS, and Blackberry 'C1', and a brand new facility on Tyler in Cambridge off Pinebush. They currently manufacture the number one selling class B motor home in North America. 

They are booming, and holing job fairs. I don't know of any other local employer who is so desperate to hire that they have commercials on the radio trying to get people in the door. Good news indeed and I wish them continued success! An asset to the region for sure.

[Coke6pk]

Another thread bumped ...

There was an article in the Record the other day about Athletica Sports Systems of Waterloo  https://athletica.com/   They make the "dasher boards" that surround hockey rinks, among other things.  Apparently 29 of 31 NHL rinks use Athletica's boards.  I had no idea.

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/890...quisition/

Now to find those 2 NHL rinks that don't and boycott them!  [Please don't be the Leafs, Please don't be the Leafs....]

Coke

[nms]

CBC found this little gem from 1982.

"The City that warned you could lose your job if you didn't 'buy Canadian'"
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/a-1982-made-...-1.5116740

Buy Canadian. It was a rallying cry that most Canadians had heard many times before.
But this one upped the ante with the argument that "the job you save may be your own!"

[img=460x307.140625]https://i.cbc.ca/1.5116793.1556641595!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/bumper-sticker-from-1982-buy-canadian-campaign-in-cambridge-ont.jpg[/img]
A bumper sticker showing the slogan from the 1982 "Buy Canadian" campaign is seen in the image above. (The National/CBC Archives)
That dramatic slogan was at the centre of a campaign launched in Cambridge, Ont., back in the spring of 1982. 
"Cambridge, population about 75,000, right in the centre of Ontario's industrial heartland," the CBC's Sheldon Turcott reported on The National back on May 15, 1982.

[jeffster]

CBC found this little gem from 1982.

"The City that warned you could lose your job if you didn't 'buy Canadian'"
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/a-1982-made-...-1.5116740

Buy Canadian. It was a rallying cry that most Canadians had heard many times before.
But this one upped the ante with the argument that "the job you save may be your own!"

[img=460x307.140625]https://i.cbc.ca/1.5116793.1556641595!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/bumper-sticker-from-1982-buy-canadian-campaign-in-cambridge-ont.jpg[/img]
A bumper sticker showing the slogan from the 1982 "Buy Canadian" campaign is seen in the image above. (The National/CBC Archives)
That dramatic slogan was at the centre of a campaign launched in Cambridge, Ont., back in the spring of 1982. 
"Cambridge, population about 75,000, right in the centre of Ontario's industrial heartland," the CBC's Sheldon Turcott reported on The National back on May 15, 1982.

"How can we fly like eagles, when we're governed by turkeys?" That's something they could send to Queen Park and Ottawa today! Things never change.

[panamaniac]

Bumping this thread (2019?!) to post this piece from The Record.  Another local manufacturing company that I had not heard of previously.

Kitchener cabinet company gets $1 million from province
Distinctive Wood Products will expand to create nine new positions at its Kitchener facilities
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...b1105.html