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D. McKay Manufacturing

D. McKay's washing machine helped take some of bending and scrubbing out of the job, back in the 1850s.

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Christie Digital

A global visual technologies company

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Open Text

A software company that specializes in content management

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Raytheon Canada

Raytheon develops and manufactures air traffic control and radar systems.

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Privy Seat Patent

An 1886 patent for an attachment to a privy (outhouse) seat which would close the hole of the seat until the user was seated there.

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Sunshine Waterloo

Sunshine Waterloo made everything from household goods like bicycles and toys, to military supplies.

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Redpath Motor Company

The Redpath Messenger was believed to be the first vehicle in automotive history with a tilt steering wheel.

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Unitron

Unitron is a company that produces hearing aids.

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Improvements to Rubber

William Wiegand was a pioneer in developing the furnace method for producing carbon black

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The Waterloo Pump

University of Waterloo professors Alan Plumtree and Alfred Rudin developed a solution simple and versatile to help deliver clean water to villages in developing countries.