Information and communications technology
Automotive, connected and autonomous
Food processing
Business and financial services
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In Waterloo, manufacturing and industrial roots are entrenched in our history. With more than a century of experience, manufacturing has always played an integral role in Waterloo. Waterloo has emerged as a global technology hub and that has allowed us to play a lead role in advanced manufacturing. We are home to 40+ companies developing technologies in the areas of robotics, automation, hardware and industry 4.0.
Today, local companies - many internationally recognized - are reinventing the way factories work by streamlining how computers and automation work together to make machines and production lines smarter.
An educational centre, Waterloo has three globally recognized academic institutions - Conestoga College, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo - that provide a steady flow of highly skilled and educated talent of business leaders, technicians, trade workers and engineers.
Our thriving and collaborative ecosystem supports success, with access to more than 150 leading research facilities and networks such as the Centre for Smart Manufacturing (CSM), Waterloo Region Manufacturing Innovation Network (MIN), Catalyst137, the world's largest IoT manufacturing space, and Ontario's Advanced Manufacturing Consortium.
Waterloo is continuing to build and grow a globally competitive smart manufacturing community.
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Some advanced manufacturing companies that are located here include:
Mark Kirby, Business Manager
“It was absolutely the right decision to open (our Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centre) here. The community has the right blend of industrial manufacturing, academic horsepower and a strong desire to reinvent itself.”
