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Innovations

Grand River Conservation Authority

Founded in 1934, the Grand River Conservation Authority was the first watershed management agency in Canada.

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Dr. Zeigler’s Celebrated Baby Tender

A baby cradle on a spring system which allows a baby to be easily rocked or for an older child to rock itself.

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Raytheon Canada

Raytheon develops and manufactures air traffic control and radar systems.

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Open Text

A software company that specializes in content management

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IGNIS Innovation

IGNIA Innovation is a global leader in the development of organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays.

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Kennedy Motor Company

A Preston (Cambridge) car company with headquarters in Galt. They produced about 175 vehicles, stressing that they were automobiles, not motor carriages.

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Canadian General Tower

Canadian General Tower first started in the 1860s as a wagon wheel manufacturer called Victoria Wheel Works.

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Convertible Baby Carriage

This convertible sleigh was patented in 1912 and sold by Beilstein & Kranz Manufacturers of Berlin.

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True North Power

True North Power is an energy company based in Ayr that manufactures an innovative windmill – the Wind Arrow Turbine.

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Improvements to Rubber

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