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 Automotive Communities Program - Canada's Technology Triangle
Canada's Technology Triangle is distinguished by its highly diverse and internationally oriented economic base. Located west of Toronto, Canada's Technology Triangle represents Waterloo Region and the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo and is within Ontario's automotive assembly and parts manufacturing corridor. The area's automotive and transportation equipment companies export over $4.6 billion in products worldwide. Leading automotive and transportation employers include; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (producing the first Lexus outside Japan), ThyssenKrupp Budd Canada, ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Rockwell Automation Canada Control Systems, Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing, Kuntz Electroplating, Canadian General-Tower, Lear Canada and Tenneco Automotive-Walker Cambridge to name a few of the more than 400 companies in Waterloo Region. A powerhouse of innovation with some 150 centres of research, Waterloo Region is home to University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Applied Learning and nearby University of Guelph. (Visit www.watcar.uwaterloo.ca to learn more about the auto-related research at the University of Waterloo in areas such as fuel cells, mecatronics, logistics and manufacturing efficiencies.) Canada's Technology Triangle Inc is the public-private economic development partnership that provides confidential enquiry services for information on sites and buildings, demographics, area companies, exporting capabilities, cluster strengths and community linkages. Iris Huang Website: http://www.techtriangle.com
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