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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2009.027.002.145 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Two men working at drafting tables] |
Description |
Black and white image with a white border. Two men working as per title. Stacks of map cabinets in the background. Man on the right, identified as Ron Clark, is wearing checked pants, a long sleeve dress shirt, and a wide patterned tie. Man on left, identified as Noel Alexander, has a beard and is also wearing a dress shirt and tie. Handwritten on a piece of paper taped to the reverse is "Ron Clark and Noel Alexander prepare and review all plant engineering drawings/Page 4/Bottom Pix/52%". Stamped in purple ink in the lower right corner is "Personal Studio/180 King St. North/Print No. 9955/Waterloo, Ontario/Phone SH.5 4074". |
Date |
1970 |
Date |
1980 |
Copyright |
University of Waterloo Library, Special Collections & Archives, Personal Studio fonds |
History |
The Budd Company was founded in 1912 by Edward G. Budd. The headquarters were in Troy, Michigan. The company was a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components for the auto industry. The company used the unibody method of automobile construction, meaning that the body is integrated into a single unit with the chassis. In 1965, the Canada-United States Automotive Agreement (Auto Pact) was signed. It required that for every car sold here, one had to be made here. It also required that every Canadian-made car had to have 60% Canadian content in parts and labour. American car part manufacturer Budd opened a Canadian plant in Kitchener in 1967, named Budd Canada. Thyssen took over the Budd Company in 1978. In 1996, Budd Canada was renamed Thyssen Budd Canada. In 2006, Martinrea International bought the Kitchener plant, and renamed it Kitchener Frame. The Kitchener plant was closed in December 2008 with the last frame completed on December 2. The Canadian Region of the United Auto Workers was founded in 1937. Canadian auto workers continued to be members of the UAW until 1985, when the Canadian Auto Workers union was formed. |
Search Terms |
Budd Canada Personal Studio |
People |
Clark, Ron Alexander, Noel |