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Research Enterprises Limited

1940 establishments in Ontario1946 disestablishments in OntarioCanadian companies established in 1940Companies based in TorontoDefunct companies of Ontario
Electronics companies of CanadaManufacturing companies disestablished in 1946Manufacturing companies established in 1940
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Research Enterprises Limited (REL for short) was a short-lived Toronto-based Crown Corporation that built electronics and optical instruments during World War II. They existed only six years from late 1940 until 1946, and were active only from late 1941, but during that period they became Leaside's largest employer, producing C$220 million worth of radar systems and optical instruments ($3,206 million in 2022). After the war, the government rapidly closed the various wartime companies it had started. After REL was closed, their factories formed the basis of a Corning Glass plant, Philips Electronics, and a variety of other firms. Today only a few of the original buildings still stand, used primarily for light industrial and small commercial enterprises.

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M4G 4J8 Toronto (East York)
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