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| Company type | Automobile manufacturing |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Founder | Charles Herman Metz, Prof. Herbert L. Thompson, Elmer G. Howe, Frank L. Howe, William Parrot |
| Defunct | 1910 |
| Fate | 1908 take-over, 1910 absorbed |
| Successor | Metz Company |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Charles Herman Metz, Leonard B. Gaylor, Charles A. Coffin, John Robbins, Albert Champion, Leo Melanowsky, William H. Little |
| Products | Bicycles motorcycles motorized tricycles & quadricycles buckboards automobiles gasoline engines automotive parts |
Number of employees | ca. 200 in 1909 |
Waltham Manufacturing Company (WMC) was a manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, motorized tricycles and quadricycles, buckboards, and automobiles in Waltham, Massachusetts. It sold products under the brand names Orient, Waltham, and Waltham-Orient. The company was founded in 1893, moving to self-propelled vehicles after 1898.[1][2]
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