Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 69 Manufacturing companies in Edinburgh. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Manufacturing Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
RoslinCT
RoslinCT is a leading UK Cell Therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Clinical Trials, Manufacturing
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Vert Rotors
UK-based compressor manufacturing company.
Founder(s): Olly Dmitriev
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Machinery Manufacturing, Manufacturing
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MiAlgae
MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company .
Founder(s): Douglas Martin
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Enterprise, Manufacturing, Prediction Markets, Product Research
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Powerphotonic
Powerphotonic designs and fabricates freeform refractive micro-optics for laser beam correction and beamforming.
Founder(s): Howard Baker
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Hardware, Manufacturing, Software
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UniKLasers
UniKLasers is a leading-edge photonics company specialising in the development and production of CW single frequency DPSS lasers.
Founder(s): Fedor Karpushko
Location: Newbridge, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electrical Distribution, Electronics, Laser, Manufacturing, Telecommunications
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Nandi Proteins
Nandi Proteins is a biotechnology company developing technologies to improve the properties of proteins in food manufacturing.
Founder(s): Lydia Campbell
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Commercial, Food Processing, Manufacturing
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Edesix
Edesix provides professional body worn video camera solutions.
Founder(s): Richard McBride, Robin Iddon
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Software, Video
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Ingenious Audio
Ingenious Audio is a Scottish start up designing and manufacturing audio electronics.
Founder(s): John Crawford
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Audio, Electronics, Manufacturing
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Carbon Black System
Carbon Black is designed to look futureproof and inspiring.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing
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Ateeda
ATEEDA offers built-in, self-test, silicon-proven, IP-generating tools that reduce the cost of analog tests.
Founder(s): Bill Buckie, David Hamilton
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Test and Measurement
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Vegware
Vegware is a developer of plant-based food packaging solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Catering, Manufacturing, Packaging Services
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Wolfson Microelectronics
Wolfson Microelectronics is a global leader in the supply of high performance mixed-signal semiconductor solutions.
Founder(s): David Milne, Jim Reid
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Actual Systems
Actual Systems is a provider of pinnacle professional automotive recycling software.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Robotics, Software
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MESL Microwave Ltd
MESL Microwave Ltd global is a microwave technology market, design and manufacturing world-class components.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Manufacturing
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Safetray Products
Safetray is a product design company with unique IP applicable to products in the global hospitality industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Hospitality, Manufacturing, Product Design
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Coda Octopus Products
Coda Octopus is a Products are specialists..
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Manufacturing
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Anomalous
Artificial intelligence for manufacturing quality control
Founder(s): Euan Wielewski, Matt Davies
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance
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ACT Blade
ACT Blade designs and develops ACT Blade technology, the most efficient wind turbine blade.
Founder(s): Alessandro Rosellio, Donald MacVicar, Sabrina Malpede
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Engineering, Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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Odos Imaging
Odos Imaging, a technology company that provides three-dimensional, time-of-flight sensing systems for industrial imaging applications.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing
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JAC Vapour
UK based manufacturers of electronic cigarettes and e-liquids.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Electronics, Manufacturing
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Photon Force
Photon Force is a startup in the image sensing community, provides innovative, high quality, and accurate sensor technology.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing
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Dick Brothers
Dick Brothers Limited a highly mechanised timber harvesting company operating throughout the United Kingdom.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Forestry, Manufacturing
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2Agriculture
2Agriculture is a manufacturing company that supplies feed to the poultry industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing
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Edinburgh Designs Ltd.
Edinburgh Designs is a company that focuses on providing wave research technologies.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing
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NiTech Solutions
NiTech Solutions is a authority on delivering step-change process improvement benefits through the use of baffled reactor technology.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
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Urban Twist
Here at Urban Twist, we design & create your personalised gifts. Our products are laser cut, made to order and hand-finished in our studio.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Retail
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Iron Ocean
Iron Ocean is a specialist SMART textile company with a new, life saving garment designed to save lives in the oil and gas industry.
Founder(s): Simon Lamont
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Fashion, Manufacturing, Retail
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The Edinburgh Natural Skin Care Company
The Edinburgh Natural Skin Care Company specializing in exclusive hand crafted soaps and natural body care products.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, Handmade, Made to Order, Manufacturing, Retail
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Nairn’s Oatcakes
Nairn’s Oatcakes manufactures and exports oatcakes, biscuits, and oat snacks.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Snack Food
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Veemee
Your Veemee is virtually you – a 3D virtual character that lives on your mobile device.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Hardware, iOS, Manufacturing, Virtual Reality
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Calvatec Ltd.
Calvatec Ltd., designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Hoodietee
HoodieTee is a family run business which has been supplying personalised hoodies and other garments for over 30 years.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Marketing
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MicroEmissive Displays Group
MicroEmissive Displays Group is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diode microdisplays.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Product Design
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Apsu Environmental
Apsu Environmental is develops advanced treatment stations (ATS) to decontaminate and recycle road water run-off.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Machinery Manufacturing, Waste Management
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Inrobin
Inrobin is a start-up which provides predictive maintenance and risk management solutions to industrial companies.
Founder(s): Martin Kreer
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electrical Distribution, Electronics, Manufacturing
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AKD
AKD is a commercial, industrial and residential electrical contractor services company located in Maulsford Avenue.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Electrical Distribution, Manufacturing
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Trig Avionics
Trig Avionics are leaders in the design and manufacture of aircraft avionics for general aviation.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing
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Origin Fitness
Origin Fitness is an industrial leading manufacturer and supplier of commercial fitness equipment, flooring and gym design.
Founder(s):
Location: Newbridge, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Fitness, Manufacturing, Wellness
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Martel Instruments
Martel Instruments is one of the UK manufacturers of compact printer and LCD modules.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing
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Victoria Regalia
Victoria Regalia is a masonic regalia manufacturer and supplier firm representing the masons and freemasonry globally.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Fashion, Gift, Jewelry, Manufacturing
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Sensational Systems
Sensational Systems provides design and manufacturing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Internet of Things, Manufacturing
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Blue Whale Spa
Blue Whale Spa manufactures and sells a wide range of premium hot tubs and swims spas.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing
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Spiral Gateway
Spiral Gateway is a fabless semiconductor chip vendor offering products for the image signal processing market.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: ISP, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Macfarlan Smith
Macfarlan Smith has develops and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Manufacturing
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Materials Consultancy Services
Materials Consultancy Services is the world’s top OEMs, and material suppliers to find solutions to their product and manufacturing problems
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Information Technology, Manufacturing
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Maxam
Maxam is a manufacturing company that produces a wide range of building materials for the repair and protection of buildings and properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Building Maintenance, Building Material, Construction, Manufacturing
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H2O Fire Sprinklers
H2O Fire Sprinklers is a fire protection company that installs fire sprinklers and other fire safety equipment.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Computer, Cyber Security, Manufacturing, Security
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Halspan
Halspan is the suppliers of door components, from fully-certified fire door blanks and cores, seals and hardware, to steel door frames.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Asset Management, Building Material, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Wood Processing
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Business Stream
To drive change in the water industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing
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MicroSpray Technologies
MicroSpray Technologies develops high quality research tools for the electrospray community.
Founder(s): Salman Malik
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical
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Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative
Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative is a bicycle manufacturing and designing company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Product Design, Retail
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Paramount Printers
Paramount Printers providing printing related services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Printing
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Hydrason Solutions
Hydrason Solutions innovative ultra-wideband sonar systems and services provide new capabilities for subsea survey.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing
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Grange Door Systems
Grange Door Systems manufactures, supplies, and installs industrial door systems, shutters, gates, and barriers of all types.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Building Material, Industrial Automation, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Service Industry
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Shore Group
Shore Group specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of products for medical.
Founder(s):
Location: Leith, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Medical
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Alba Photonics
Alba Photonics designing and manufacturing high efficiency diffractive and micro-optical elements.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Communication Hardware, Manufacturing, Network Hardware
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Global Design and Source
Global Design and Source is a manufacturing and product design-based company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Product Design
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Safetray
Safetray has been enthusiastically welcomed by the hospitality industry, building relationships with distributors.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Hospitality, Manufacturing
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Kinloch Anderson
Kinloch Anderson is a manufacturer and retailer of highland dresses specializing in Scottish tartans, kilts, leather goods, and shoes.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Sales, Textiles, Wholesale
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Routescene
Routescene design, develop and manufacture integrated 3D LiDAR mapping solutions specifically for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Drones, Electronics, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Mapping Services
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Anarkik 3D
Anarkik 3D is a 3D modelling package which combines Anarkik3D’s bespoke software.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Electronics, Manufacturing, Product Design, Software, Telecommunications
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Shapespace
Shapespace Ltd. is specialising in the development of browsers for engineering part databases.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Software, Web Development
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Luma3di
Luma3di is a design solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Web Design
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Hepburn Fabrication Services
Hepburn Fabrication Services offer steel and stainless products and provide fabrication services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing
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Campervan Brewery
Campervan Brewery manufactures a range of hand-crafted beers, each specially made with its distinct character.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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Baillie Signs
Baillie Signs is an established Edinburgh-based sign company that manufactures and supplies all types of signs.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Printing
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Wemyss Family Spirits
Wemyss Family Spirits produces and manufactures alcoholic beverages.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Distillery, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
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Meconic
Meconic manufactures pharmaceuticals ingredients and fine chemicals.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical
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Mark Smith Glazing
Mark Smith Glazing is a double glazing installer.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Commercial, Construction, Manufacturing, Service Industry, Windows
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