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The Bigweld Industries building.
Bigweld Industries is the largest and most influential corporation in Robot City. Because of its monopoly in the production of spare parts robots need to maintain themselves, the powerful company essentially runs the city with little opposition. The company is also known for its innovative efforts and its endearing slogan 'you can shine no matter what you're made of'. The company is named after its founder, Mr. Bigweld.
Before the start of Robots, Phineas T. Ratchet took over the company and stopped production of spare parts, while laying off all the inventors. To produce more profits He created Upgrades to replace the old parts using metal from the Chop Shop in a selfish bid to 'out-mode' robots, forcing them to buy these upgrades or be left to rust. Eventually many robots were left outmoded breaking down completely creating a steady supply of scrap metal for the Chop Shop to produce more ingots to create more upgrades. The course of the movie revolves around Rodney Copperbottom and his friends' attempt to terminate Ratchet's ruling of the company. Ratchet's actions degraded the lives of various robots who are not able to afford these upgrades, and as a result the company betrayed Rodney, triggering him into reforming Bigweld Industries.
Following Ratchet's downfall after his defeat, Bigweld took over the company again and made Rodney his heir and eventual successor for his valiant efforts.