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Wayne Technologies, também conhecida como '''WayneTech''', é a maior subdivisão da Wayne Enterprises. Estando envolvida em pesquisa de tecnologia alienígena, sua principal rival é a [[LexCorp]]. A subsidiária é, por vezes, utilizada por Batman como meio de adquirir novas tecnologias.
Outras subsidiárias da WayneTech incluem: Holt Holdings Inc., (copanhiacompanhia anteriormente pertencente a [[Sr. Incrível|Michael Holt]] (Sr. Incrível)), Wayne Biotech, Wayne Pharmaceuticals, e Wayne Healthcare, que dirige o sistema de saúde de Gotham City.
Recentemente, [[Talia al Ghul]] secretamente adquiriu ações suficientes para tomar posse desta filial.<ref>BATMAN #635 & BATMAN ANNUAL #1</ref>
Wayne Biotech é a companhia responsável por grande parte do sistema de saúde de Gotham. A própria companhia é uma instalação para pesquisa e desenvolvimento de novos procedimentos e sistemas médicos. Também treina e ensina um grande número de pessoas anualmente. A Wayne Chemicals e a Wayne Pharmaceuticals trabalham junto com a Wayne Biotech no desenvolvimento de novos tratamentos para diversos tipos de doenças.
A pesquisa atual da Wayne Biotech é focada em encontrar a cura para o câncer. Uma vez que o [[genoma]] [[humano]] já fora descoberto, Wayne Biotech estuda [[clonagem]] para produzir órgãos para futuros transplantes. A companhia érealiza involvida em pesquisapesquisas de métodos de cirurgia cerebral, a luta contra a [[AIDS]] e o [[HIV]], e [[cirurgia plástica]] reconstrutiva. Batman utiliza a Wayne Biotech como ferramenta de pesquisa de informações médicas, históricos de pacientes e informação sobre doenças.
==== Wayne Foods ====
Wayne Foods é uma subsidiária pouco conhecida da WayneTech sediada principalmente em Gotham City. A Wayne Foods dirige fazendas e ranchos no Meio-Oeste dos [[Estados Unidos|Estados Unidos]], e importa carne da [[Argentina]] e outros países. Wayne Foods produz produtos especializados como comida ecológica e linhas de produtos naturais sem aditivos ou crescimento controlado. Batman utiliza a Wayne Foods como meio de manter-se em contato com o mercado alimentício. Recentemente, a Wayne Foods tem se concentrado no desenvolvimento de produtos orgânicos, como resultado de modificações na moda e demanda de consumo.
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=== Wayne Shipping ===
Wayne Shipping owns dozens of freighters and handles three-and-a-half billion tons of [[freight]] each month and is used by Batman to gain an inside view on smuggling and drug trafficking. In 1986 Wayne Shipping merged with PAAL Ship Corporation, creating the worlds largest commercial shipping operation for precious metals. The former PAAL CEO, Andreas Milanic, successfully floated Wayne Shipping on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988. The Wayne Family currently owns 57% of the company, with Milanic's second son Dragoslav owning 20% (with the remaining 23% in public ownership). Despite a lack of investment in Wayne Shipping since the merger took place, the company still remains an important player in world ocean transportation.
=== Wayne Steel ===
Wayne Steel is one of the oldest [[steel mill]]s and metal refineries in Gotham and supplies steel for shipbuilding. It also studies and replicates alien technology. This has also led to Batman getting priority on technology and alloys for him to study. Wayne Steel's alliance with the US Navy and the government has produced numerous contacts for Wayne Enterprises.
==== Wayne Shipbuilding ====
WayneYards is responsible for the building of a large number of naval warships, commercial, and private ships and is currently building a [[Nimitz class aircraft carrier]] in Gotham. WayneSteel and WayneYards facilities repair a large number of [[cruiser]]s and [[destroyer]]s and also has contacts within the upper pylons of the Navy and the global [[sea|maritime]] business.
==== Wayne Aerospace ====
Wayne Aerospace builds luxurious and exclusive corporate and private jets and airliners. Its experimental aviation branch produces experimental and research planes built for the [[United States]] government and [[NASA]]. The military aviation branch designs and manufactures jet fighters and helicopters for the US military. The most notable models of these are the W-4 Wraith fighter and the Kestrel attack helicopter. Wayne Aerospace maintains competition with other aerospace corporations like Ferris Air and LexAir.
=== Wayne Chemicals ===
Wayne Chemicals controls Wayne Oil, Wayne Pharmaceuticals and Wayne Botanical. Wayne Chemicals also has a small percentage of ownership in Tyler Chemicals, based in New York City. Wayne Chemicals is primarily a research and development firm. Wayne Oil researches [[petrochemical]]s and alternative fuel sources. Wayne Chemicals is the first company to have created a power generator using [[algae]]. Wayne Pharmaceuticals is another one of Wayne Chemicals' research and development branches.
=== Wayne Industries ===
Wayne Industries is a research and development company used for industrial purposes. The company studies, researches and develops cleaner, mechanical fission and fusion power plants and also owns many factories and normal labor units, from manufacturing cars to making cloth and so on. Wayne Mining is also a part of Wayne Industries, along with the few power stations the company owns. Wayne Mining mostly produces gold and some precious stones in [[Africa]].
=== Wayne Medical ===
Wayne Medical is Wayne Biotech’s sister company but both have different fields of study and work. Wayne Medical handles most of the healthcare system in Gotham and also studies [[cancer]] and AIDS with Wayne Biotech. Wayne Medical is focused more on researching illnesses than treating them and maintains and runs many hospitals in Gotham City and helps the Foundation with the orphanages.
=== Wayne Electronics ===
Wayne Electronics is a large consortium that manufactures portable radios, stereo and Hi-Fi systems, movie cameras, cameras and electronics, measuring devices, scanners, surveillance equipment, computers and other electronics devices. Its other branches of business include information technology, wired networks, wireless networks and space exploration systems and satellites. It also has contracts with the aerospace, nautical and military industries.
=== Wayne Entertainment ===
Wayne Entertainment owns many arenas and stadiums in Gotham and has leased out the Sommerset Stadium to the [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] Monarchs. Furthermore, Wayne Entertainment has working partnerships with several modeling agencies and multimedia houses and provides a large number of contacts and information. The ''[[Daily Planet]]'' newspaper, where [[Superman]] and his wife, [[Lois Lane]], work, is operated by Wayne Entertainment.<ref>''[[Batman: Hush]]''</ref> Wayne Entertainment is in direct competition with WGBS (run by Galaxy Communications) and LexCom (run by LexCorp). Those companies, along with other television and movie companies provide the same services as Wayne Entertainment. Through Wayne Entertainment, Batman has contacts in the media and entertainment industries.
== Wayne Foundation ==
The '''Wayne Foundation''' is the [[holding company]] for the Thomas Wayne Foundation and the Martha Wayne Foundation. The Wayne Foundation funds scientific research and helps people with research by providing facilities and training.
The foundation has its own building called the '''Wayne Foundation Building''' which includes a [[penthouse apartment|penthouse]] where [[Batman]] lived for a period of time. It also has a secret elevator which leads to a matching [[Batcave]] in a secret sub-basement under the building.
Through the Wayne Foundation and the organizations underneath, Wayne not only addresses social problems encouraging crime and assisting victims in a way that his Batman persona cannot, but the arrangement also provides a large network of connections in the world of charities. He finds out about the newest trends and newest arts, but at the same time maintains connections to the streets through the soup kitchens and social services groups, which augments his crime fighting efforts.
=== Thomas Wayne Foundation ===
The '''Thomas Wayne Foundation''' is a foundation for medicine and medical help. This foundation gives annual awards for medical breakthroughs and lifelong commitment, similar to the Nobel Foundation. The Thomas Wayne Foundation is also responsible for funding the Thomas Wayne Memorial Clinic in Park Row, Gotham's infamous [[Crime Alley]]. The foundation funds and runs dozens of other [[free clinic]]s all over the city and in other trouble cities like the [[Blüdhaven]]. Bruce Wayne's surrogate mother, Dr. [[Leslie Thompkins]], ran the Memorial Clinic in Crime Alley and governed the other clinics until she left Gotham.
=== Martha Wayne Foundation ===
The '''Martha Wayne Foundation''' is a patron and supporter of arts, families, education and tolerance. The foundation supports and helps to run a number of orphanages and free schools, and provides teachers for those who have learning difficulties. Artists can apply for grants from the foundation to help support them in furthering the arts. The foundation sponsors companies like '''Family Finders Inc.''' in Gotham. Family Finders is an organization directed at finding lost people and uniting families. The foundation sponsors and runs dozens of soup kitchens within the city.
== Other media ==
=== DC animated universe ===
In ''[[Batman: the Animated Series]]'' and ''[[The New Batman Adventures]],'' Wayne Enterprises was run both by Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox. Attempts at taking over the company were made by rival companies, including [[Roland Daggett]] of Dagget Industries. After GothCorp's CEO Ferris Boyle was arrested, Wayne Enterprises helped keep GothCorp running without firing any employees. It once partnered with [[LexCorp]] for the development of cybernetic drones, the Waynelexes, before Bruce terminated his company's contract with LexCorp after its CEO [[Lex Luthor]] violated its agreements by arming the robots with military technology without Wayne's approval and his scandal with the Joker's rampage on Metropolis. Wayne Enterprises also hired [[Ventriloquist (comics)|Arnold Wesker]] after his release from [[Arkham Asylum]].
In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', the elder Bruce Wayne allows his company to be taken over by shrewd industrialist [[Derek Powers]] of Powers Technology. The two companies were eventually merged, becoming Wayne-Powers Enterprises. After Derek Powers' criminal identity as Blight was revealed, his son Paxton took over as CEO. Paxton was soon arrested after attempting to murder Wayne. Following the company's multiple changes of ownership, Wayne reclaimed control of the company under its original name: Wayne Enterprises.
=== Teen Titans ===
In an episode of ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', when [[Dick Grayson|Robin]] defected to [[Deathstroke|Slade]], the remaining four Titans fight Robin on top of Wayne Enterprises, destroying the letters "A" and "Y" in the process.
=== Film ===
==== ''Batman Forever'' ====
In the 1995 film ''[[Batman Forever]]'', Wayne Enterprises was briefly shown, with Bruce Wayne serving as head of the entire company (CEO) while Fred Stickley was head of the research department before being murdered by [[The Riddler|Edward Nigma]], an employee in the research department. Bruce also has a transport tunnel on his desk from his main office that transports him back to [[Wayne Manor]].
==== ''Batman Begins'' ====
In the 2005 film ''[[Batman Begins]]'', board member William Earle takes over the companies after the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne. In one scene, he assures Bruce that the company will be in good hands until he is old enough to claim Wayne Corp. However, after Bruce's disappearance for many years, Earle has Wayne declared legally dead.
When Wayne finally returns to Gotham, he does not show obvious interest in reclaiming the family business. Instead, he chooses to work in the Applied Sciences division, using it and his coworker [[Lucius Fox]] to provide him with high-tech equipment. He takes gear originally made for the [[United States Military|U.S. military]], including body armor and a [[Batmobile (Batman Begins)|prototype armored vehicle]], and uses them to create equipment for his war on crime. Finally, at the film's end, Wayne Enterprises becomes a public corporation and Wayne manages to become a majority shareholder, at which point he installs Fox as the active CEO.
According to [[Forbes]]' 25 Largest Fictional Companies, it had 2007 estimated sales of $31.3 billion.
==== ''The Dark Knight'' ====
In ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'', Lucius Fox remains as the CEO of Wayne Enterprises. According to the viral campaign, the company's Research & Development Department has produced specialized fabrics and materials, electromagnetic gyroscopic navigational satellite systems (as shown on ''[[Batman: Gotham Knight]]''), [[antihemorrhagic]] agent, [[Photoluminescence|radiation stamping technology]], and rotor blades made of metal composites that have low radar signature and special acoustic design. As in ''Batman Begins'', Bruce Wayne continues to utilize the resources of his company to aid his vigilante work as Batman. For example, he has Fox arrange a business meeting with a Chinese mogul named Lau in order to "get a closer look" at Lau's business practices and confirm his own suspicions that Lau had been cooperating with the mob in [[money laundering]] schemes. He also had Fox build components for his new Batsuit. Batman also used the company's radiation stamping technology to lightly irradiate a large quantity of dollar bills for Gotham PD's Major Crimes Unit's detectives to use to track the mobs' money and identify which banks in the city are aiding them. Later on, Batman uses a [[sonar]] technology developed by Fox in order to track down and capture the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]].
In addition, a subplot of the film involves a Wayne Enterprises' [[fiduciary]] named Coleman Reese, who accidentally discovers Bruce Wayne's identity as Batman while reviewing the company's budget and attempts to blackmail Wayne and Fox. Fox slyly frightens Reese into backing out, but Reese later attempts to reveal Batman's identity to the public after the Joker starts killing innocent people to goad Batman into revealing himself. The Joker changes his mind, however, and orders Reese killed to shut him up (on the basis that he will destroy a hospital if Reese is not dead in an hour). Reese is escorted to protection, and is saved from a rampaging truck by Wayne himself in his Lamborghini and Commissioner James Gordon from a police officer whose wife is in a hospital. Wayne feigns ignorance, but gives Reese a look which informs him that his life had just been saved by a man whom he had just tried to sell out. As Reese does not attempt to expose Wayne again, he evidently decided to keep his employer's secret.
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* {{Imdb título|0372784|"Batman Begins" - IMDb}}
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