Editing Haltmann Works Company

[[File:KPR Haltmann Works Co Logo Sticker.png|thumb|right|The logo for the '''Haltmann Works Company''', as represented by the [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|sticker]].]]
The '''Haltmann Works Company''' is the main antagonist organization in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. It is an alien civilization with a corporate hierarchy, which traverses deep space using their giant mothership: the [[Access Ark (ship)|Access Ark]]. It engages in rapid hostile takeover of any world it can (referred to as the '''Mechanizing Occupation Project'''), in order to extract all the resources from it, then move on to the next one, leaving all manner of mechanical desolation in its wake. The company is led by [[President Haltmann]], who in turn tends to the heart of the company, the ancient computer known as [[Star Dream]]. [[Susie]] is the executive assistant and secretary to the president and [[Haltworker]]s are the most common employees. The company publishes a currency called Haltmann, named after the president himself.

The main story of ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' revolves around the company taking root on [[Planet Popstar]] using their mothership, the [[Access Ark]]. As all other opposition to the takeover was effectively shot down on arrival, it is up to [[Kirby]] to save his world from consumption by single-handedly taking out each leg of the ark, then dealing with the president and his computer. After the ark is destroyed, the Haltmann Works Company is also effectively ended as an organization.

In ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', it is hinted in [[Susie]]'s pause screen in [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!]] that she aims to rebuild the company and continue to mechanize other planets and peoples.

==Profile==
[[File:KPR Haltmann Works Company about screenshot.png|thumb|right|Company profile in Japanese]]
This section is the translation of the company profile on the [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/at3a/special/report3.html Japanese official website.]
*Business: Planet mechanizing occupation; effective economy development and resource farming (until resources run dry)
*Employees: About 860,000 (Hires locally; executives are loyal, high-performance robots.)
*Headquarters: [[Access Ark]], the giant invader mothership (Moves between planets at certain times.)
*Philosophy: To achieve infinite prosperity by means of mechanization
*Anthem: "[[The Noble Haltmann|Haltmann Works Co. Theme Song]]"

==Production==
The Haltmann Works Company is responsible for several creations, including [[Gigavolt]], [[C.O.G.S.]], [[Holo Defense API]] (possibly modelled after [[Pix]]), the [[Dedede Clones & D3|D3 Cannon]], [[Security Force]] (modelled after [[Metal General]]), and most recognizably, the [[Invader Armor]] (which becomes the [[Robobot Armor]] if piloted by [[Kirby]]). The company has mechanized several [[Popstar]] habitants, notably modifying [[Whispy Woods]] into [[Clanky Woods]], and [[Meta Knight]] into [[Mecha Knight]].

According to the boss battle Special Pages, these are the costs of some creations:
*'''[[Clanky Woods]] / [[Mecha Knight]]''': 2.325 billion Haltmanns
*'''Clanky Woods 2.0''': 1.1625 billion Haltmanns (half of the previous model)
*'''[[Gigavolt]]''': 4.3 billion Haltmanns
*'''Gigavolt 2.0''': 8.6 billion Haltmanns (double of the previous model)
*'''[[Dedede Clones & D3|D3 Cannon]]''': 9.3 billion Haltmanns (four times that of Clanky Woods / Mecha Knight; 5 billion more than Gigavolt)
*'''[[President Haltmann]]'s Executive Suit''': 37.2 billion Haltmanns (four times that of the D3 Cannon)

In ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'', the Mad Scientist's Flask for [[Doctor Healmore]] sold at [[Magolor's Shoppe]] has the Haltmann Works Company's logo on it and thus is rum{{o}}red to be its production.

In ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', [[Susie]] can use a laser gun made by the company called the H.W.C. Blaster (referred to as a {{furi|Ｈ．Ｗ．Ｃ．|ハルトマンワークスカンパニー}}せいレーザーガン (''Haltmann Works Company-made Laser Gun'') in Japanese).

==Trivia==
*The name of [[President Haltmann]] and his company is somewhat based on [[HAL Laboratory]] itself, whose name in turn derives from [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]],<ref>{{cite person|quote=We worked until midnight or later every night, and that group of friends is what became the company known as HAL today. The name came from the computer in the movie 2001: Space Odyssey.{{sic|Iwata's original quote omits the indefinite article from the title of the film.}}|name=[[Satoru Iwata]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HUMt2rrOI&t=4m27s|title=GDC 2005 keynote}} ([https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/11/gdc-2005-iwata-keynote-transcript IGN transcript] and [http://web.archive.org/web/1000/https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/11/gdc-2005-iwata-keynote-transcript Wayback Machine snapshot of transcript])</ref> the sentient computer featuring throughout the [[wikipedia:Space Odyssey|''Space Odyssey'' series]] of science-fiction works.
**The number of employees and the cost of [[Gigavolt]] 2.0 are also references to HAL ([[wikipedia:goroawase|86=ハル]]).
**Given its connection to HAL 9000, the name Haltmann also bears a passing resemblance to the name of Halman, a merger of the non-corporeal forms of HAL 9000 and Dave Bowman, appearing in [[wikipedia:3001: The Final Odyssey|the final Space Odyssey novel]].
*[[Star Dream]]'s second phase has an attack named "Haltmann Works Company" in which it fires giant letters of H, A, and L, the order of which differs between the normal version and the [[Star Dream Soul OS|Soul OS version]].

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=ハルトマンワークスカンパニー
|jaR=Harutoman Wākusu Kanpanī
|jaM=Haltmann Works Company
|pl=Haltmann Works Company<ref>[https://www.nintendo.pl/news/uratuj-planete-popstar-przed-armia-robotow-gra-kirby-planet-robobot-na-nintendo-3ds-juz-dostepna-w-europie/ Nintendo Polska - ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'']</ref>
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|es=Corporación Haltmann
|esM=Haltmann Corporation
|ko=할트만 웍스 컴퍼니
|koR=Halteuamn Wogseu Keompeoni
|koM=Haltmann Works Company
|it=Haltmann Works Company
|itM=-
|de=Haltmann OHG
|deM=Haltmann General Commercial Partnership
|frA=Société Haltmann
|frAM=Haltmann Company
|frE=Haltmann SA
|frEM=Haltmann PLC<br><small>SA is an abbreviation for "société anonyme" and is the France equivalent of PLC ("public limited company").</small>
}}

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