STELIA Aerospace North America

Stelia Aerospace North America is a composites manufacturer based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The site says it is an Airbus Atlantic company and was formerly known as Composites Atlantic. It designs and makes advanced composite structures for aerospace, defence and space.

The company runs two sites. The headquarters in Lunenburg covers 150,000 square feet and handles operations and administration. A second site in Mirabel, Quebec, covers 32,000 square feet and handles engineering and manufacturing of composite, metal and hybrid sub-assemblies.

Its methods include hand lay-up, automated fibre placement, filament winding up to 1.2 metres in diameter, hot drape forming, compression moulding, resin transfer moulding and liquid resin infusion. The site also lists in-house tool design and build, assembly and finishing.

Inspection is part of the work. The site says it has Level I, II and III non-destructive inspection technicians and carries out 100 percent inspection on critical F-35 structures.

Programs named on the site include the F-35 Lightning II, Boeing 787 environmental control system ducts, composite parts for the International Space Station, and Q-400 and ATR 42 and 72 parts. Key customers listed include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, Leonardo, Boeing and Bombardier.

The company holds AS 9100 and ISO 9001 approvals and Nadcap accreditation for composites and NDT. It is registered under Canada's Controlled Goods Program and the site says it is ITAR compliant.

The site says the business began in Lunenburg in 1987 and joined the Aerospatiale family in 1993. Visitors can call 902.634.8448 or use the contact form for questions about programs, suppliers or careers.