Haley Industries

aircraft project.

Origins

Haley Industries (originally known as Light Alloys Limited) was founded in 1952 in Haley, Ontario (approximately 100km west of Canada's capital city Ottawa). It was set up with the support of the Canadian government in order to contribute to the development of Canada's fledgling aerospace industry. [ [http://www.haley.on.ca/haley.html Magellan Aerospace Corporation (2003) "Haley Industries page."] Accessed 5 December 2007.] The site chosen was close to the Dominion Magnesium smelter, a producer of magnesium metal using the Pidgeon process which was pioneered there.

Involvement with the Avro Arrow

In 1953 Canada decided to design and build a supersonic interceptor aircraft to be known as the Avro (CF-105) Arrow. The aircraft was to be built by Avro Canada and to achieve speeds up to Mach 2. In order to achieve this, use was to be made of magnesium and titanium metals to save weight. The aircraft first flew in 1958, but delays, rising costs and a change of government led to the programme's cancellation in 1959.

ubsequent history

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In 2004 the company was named as one of Ontario's three worst water polluters by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund. Their report was based on violations occurring in 2001, when Haley recorded 82 water pollution violations. [ [http://fluoridealert.org/pollution/1880.html The Ottawa Citizen, 23 March 2004 "Renfrew firm named No. 3 water polluter"] Accessed 5 December 2007.]

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