Stelia North America

Founded in 1987, Stelia North America is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in Lunenburg, Canada working in air systems, space, naval systems.

Stelia North America designs, develops and manufactures advanced composite structures for aerospace, defence and space programmes. The company operates two production sites, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (headquarters, about 150,000 sq ft) and Mirabel, Quebec (about 32,000 sq ft). Its capabilities include design services, assembly, systems integration, manufacturing of complex composites, and metallic structures, sub-assemblies and components. Processes include hand lay-up, automated fibre placement, filament winding, autoclave and out-of-autoclave curing, resin transfer moulding, and 5-axis machining. Its defence work covers military aircraft and helicopter programmes and composite structures for space programmes, with a focus on North America and Five Eyes countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus Atlantic and is formerly known as Composites Atlantic.