Aérospatiale Hemmingford Inc.

Spécialités

Aerospace: machining, painting, deburring, cleaning, pressure testing

Historique

Fondé en 1985.

History

Although Hemmingford Aerospace Inc. was founded in 1985, its origin dates back to 1963, when Montréal businessman Jesse Turner (then president of Heroux Machine Parts in Longueuil, Quebec) acquired RC Machine. For the following 15 years, this small machine shop specialized in manufacturing fuel adapters for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6 gas turbine engines. In 1978, his son Christopher J. Turner took ownership of RC Machine and relocated operations from Longueuil, QC to Glens Falls, NY. By 1985, he had returned the company to Quebec, renaming it Aérospatiale Hemmingford /​Hemmingford Aerospace Inc.

The company grew over the years, machining and assembling bleed valves and other fuel, air and hydraulic system parts and accessories used in Pratt & Whitney Canada engines. After the untimely death of Christopher J. Turner in 1998, his wife Diane Gabias-​Turner became the company’s president and sole owner. With limited experience in aerospace machining, she empowered key employees t