Morgan Advanced Materials relocates composites and defense business

Morgan Advanced Materials has relocated its composites and defense systems business to Burlington, Ontario, which is an existing Morgan manufacturing site. Relocating to this site will offer increased capabilities for advanced composite hard armor, soldier systems, vehicle armor, lightweight vehicle technology, and aerospace armor. 

 

Combining technical expertise and equipment from three different plants located throughout Canada, the new Burlington site now offers a highly skilled workforce of more than 50, as well as 100,000ft² of manufacturing space, which is five times more the capacity than the prior manufacturing facilities. 

 

The transition allows Morgan to refocus its resources to be more engineering based, providing customized composite systems for defense applications used in the world’s most advanced lightweight armor solutions. The transition is expected to help Morgan produce highly advanced components in Canada for the Canadian market and for export. 

 

“The increased headcount, new space, and new equipment at the Burlington site give us a great capacity boost that will allow us to supply our customers with the latest products for protection of soldiers in the military,” said Duncan Eldridge, president of Morgan Composites and Defense Systems.