The plant remained in operation until 1954, when the Canadian government decided to sell the plant, but Steel Improvement declined to purchase since they were interested in Champion Forge, a facility in Cleveland which had some of the biggest forging hammers in the country. This decision proved wise, since shortly after selling Canadian Steel Improvement to a British firm, the Canadian government shut down the entire Canadian fighter program.
Champion Forge specialized in forgings for the gear needed for large transport planes and bombers. To manufacture these large forgings, Champion had some of the biggest hammers in the country. Up to that time, Steel Improvement had been limited by the size of product they could offer because of the size of their forging equipment. Champion's hammers were almost three times larger than anything Steel Improvement had available, so in 1954 Champion Forge was purchased. Champion really had two separate forge plants. The newer one, built during World War II by the U. S. government, was leased to Champion by the government and contained most of the large equipment. The equipment in the older plant duplicated that which Steel Improvement already owned, so Champion's smaller equipment was used to start a forge plant in Brazil.
In 1964, in the face of excessive forging capacity which resulted in depressed prices, the Champion Forge Division in the United States was closed and the majority of its physical assets were sold.
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