Diamond Aircraft designs and builds motorglider 
      based general aircraft.  The company is involved in composite material 
      research and development.  Manufacturing facilities are located in Austria 
      and Canada.  
      History
      1979: Hoffman Öesterreische Aircraft Co. (HOAC) 
      established.
      1989: HOAC is acquired by management  (later 
      renamed Diamond Aircraft for its best known product the Dimona).
      1993: Canadian operations start.