1979-1997
In 1979, Tom’s daughter Joyce came into the business after graduating from Florida State University. In 1983, his son Brian, who had been working for York Industries in Houston, Texas, moved back to Maine to join the family business and welcome Matthew, his first child.
After his return to Maine, Brian became a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) in both Maine and New Hampshire to begin participating more in design-build projects and Joyce worked towards improving the financial and management operations of the company. They worked with Tom on a daily basis until his retirement in 1997.
1950’s
By the 1950's, Mr. Jordan was getting ready to retire and Joe Haley welcomed his son, Tom, into the family business.
Tom came into the business after working for Lennox Industries, one of the largest furnace manufacturers in the country, in Syracuse, New York. With his young enthusiasm and the booming national economy of the 1950's, Joe and Tom changed the company name to Haley's Metal Shop, moved into a large manufacturing facility outside of town, and expanded the business to include the "new technology" of air conditioning.
LATE 1920’S-1940’s
Robert Jordan worked alone until he took on his youngest daughter's new husband, Joe Haley, as an apprentice in the late 1920's. Working together, they formed Jordan and Haley. The business grew slowly at times, and suffered during the years of the depression and World War II. They installed heating systems throughout the local area, while still creating custom metal works. The business grew steadily along with the rest of the country after World War II.
1917
The Haley's Metal Shop story begins with Robert Jordan, a skilled tinsmith with a passion for working with copper. He had just moved his family to Biddeford, ME and started a small tinsmith business. He fabricated everything from copper tea kettles to the cross still standing on the top of the largest Catholic church in Biddeford.