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Kaleb Walker, assistant superintendent at Service Center Metals, oversees the melt at the company’s new remelt and casting plant in Prince George, VA. The company is also working to install a new extrusion press line at the same site. See article beginning on page 6.
Articles
SCM Celebrates 20th Anniversary with New Casthouse and Extrusion Line
By Andrea Svendsen
Page 6
New Extrusion Applications in Commercial Vehicles
By Andrew Halonen
Page 14
Aluminum Supply Chain for the Automotive Extrusion Market: Responding to Consumer Demand
By Mark Butterfield
Page 20
Aluminum Extrusion EPDs and the Push for Decarbonization
By Lynn Brown
Page 24
Extrusion Industry News & Technology
Upgrading Extrusion Press Hydraulics and Controls to the Connected Future
By Michael R. Kramer
Page 30
Custom Aluminum Completes Press Line Modernization Project
Page 32
An Assessment of Ultra-Low NOx Combustion Technology for the Aluminum Industry
By Alexis Omilion
Page 34
Understanding the Fundamental Mechanism of Nucleation in High Efficiency Grain Refiners
By John Courtenay and Yun Wang
Page 40
Properly Training Supervisors to Ensure Plant Safety
By Alex Lowery
Page 46
Aluminum Extruders Invest in Progress
Page 48