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    US DOC Announces Affirmative Preliminary Subsidy Determinations on Imports of Aluminum Extrusions

    The U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary finding that the governments of China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey unfairly subsidize their aluminum extrusion industries. Commerce calculated affirmative preliminary countervailing duties from each country in the following ranges: imports from China at rates of 15.41–169.66%, imports from Indonesia at rates of 6.69–43.56%, imports from Mexico at […]

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    Sloanebuilt Shifts to Low-Carbon Aluminum for Its Trailers

    Sloanebuilt, a leading manufacturer of custom rigid bodies and truck trailers in Australia, is moving toward more sustainable aluminum trailer construction by switching to LocAl® lower carbon aluminum from Capral Aluminium. This includes the extruded and rolled products used extensively in their aluminum trailer builds. “We view this as an exciting and important move for […]

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    Atomic13 to Commercialize ShAPE Technology Developed by PNNL

    Atomic13, a startup launched by Eric Donsky, signed an exclusive agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to commercialize the patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion Process (ShAPE™) technology, which can transform 100% post-consumer scrap aluminum into high quality extrusions. The new company aims to create a range of custom […]

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    Addressing Recruitment Challenges Through Diversity and Inclusion

    By Kevin Widlic, Contributing Editor. Hydro believes it is going to see a dramatic shift in its employee base over the next five years, with 25,000 new employees entering the company. Some of these new employees will join through acquisitions in support of future growth, while others will be through recruitment. Of these, a higher […]

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    Growth Opportunities Using AI Tools in the Extrusion Market

    By Andrew Halonen, Mayflower Consulting LLC. How many aluminum industry executives have been asked by their employees, management team, or board what their artificial intelligence (AI) strategy is? While this is a fair question, if it has not yet been explored, it’s not easy to provide an answer. AI tools are being used today in […]

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    Superior Extrusion Secures Its Future with New Expansion

      Superior Extrusion Incorporated recently completed the installation of a new aluminum extrusion press and new pack and ship areas at its location in Gwinn, MI. The expansion project includes the acquisition of 25 acres of additional property and the construction of a new 138,000 sq ft building to house the 9 inch, 3,000 ton […]

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    AEC Partners with Heroes MAKE America to Facilitate Jobs in the Aluminum Industry

    The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has become an Association Sponsor Partner of the Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America program. According to the website, the program builds “connections between the military community and manufacturing community” and strives to “integrate Heroes participants and other great talent from the military community into their workforce.” The AEC will use […]