The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) is launching a new industry-specific Apprenticeship Program, which aims to provide addition opportunities for AEC members to educate their employees. Phase I of AEC Apprenticeship Program initiative was rolled out in 2023 and is designed to help members recruit, hire, and train Industrial Maintenance Technician apprentices in a two-year program […]
The following statement was issued by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) about the negative decision by the International Trade Commission on October 30, 2024: “The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) and the USW are surprised and […]
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the ET Foundation issued a Call for Entries for the 2025 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition, which is open to all high school, university, trade school, design school, and community college students. A total of $15,500 in student scholarships will be awarded to the best designs as judged by a panel […]
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) was selected among 38 organizations across the U.S. to receive grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funding will support the AEC’s project to significantly increase the availability, quality, and granularity of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for aluminum extrusion products. “Selection of our grant application is a […]
By Andrew Halonen, Mayflower Consulting LLC. Every business owner would like to have a better understanding of their customer to be sure they are meeting customer needs and are remaining competitive. So, how do they get this insight and feedback? The process is referred to as the voice of the customer (VOC). While this sounds […]
By Lynn Brown, Long Point Associates, and Shane Tredup, Custom Aluminum Products and the AEC Sustainability Team Over the past 6-12 months, aluminum extruders have reported substantial growth in the number and frequency of requests for environmental data from customers, including the carbon footprint of their products, the extruders GHG Protocol Scope 1, Scope 2 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Praveen Hewage, Benteler Automotive Norway, and Craig Werner, Werner Extrusion Solutions LLC. The die correction process relies heavily on input parameters of various dimensions. It follows a sophisticated and experience-based approach that requires a high level of technical understanding and manual skill (which was discussed in the two previous articles in this series, published […]
