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 […]
The Aluminum Extruders Coalition, a group of U.S. aluminum extruders concerned about the rising threat of low-cost aluminum extrusion imports, filed a historic trade case today against 15 countries. The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has been working with members since 2019 about the challenge of the rising number of imports of aluminum extrusions into the […]
The ET Foundation, the educational and scientific organization devoted to promoting and advancing aluminum extrusion processes and technologies, and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), released the Call for Entries for the 2024 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition. The Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition aims to promote the understanding and use of extruded aluminum profiles, highlight innovations, […]
The ALUMINUM USA 2023 show, which is taking place in Nashville, TN, on October 25-26, keeps looking better all the time, with the event organizers adding and confirming new and exciting events that will be held at the Music City Center. The show will host exhibitors from across North America and around the world (Figure […]
