Cover Assembly of a rail car body comprised of large, complex aluminum extrusions. Metra Rail, the newly created rail industry brand of Metra Group, manufactures and fabricates extrusions for rail car bodies at its two plants in Rodengo Saiano and Montale, Italy. With its new brand, the company will be able to better support the […]
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Cover COVER: Zach Fulton, coating manager at Dee Zee, is using a film thickness checker to measure the thickness of the coating just before the profiles are unloaded from the new powder coating line at Dee Zee’s plant in Iowa. This type of quality control is performed randomly to check if production parameters have been […]
Editor’s Note: As the official media sponsor of ET ’24, LMA published a special January 2024 issue devoted to aluminum extrusion technology and breaking extrusion news for readers to “Get Ready for ET ’24.” In that issue the focus of our patent review was on aluminum extrusion design aimed at optimizing requirements for a wide […]
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Cover Aluminum profiles made with Hydro CIRCAL 100R that were used in furniture and interior design projects for Milan Design Week 2024. Learn more about CIRCAL 100R on page 30 and more about the cover on page 84. (Photo: Einar Aslaksen, Hydro.) Articles Supporting Extruders in Navigating the Environmental Landscape: AEC Develops a New Member […]
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 […]
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Cover 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 […]
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Cover Hydro Sunndal in Sunndalsøra, Norway, is the largest primary aluminum plant in Europe. Three branches of Hydro co-exist at the site, including the smelter, R&D center, and Hycast AS. This competence triangle of support and technology forms an interdependent feedback loop of science, innovation, and production. See story beginning on p.54. Articles Tables/Primary Aluminum […]
