Cover
“Aluminum Man” emerges from an aluminum ingot. Sculpture made of 100% recycled aluminum unveiled at the inauguration of Novelis Global R&T Center in Atlanta, GA.
Articles
World Secondary Aluminum Industry Annual Review
By Rudolf P. Pawlek
Page 8
New Hot Work Steels Featured at ET ’12 Aim to Meet Extruders’ Demands for Longer Tool Life
By Joseph C. Benedyk
Page 20
Aluminum Process Metallurgy at ET ’12 – Improving Industry’s Grasp of Fundamentals
By J.D. Schloz
Page 25
West Coast Remelter Stays Environmentally Proactive
By Andrea Svendsen
Page 28
Understanding LEED for Aluminum in Building Construction and Design
By Christopher Lipp
Page 34
Wise Metals’ Element 13: World’s Largest Single UBC Recycling Facility
By Alton Tabereaux
Page 40
A Profile of Australian Aluminum Extruders
By Barbara Rinderer and Ivan Grasis
Page 44
ET Continues to Promote Excellence in Extrusion
Page 52
ET Photo Layout
Page 54
Advantages of Aluminum Creatively Showcased in 2012 Extrusion Design Competition
Page 56
The Goal of Optimizing Aluminum Extrusion Operations, Part V: Linear Programming, Or, How Bill Steps Up the Analytics to Improve Extrusion Results
By Craig Werner
Page 60