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 […]
LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense (DOD)-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, has entered into a new education and workforce development partnership with the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC). This collaboration will establish a nationwide pipeline for graduates of LIFT’s Operation Next® training initiative, funneling them towards jobs in the aluminum extrusion industry. Operation Next is currently […]
The ET Foundation and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) will host the Thirteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar (ET ’24) on April 30 through May 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. The ET Seminar series is the world’s longest-running educational event solely devoted to all facets of the aluminum extrusion industry, including aluminum profile production, die […]
The ET Foundation and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) issued a Call for Entries for the 2023 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition. Open to currently enrolled students in high school, college, university, or trade/design school, the design competition is intended to enlighten students — and their instructors — about the many design advantages and infinite application […]
On October 3, 2022, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) unanimously decided to extend the domestic industry’s hard-won relief from dumped and subsidized imports of aluminum extrusions from China. The USITC made its recent decision under a required five-year “sunset review” covering extrusions. In such reviews, the Commission determines whether or not the termination of anti-dumping (AD) […]
The 2020 Aluminum Summit — the joint meeting of the Aluminum Extruders Council’s (AEC) Management Conference and the Aluminum Anodizers Council’s (AAC) Anodizing Conference — originally scheduled for September 2020 in Nashville, TN, has been postponed until 2021 due to concerns and restrictions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Both the AEC and the AAC will host virtual events for their […]
The Twelfth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition (ET ’20) will be held on May 19-21, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. The ET Foundation and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) will commemorate the ET Seminar’s 50th anniversary (in 2019) during the 2020 event. The ET Seminar, which is held just once every four years, has gained the reputation of […]
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) formed a sponsorship agreement with ALUMINUM USA, an event offering an exhibition and conference for all things aluminum: products, technologies and investments in the United States. The next ALUMINUM USA will take place September 12-13, 2019 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The AEC brings an educational component to […]
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) testified at the public hearing of the Section 232 Investigation on the Effects of Imports of Aluminum on U.S. National Security held by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The council said it is encouraged by the recognition of the importance of the domestic aluminum industry and its key role in the nation’s defense and critical […]
