Features and Benefits
Recyclability. Versatility. Integrity. The beauty of extruded aluminum products runs deep. In addition to its high value in end-use applications, aluminum extrusion is an efficient metal-forming process that offers a multitude of features and benefits: design versatility, cost savings, structural integrity, and quality control. Moreover, its inherently eco-friendly characteristics make it the green building industry's material of choice given its recyclability and energy efficiencies. As a result, AEC has developed a stylish, high-profile Aluminum is Green logo to promote the green benefits of aluminum and offers the logo for use in the industry and related fields.

Customer Outreach

The Aluminum Extruders Council is dedicated to helping designers, engineers, architects, manufacturers and others realize the advantages of designing with aluminum extrusions. From educational presentations to technical data, you will find information and helpful resources that reveal how aluminum extrusion is the better material process for materially better products.

Market Sectors
The inherent adaptability of aluminum extrusion opens itself to countless applications that span all market sectors: building and construction, transportation, and engineered products.

Aluminum Extrusion Showcase
The Aluminum Extrusion Showcase is a graphically rich electronic news-magazine series. Each issue features a highly visible application that details the project with quotes, explanations, photographs, and sidebar stories to reveal the behind-the-scene perspective.

Keep Aluminum Windows (KAW)
Of particular concern to AEC is the Keep Aluminum Windows campaign, an advocacy program designed to ensure a prominent role for extruded aluminum fenestration products in residential, as well as commercial, buildings.

China Import Update

A coalition of U.S. extruders, known as the U.S. Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee, has been formed for the purposes of evaluating and, as necessary, defending the U.S. aluminum extrusion industry from being manipulated by alleged unfair trade practices from importers.  This Committee is not part of the Aluminum Extruders Council, but we do support its work and its goals.

Updates regarding the petition the U.S. Aluminum Extrusion Fair Trade Committee filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) for redress from alleged unfair trade practices involving aluminum extrusions imported from China can be found in the link above.

Resources
Additional resources can be found in:
•  Publications
•  Links of Interest
•  Glossary
•  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
•  Technical Question & Answer.

Opportunities
International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
Here is an opportunity for recognition and reward of a new design or improvement on an existing design that uses extruded aluminum. The ET Foundation Design Competition was established specifically to promote the understanding and use of extruded aluminum profiles, as well as to highlight innovations and recognize excellence in aluminum extrusion design. Follow the link above for details and entry form.