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ETF 2026 Rick Merluzzi Student Design Competition Call for Entries Announced
Wauconda, Illinois– The Extrusion Technology for Aluminum Profiles Foundation (ET Foundation) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) have opened the ETF 2026 Rick Merluzzi Student Design Competition Call for Entries. The deadline for Entries is March 30, 2026.
Student designs could win a Scholarship Award, with awards totaling $15,500 that will...
Trade Alert: Breaking Down the Latest IEEPA & 232 Tariff Changes
Breaking Down the Latest IEEPA & 232 Tariff Changes
On August 7th, 2025, President Trump issued executive orders amending the reciprocal tariff rates. Currently these new executive orders do not change the interplay between the 232 and IEEPA/Reciprocal tariffs. Whereas goods that are subject to the Aluminum 232 tariff are not simultaneously subject...
2025 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition Winning Entries Announced
2025 Design Competition
Winning Entries Announced
August 5, 2025; Wauconda, Illinois – The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the Extrusion Technology Foundation (ET Foundation) have announced the winning entries in the 2025 International Aluminum Extrusion Student Design Competition. University, college, design, and high school students from...
AEC Remembers Al Kennedy
James “Al” Kennedy, aluminum extrusion industry veteran, principal of Kennedy Eurotech in Newnan, GA, and recipient of the Aluminum Extruders Council’s Volunteer of the Year Award in 2000 and the prestigious Distinguished Service Award in 2024, passed away at home surrounded by his family on July 31, 2025. He was 83 years old.
Al was a staunch...