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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...
ET Foundation Issues Call for Abstracts for ET’27
ET Foundation Issues Call for Abstracts for ET ’27
Wauconda, Illinois; July 30, 2025 -- The Extrusion Technology for Aluminum Profiles Foundation (ET Foundation) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) have issued the Call for Abstracts for ET ’27 - the Fourteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition. ET ‘27 will...
Trade Alert: New Tariff Rates Effective August 1, 2025
Trade Alert: New Tariff Rates Effective August 1, 2025
As you know over the last several days, President Trump has issued a series of letters regarding a possible increase in reciprocal tariffs which are set to take effect on August 1, 2025. On August 1, 2025, countries not named in the letters will receive the 10% baseline reciprocal tariff. For...