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ET Foundation Issues Call for Nominations for the Maurice Roberts Award
Wauconda, Illinois - The ET Foundation has opened the Call for Nominations for the Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence to be presented at ET '24 - the Thirteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technical Seminar & Exposition. The Maurice H. Roberts Award is the highest honor bestowed by the ET Seminar Committee to recognize an outstanding...
U.S. Aluminum Extruders File Historic Trade Case
In a fight for their very existence, the Aluminum Extruders Coalition, a group of U.S. aluminum extruders concerned about the rising threat of aluminum extrusion low-cost imports, has filed a historic trade case against 15 countries. The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has been working with members since 2019 about the rising tide of imports of...
Call for Entries Open for 2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
$29,000 in Professional Cash Awards and Student Scholarships Available
Winning Entries to be Displayed at ET '24 in Orlando, FL
Wauconda, Illinois—September 12, 2023 -- The ET Foundation, the educational and scientific organization devoted to promoting and advancing aluminum extrusion processes and technologies, and the Aluminum Extruders Council ...
The AEC Asks the Department of Commerce to Reform its Tariff Exclusion Process for U.S. Aluminum Extrusion Products
The General Approved Exclusions rules are unfair to American aluminum extruders and as a result foreign imports have risen 82 percent and market penetration now exceeds 25 percent, the highest level in more than a decade.
Wauconda, Illinois - In 2018, the Department of Commerce (DOC) reported that rising aluminum imports "are ‘weakening our...