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AEC Keeping Up Pressure on Fair Trade Issues

October 1, 2016

In October 2016, AEC President Jeff Henderson was interviewed by Light Metal Age magazine. The subject was fair trade and the automatic granting of market economy status to China in December 2016.

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Fair Trade to be Hot Topic at the AEC 2016 Management Conference

September 20, 2016

Wauconda, Illinois - The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) will be addressing a number of hot topics at the upcoming 2016 Management Conference, including aluminum extrusion fair trade. Recently AEC efforts in fair trade have taken a step into the spotlight with stories from the Wall Street Journal outlining nonmarket economy trade practices by some...

AEC Joins in Supporting the China Trade Task Force

September 13, 2016

Wauconda, Illinois - The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has joined the China Trade Task Force (CTTF), an organization aimed at addressing structural imbalances in the global aluminum market that it attributes to Chinese government policies. AEC joins Century Aluminum and the United Steel Workers as CTTF members.

“China is harming the primary...

AEC is Now an AIA Approved Provider; Educational Webinar Set for August 24

August 8, 2016

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) recently has taken an important step to increase its educational webinar program by being recognized as an “approved provider” by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). ” AEC’s webinars have proven to be a highly effective method to disseminate essential information about the aluminum extrusion process...