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Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement Applauds U.S. Government’s Principled Stand on Chinese Market Economy Status
Washington, DC - The Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement, a coalition representing more than one million workers in the aluminum, steel, chemical, textile and other manufacturing industries, supports the U.S. government in its contention that China continues to operate as a non-market economy. According to multiple news reports, U.S. trade...
DOMESTIC ALUMINUM EXTRUSION CONSUMPTION GROWS 4.6 PERCENT IN 2015
Wauconda, Illinois and Arlington Virginia -- The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the Aluminum Association today released industry estimates of aluminum extrusion shipments in North America by major market for 2015. Among key findings, domestic consumption of aluminum extrusions in the United States and Canada, which includes imports, totaled...
AEC Joins Coalition of U.S. Manufacturers Opposed to Automatically Granting China Market Economy Status
Wauconda, Illinois -- The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), has joined Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement, a coalition of leading U.S. industry trade groups opposed to the automatic granting of market economy status for China at the end of 2016. AEC joins The Aluminum Association, American Iron & Steel Institute, Metals Service Center Institute...
Creative Designs Highlight the 2016 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition Awards
Wauconda, Illinois -- The winners of the 2016 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition were announced at the Eleventh International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition – ET ’16. Award-winning entries included an electric motor housing used in a new type of heavy-duty truck powertrains, an industrial illuminator and viewing hood, an arm...