Understanding the value aluminum delivers to the environment is important for all businesses. China is the world's largest consumer of aluminum, while the U.S. is the fourth largest producer of the primary metal. Aluminum is the most commonly recycled metal in the world. More than one-third of all the aluminum currently produced globally originates from recycled metal. Recycled...

Whether your business uses aluminum as an integral material to produce a final product or not, the time invested in understanding what's available is important to all of us. Extruded aluminum is used to manufacture innovative products and equipment that harness alternative energy sources. Aluminum is a green material due to its inherent attributes and is an environmentally responsible...

With today's aggressive sourcing strategies creating an extremely competitive, high quality and low cost sourcing environment, we believe that businesses no longer compete; it becomes the supply chains that compete. Shift your thinking about how vendors and supply chains can affect everyday sourcing challenges. Consider seeking out a high-value, low-cost sourcing strategy when selecting...

Alexandria Industries is excited to introduce the ExtremEtch process to the aluminum extrusion marketplace, while providing greater, unique advantages to its customers’ product lines. This specialized technology and process, patented in 2007, has been further developed by Alexandria Industries and continues to advance through process studies and strategic process investments....

Setting the Stage for the Future, Today Stage design manufacturer ACASS Systems partners with Alexandria Industries to improve stage truss system durability and speed set-up time We arrive at the concert arena. We find our seats. The anticipation grows. The lights dim and the arena fills with a deafening roar of voices. Music begins to ring in. We have waited months to see our...

Suppliers specializing in one type of service used to be able to compete with other providers by excelling at that service and delivering top-quality products. That isn’t the case anymore. In today’s dynamic economy, OEMs are focusing on supplier consolidation initiatives in an effort to reduce administrative, quality audit and product audit costs that come standard when working...

Alexandria Extrusion Company was established in 1966. Soon after opening our business, we began offering value-added services, such as machining, fabrication, anodizing and assembly to our aluminum extrusion capabilities. We strategically planned each step along the way with our customers' benefits in mind. Through the relentless pursuit to satisfy our customers and solve their...

Since 1972, Doege Precision Machining has provided precision CNC milling, turning, honing, and assembly services, using a wide variety of materials and shapes. These services included full engineering and manufacturing support during new product development, including casting, forging and extrusion design. From design to prototypes through high volume production, Doege Precision...

As an innovative supplier of heat sinks, custom-fabricated aluminum extrusions and machined prototypes, M&M Metals has served countless electronics manufacturers since 1974. Later, it developed into a global supplier of advanced engineering support for thermal application designs, short run orders, and timely deliveries of stocked common heatsink profile configurations for high...

Established in 1992, Wheaton Plastics brings years of product development experience, valuable process knowledge and an excellent understanding of how to choose the most effective material composition for plastic injection and foam molded products. The company now operates under Alexandria Plastics, a key part of Alexandria...