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Alexandria Industries — Fishing For the Cure Ice Fishing Tournament

January 31, 2020

The Most Fun You'll Have Ice Fishing WHAT:  Alexandria Industries' 14th Annual 'Fishing For the Cure' Ice Fishing Tournament DATE/TIME:  Feb. 15, 2020; official start time is 12 noon; tournament ends at 3 p.m. LOCATION:  Smith Lake (Douglas County) – Off Smith Lake Rd SE and County Road 82/Hwy 27 Map TICKETS:  Entry tickets are $10 thru Friday, Feb. 14. Tickets are also...


New Press to Increase Capacity by 30% — Interview with Steve Schabel, Alexandria Industries

Light Metal Age | January 20, 2020

Light Metal Age magazine features an in-depth Q&A with Steve Schabel, chief sales and marketing officer, for Alexandria Industries. The article appears in the magazine’s new series: Top Extruders in North America. The information covers our current business, keys to success, target markets, new extrusion press and building addition, and...


Spotlighting Our Services

December 30, 2019
Aluminum extrusion, heatsink, alexandria industries, extruded aluminum, precision machining

At Alexandria Industries, we look forward to learning about your product development needs, and determining efficient and cost-effective ways to help you get there. We also appreciate when customers and prospects are curious to learn about our manufacturing processes and capabilities, which is why we wanted to focus on spotlighting our services. What Can We Do? If you like a good...


In-House vs. Outsourcing Manufacturing – 8 Factors to Consider

December 30, 2019
alexandria industries machine tooling

OEMs are wise to consider their entire product development needs, including the manufacturing requirements, before deciding where to do the work—internally or externally. Whether you manufacture your product components in-house or you outsource to a manufacturing supplier, consider which option would have the biggest impact on your organization’s vision and goals. The following...


Machining Lineal Aluminum Extrusions

December 30, 2019
long lineal aluminum extrusion, machining

Meeting the need for automated machining of lineal aluminum extrusions. Many components we make for customers are machined and cut from long lineal aluminum extrusions. To decrease the need to use multiple machines and processes, while reducing the number of times a production worker handles a part, our team of engineers designed a new machine—an Automator. The machining...


Shortage of workers continues to affect job growth in Minnesota

Star Tribune | September 20, 2019

The state added 1,100 jobs, with unemployment rate falling to 3.3%, in August. Minnesota managed to end August with more jobs, but a continued shortage of workers mixed with myriad other economic concerns continue to affect job growth in the state....


Redlines on Your Prints? There's Good Reason.

September 18, 2019
redlines on your prints, redlining your prints, design markups

We guarantee your manufactured component features will match your design print requirements to a T – said no one ever – at least before taking a close look at manufacturability. The accuracy of product design prints keep customer-supplier relationships in harmony. It allows suppliers to manufacturer components to the print’s specifications and reduces future interruptions and...


Why US Firms are Desperate to Retain Ageing Workers

BBC | August 20, 2019
Alexandria Industries aluminum extrusion die profile

After almost five decades manufacturing industrial products for such diverse industries as solar power and defence, the company could ill-afford to lose Mr Klug's expertise. Like a number of US states, Minnesota has a labour shortage – specifically a skills shortage – and seeing his valuable experience disappear overnight would have left Alexandria's management with big shoes to...


Alexandria Industries Buys New Aluminum Extrusion Press & Adds Space

Voice of Alexandria | June 11, 2019
aluminum extrusion alexandria industries new extrusion press, presezzi

Reporter Joe Korkowski interviewed Tom Schabel and featured our news about purchasing a new press on the Voice Of Alexandria. Our aluminum extrusion press is being built at Presezzi Extrusion Group in Italy. It will be shipped to Alexandria, Minn., early next year. Because the press will have longer extrusion table, we are extending our manufacturing area, along with adding a new...


Do Your Extrusion Die Tools Stack-up?

June 11, 2019

The first best step to ensure your aluminum extruded components are made to their design specifications, consistently, is to understand your extruder's tooling practices. Aluminum extrusion suppliers refer to the tooling used to make extrusions as “die tools.” Die tools include separate pieces that when assembled together are called a die stack. The product shape determines...


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