Service Spotlight
The Art of Being Nimble
Fifty years ago, Alexandria Industries began as a custom manufacturer of precision aluminum extruded components. Over the last five decades, as our customer needs have changed and grown, we slowly added other manufacturing services, including custom metal fabrication and machining services. By incorporating these complementary services into our core capability, we can better control each…
Read MoreBest Practice – Industry Compliance
When it comes to engineered product design and precision manufacturing, Alexandria Industries is highly recognized for exceeding industry standards, advanced engineering and process ingenuity. We make it our mission to live by best practices that will help you, our customer, be as successful as possible. We make every effort to assure you that we deliver…
Read MorePlastic Injection Molding
The new TMC E-series injection-molding presses at our facility in Wheaton, Minn., combine innovative engineering and easy-to-use programmable control technology. Adding another level of flexibility, the new presses will accommodate a range of component features and meet tight tolerance requirements. Using the latest in process control technology, the E-series horizontal injection-molding machines allow Alexandria Industries…
Read MoreWelding tips
In welding, there is more than meets the eye when sparks fly. Do you know the variables that can play a role in determining the type of welding method best suited for your product needs and which ones can make or break the success of your welding projects? By understanding the many design variables, you…
Read MoreOur Robotics Journey
Alexandria Industries’ path to incorporate robotics started nearly 15 years ago. We purchased Rosie, our first pick-and-place robot in 2001. We have since added eight more robots with smaller footprints to load and unload parts for CNC machining. This year, we have two robots on order, and we are scheduled to order two more –…
Read MorePrecision Machining
We Do Machining At Alexandria Industries, we have been performing precision machining for our customers since 1972. In fact, early in our company’s history, some customers thought we were a machine shop that happened to have an aluminum extrusion press. Currently, we use more than 70 precision computer numerical control (CNC) machines throughout three of our…
Read MoreThe Life of Dies
Help Us Help You Be More Successful At Alexandria Industries, we rely on our die shop team to take great care of your die tools. With a combined total of more than 200 years of experience in die correction, our 14 die shop team members work tirelessly to retain the latest skills to keep your…
Read MoreNew Product Development
Help Us Help You Be More Successful It’s no surprise that developing new products is vital to the livelihood of business growth and profitability. We understand the time commitment and resources required to be successful. But what you may not know when developing new products, is that involving Alexandria Industries early in the process, can…
Read MoreSome People Stretch in the Morning
We Do It All Day From simple tube bending to more complex custom extrusion bending, Alexandria Industries' ability to shape materials to provide the bend angles you need is another way we bring value to you. Our programmable 32-ton stretch former is used to form aluminum parts within 288 inches in length. The use of…
Read MoreWelding
Joining Materials For OEMs who struggle to simplify their supply chain, our custom welding services complement our extrusion, finishing and machining capabilities. We will bring more value to your metal product fabrication needs that require permanent welds to join component assemblies. We provide tungsten inert gas (TIG) and metal inert gas (MIG) welding for a…
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