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August 2019

Demand Innovation

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 ...

Doing Things Differently

Defining accurate tolerances for your aluminum extrusion design prints could be considered an acquired skill, honed over years of creating new product designs. While some engineers use block tolerances on their prints, others may be overzealous by assigning too many critical-to-function (CTF) ...

Service Spotlight

Our team is constantly seeking continuous improvement opportunities to shorten the time it takes to manufacture and deliver quality components to our customers. Ongoing investments in automation technology, as seen in this quick video, is just one way we continue to empower our organization to ...

Announcements

Earlier this year, we announced the purchase of a new aluminum extrusion press and our latest building expansion. We will use the new space to accommodate the new press and restructure our administrative offices at our 401 facility in Alexandria. Here are a few items outlining our progress to ...

In The News

Alexandria Industries’ is taking a different approach to deal with the worker shortage. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC News) featured this story about one of our long-term employees, Roger Klug, who continues to work as he transitions into retirement: Why US Firms are Desperate to ...