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November 2016

Demand Innovation

The Center for Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) website defines QRM as a companywide strategy to reduce lead times across an enterprise. The Alexandria Industries QRM journey began around 2002 when Tom Schabel attended a QRM seminar and decided the company may benefit from implementing this ...

Doing Things Differently

When the quality of aluminum extruded products go awry, customer satisfaction plummets. Recently, we recognized we were struggling with surface-finish defects on a customer’s product based on the number of returns. These returns were frustrating our customer and eating away any profit. ...

Service Spotlight

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 ...

People Making a Difference

At Alexandria Industries, we strive to build meaningful relationships with the youth in our communities. This is crucial for one simple reason…today’s youth represent our future—our future innovators, manufacturers, customers, and even our employees. Last fall, we were approached with the ...

Announcements

Our New Website We are excited to announce the launch of our new website!
We wanted our website’s new design to spark the feelings people get when they visit our facilities. There is no other company like Alexandria Industries. When we explain this to someone who has never visited any of ...

Customer's Voice

Pella Corporation honored Alexandria Industries with its Premier Supply Partner award. The award recognizes Alexandria Industries for its excellence in lean manufacturing, product cost and quality, on-time delivery and customer service. Pella Corporation representatives conducted an in-depth ...

In The News

The Voice of Alexandria/KXRA Radio features Alexandria Industries’ new Family Health & Wellness Clinic for employees and their families. The company’s new clinic is providing employees and their families, with more convenience for routine and basic medical care. The clinic also will help ...

Community Unity

In October, Alexandria Industries opened its doors at our manufacturing facility located in Alexandria, Minn., to participate in the nationwide Tour of Manufacturing. We are always excited to educate people about what it is truly like to work in manufacturing and share what we do. There is more ...