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PRESS RELEASE: Sen. Sherrod Brown Pushes for Crackdown on Unfair Trade Hurting Local Aluminum Extrusions Workers

After bankruptcy and a shutdown, a modest revival by new operators is underway in parts of the former 55-acre Aluminum Shapes complex in Pennsauken, where 3,000 workers once labored making vehicle and construction parts.

Shapes, founded in 1954 and earlier located in Northeast Philly, initially supplied windows and pools for fast-growing suburbs and then branched out. Its scaffolding was used to repair the Washington Monument and the Statue of Liberty. As U.S. building slowed in 2008, descendants of founder Ben Corson took the company into bankruptcy.

Steve Schabel, President of Alexandria Industries
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Minnesota Extruder Alexandria Industries Supports Trade Case to Save Jobs

Minnesota Extruder Alexandria Industries Supports Trade Case to Save Jobs Alexandria Industries of west central Minnesota started making aluminum boat parts for Lund and typewriter parts for IBM in the 1960s. Today, the aluminum extruder makes products used every day

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Commentary: Arizona’s aluminum extruders fight China, others to survive

Arizona’s manufacturing companies are facing a serious challenge—an onslaught of unfairly traded aluminum imports that threaten American jobs. As president of MI Metals, an aluminum extruder in Prescott Valley, I see firsthand the resilience and ingenuity of U.S. industry. But it is impossible to compete with foreign importers that don’t play by the rules.