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Aluminum Alloys 101

In 1954, there were 75 registered aluminum alloys.  Today, there are more than 540 registered active compositions and that number continues to grow. That underscores how versatile and ubiquitous aluminum has become in our modern world. So what are aluminum alloys and why are they important?

Department of Energy Recognizes Advantages of Aluminum Through $259 Million Conditional Loan

The Aluminum Association applauded action by the Department of Energy providing a conditional loan of $259 million to Alcoa to support its automotive expansion in Alcoa, TN and the development of advanced vehicle technologies. 

Understanding Alloys: Advancing Aluminum

Aluminum alloys are used in everything from cars to buildings to airplanes to beverage cans to smartphones.  For more than 60 years, the Aluminum Association has worked with the industry to register new aluminum alloys.  When the current system was developed in 1954, the list included 75 unique chemical compositions.

Ford Makes History | EPDs Released

Ford to "Make History" with new 2015 F-150.  Association releases environmental "nutrition labels" for aluminum products.

VIDEO: The Aluminum Advantage

Aluminum is everywhere—literally. The most abundant, naturally occurring metal in the earth’s crust, aluminum is an essential element of modern life. Aluminum keeps the world moving.

Brock Talks Aluminum’s Role in U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance at CIAC

Aluminum Association President & CEO Heidi Brock recently highlighted an emerging trend in the U.S. economy - the resurgence of American manufacturing - during the Canadian International Aluminum Conference in Montreal.

Go Further with Aluminum

By now, most of you have heard about the big changes coming from the auto industry as carmakers move to military-grade aluminum alloys to achieve massive fuel efficiency gains. What’s gotten somewhat less attention is another major innovation coming from the aluminum industry that could move electric cars into the mainstream.

Green Tech from Association Member Jupiter

Jupiter Oxygen, a sister company of Association member Jupiter Aluminum, has developed an innovative, carbon capture technology resulting from experimentation in the aluminum recycling process. Here, former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson reports on the new tech for Inside Business Report.

Aluminum Built a Museum

Colonel Scott Willey of the Air and Space museum, who gave a private tour to the Association’s Technical Committee on Product Standards, said “Without aluminum, we wouldn’t have a museum.” From the top of the Donald D. Engen Observation Tower at the Udvar-Hazy Center –part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - visitors have a 360-degree bird's-eye view of Washington Dulles International Airport.  It’s a place to view aluminum in action: making human flight possible. 

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