U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition

What U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition does

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) is a private trade advocacy coalition formed in 2023, headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area (S Central Washington County) and operating with 1–10 employees. It represents 14 named American aluminum extruders — Alexandria Industries, APEL Extrusions, Bonnell Aluminum, Brazeway, Custom Aluminum Products, Extrudex Aluminum, International Extrusions, Jordan Aluminum, M-D Building Products, Merit Aluminum, MI Metals, Pennex Aluminum Solutions, Tower Extrusions, and Western Extrusions — and partners with the United Steelworkers union to petition the U.S. government for trade relief. Its underlying "product" is advocacy output: trade petitions, antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) cases, congressional engagement, executive-branch lobbying, op-ed commentary, and earned-media communications.

The coalition's commercial context is the $7 billion-a-year U.S. aluminum extrusion industry, which the coalition says supports 37,000 direct and 160,000 indirect American jobs. Member testimony documents that imports from 14 countries (China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Vietnam) are sold 30–40% below domestic pricing, causing workforce reductions (e.g., Alexandria Industries down from 625 to ~400 workers; Custom Aluminum Products cut ~20% of workforce; Bonnell Aluminum "let go of hundreds of employees"). Applications served by members span defense/military, automotive, construction (windows, doors), renewable energy (solar panel mountings), appliances, medical equipment, patio furniture, and recreational vehicles.

USAEC is a nonprofit advocacy organization; it does not sell products or services and has no disclosed revenue or pricing model. Its go-to-market is policy-led: it files AD/CVD petitions with the Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission, secures bipartisan congressional letters, engages the Executive Branch (including the Trump administration's Section 232 tariff at 50% and an April 2026 Executive Order closing the aluminum tariff valuation loophole), and conducts public-facing advocacy via its website, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, PRNewswire press releases, and op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Newsweek, RealClearPolitics, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Its sole named leadership in the source data is Chairman Mark Butterfield (also President of Manufacturing at Pennex) and Legal Counsel Robert DeFrancesco (partner at Wiley Rein LLP).

Name

U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition

Legal name

U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition

Website

https://aluminumextruderscoalition.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition is a 2023-founded trade advocacy coalition of 14 American aluminum extruders, partnered with the United Steelworkers union, that files antidumping and countervailing duty petitions and lobbies the U.S. government for tariff and USMCA enforcement to protect domestic extrusion manufacturing and approximately 200,000 U.S. jobs.

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Product category

Trade Advocacy Services

NAICS

Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding (331318), Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing (3313)

SIC

Primary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3330)

akta.pro primary industry

Aluminum Extrusion (IMAKACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Aluminum Value-Added Components (Automotive, Aerospace, Packaging, Building Systems) (IMAKACAM)

Keywords

• Trade advocacy coalition
• Aluminum extrusion industry
• Antidumping petitions
• Tariff enforcement
• Trade policy lobbying

Headquarters

HQ city

S Central Washington Co

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) is a trade advocacy coalition of 14 American aluminum extruders and the United Steelworkers union, formed in 2023 to seek relief from unfairly traded foreign aluminum imports. The coalition files antidumping and countervailing duty petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission, and advocates for enforcement of the 50% Section 232 aluminum tariff and USMCA renegotiation (including minimum U.S. content requirements) to protect domestic aluminum extrusion manufacturing and approximately 200,000 American jobs.

Product overview

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition (USAEC) is a trade advocacy coalition, not a product company. It is a coalition of 14 American aluminum extruders advocating for tariff enforcement and fair trade policies to protect domestic manufacturing. The coalition's activities include filing trade cases, lobbying for policy changes, and supporting member companies affected by unfair foreign imports.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Antidumping and countervailing duty trade case representation Coalition-coordinated legal representation before the U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission, petitioning for antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusion imports from 14 countries (China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and Vietnam). Service is provided to and through the coalition's 14 U.S. aluminum extruder members and the United Steelworkers union.
• Section 232 aluminum tariff enforcement advocacy Coalition advocacy directed at the Executive Branch for effective enforcement of the 50% Section 232 aluminum tariff, including closure of tariff valuation loopholes (e.g., the April 2026 Executive Order) and USMCA renegotiation with minimum U.S. content requirements. Service is provided to and through USAEC's 14 U.S. aluminum extruder members.
• USMCA renegotiation advocacy for aluminum minimum U.S. content Coalition-led public policy campaign pressing for minimum U.S. content requirements for manufactured aluminum products entering from Canada and Mexico as part of USMCA renewal, in order to prevent circumvention of duties through North American trade partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Commerce Department imposed antidumping duties ranging from 2.02% to 376.85% and countervailing duties from 1.44% to 168.81% on 14 countries (September 2024)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• United Steelworkers Union (USW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 October 2023The USAEC and United Steelworkers union jointly filed petitions with the U.S. government on October 4, 2023, seeking relief from unfair imports of aluminum extrusions from 14 countries. The USW represents thousands of workers in the aluminum extrusion industry. This partnership combines industry and labor voices in advocating for trade enforcement. USW District 1 Director Donnie Blatt has publicly supported the coalition's trade remedy cases.
• U.S. Steelworkers UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with United Steelworkers union to file and pursue trade cases against unfairly traded aluminum extrusion imports from 14 countries.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• United Steelworkers (USW): Labor union representing workers in aluminum extrusion (and USAEC's primary coalition partner). Not a peer in business model terms but a strategic partner; relevant for understanding the labor-industry coalition dynamic USAEC employs.
• National Foreign Trade Council: Trade policy advocacy organization engaged with U.S. trade and tariff issues, though typically advocating for open trade rather than protectionist measures. Adjacent comparator for trade policy engagement infrastructure.

Direct peers

• American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI): Trade association for the North American steel industry, also advocating for trade enforcement against unfairly traded imports. Highly comparable organizational model—industry trade coalition pursuing Section 232 tariffs and antidumping/countervailing duty cases against foreign producers.
• American Primary Aluminum Association (APAA): U.S. trade group representing primary aluminum producers. Directly comparable to USAEC as an aluminum industry trade advocacy coalition pursuing tariff and trade policy relief from unfair imports, though focused on primary production rather than extrusion.
• Specialty Steel Industry Association: Trade association representing specialty steel producers in North America, advocating against unfairly traded imports. Comparable niche trade advocacy structure focused on defending a specific metals segment from dumping and subsidy practices.

Broad incumbents

• The Aluminum Association: The primary U.S. trade association for the entire aluminum industry, including primary production, fabrication, and recycling. Directly comparable as a trade advocacy organization representing aluminum industry interests to policymakers, though broader in scope than USAEC's extrusion-specific focus.
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM): Largest U.S. manufacturing trade association advocating broadly for pro-manufacturing policy including trade enforcement. USAEC engages in similar federal-level trade policy advocacy but at a much narrower industry-specific scope.

Regional players

• American Foundry Society: U.S. metalcasting industry trade association with similar industry advocacy and trade policy functions. Comparable organizational model advocating for domestic metal manufacturing interests, though focused on castings rather than extrusions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/USAEC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/u-s-aluminum-extruders-coalition

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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