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MMG Extrusions completed a multi-year expansion at its New Hampshire facility that increased extrusion capacity and added automated aging, packing, and downstream processing.

AKFA Aluminum Solutions will establish its first US manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, introducing a new extrusion-focused aluminum producers into the regional secondary market.

AI is seeing an aggressive buildup, but some cracks are beginning to show.

Hoover Treated Wood Products is entering the aluminum-cladding market through its acquisition of Arconic's AAP LLC operation in Eastman, Ga., adding ACM production to its portfolio while Arconic retains its Kawneer building-system assets.

Scrap discounts remain exceptionally wide to the Midwest transaction price. Some seasonal tightness may occur, but still affords rolling mills and extruders excellent earnings potential.

November's AMU survey shows broad easing in aluminum lead times across sheet and extrusion products, contrasted by a modest uptick in P1020 that illustrates the split between contract-anchored primary markets and the more dynamic semi-fabricated segment.

As Aluminum Dynamics' Mississippi mill ramps up without feedstock from its delayed Benson recycler, UBC scrap availability could tighten heading into 2026.

Contract talks for U.S. value-added aluminum products are reaching a critical stage, with billet, primary foundry alloys, and wire rod upcharges diverging as buyers and producers race to finalized 2026 pricing.

Expectations for UBC scrap prices remained stable in October. What shifted was the composition of the remainder.

AMU's latest survey of aluminum market participants shows widening gaps in lead times, with extrusions lengthening dramatically.