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ALUMINUM USA is the leading exhibition and conference for all things aluminum products technologies and investments in the United States ALUMINUM USA serves as a platform that brings the aluminum industry together every two years Approximately 1 500 industry professionals including decision-makers from aluminium manufacturing and processing Aluminum extrusion is an aluminum forming process during which manufacturers make shapes by heating billets and forcing them through a pre-shaped metal die They may hot form or cold form the aluminum depending on its properties

Primary Production

The processing of aluminum became economically viable when large-scale electricity was produced Today electric power represents about 20 to 40 percent of the cost of producing aluminum By national average aluminum production consumes approximately 5 percent of electricity generated in the United States Constellium's plant at Muscle Shoals is an aluminium manufacturing plant based in Alabama (U S ) with over 1 200 employees With its widest strip mill in the USA and a world-class recycling center the site represents one of the largest sites within Constellium and is a world-class can recycling center with the capacity to recycle nearly 20 billion cans per year

Aluminum Coil Manufacturers

Aluminum coils are supplied to manufacturing operations metal fabricators and other metalworking operations by aluminum suppliers When a coil of aluminum arrives at a metalworking facility it can be subject to all manner of processing Coiled aluminum can be stamped etched cut welded bent and fastened to other metal products Aluminum compounds may be added during processing of foods such as • flour • baking powder • coloring agents • anticaking agents An average adult in the United States eats about 7–9 mg of aluminum per day in their food