Wauconda, IL - Duncan Crowdis, President of Bonnell Aluminum in Newnan, Georgia, has been elected Vice Chairman of the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC). Crowdis joins three other members of the AEC Board of Directors Executive Committee, including Chairman Thomas Schabel, CEO of Alexandria Extrusion Company in Alexandria, Minnesota; At-large Member Curt Rone, CFO of The Loxcreen Company in West Columbia, South Carolina; and Immediate Past Chairman Craig Werner, President of Werner Extrusion Solutions in Lake Forest, Illinois. Crowdis has been on the AEC Board of Directors and held the position of Extruder Director since 2006. Traditionally, the Vice Chairman moves forward to the position of AEC Chairman after serving a two-year term.

Crowdis, a 35-year veteran of the aluminum industry has held various positions, including those in technical, operations, marketing, sales, and general management. He first became involved in the extrusion business in 1990 as the General Manager for the Canadian Central Region for Alcan Aluminum and was part of the acquisition of several facilities from Alcan that formed Exal Aluminum, Inc. in 1994. He joined Bonnell Aluminum in 1998 through the acquisition of Exal Aluminum, Inc. and became the President and General Manager for the company in June 2005 and Vice President of Tredegar Corporation, Bonnell Aluminum’s parent company, in January 2009.

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), established in 1950, is an international association dedicated to helping manufacturers, engineers, architects, and others to discover why aluminum extrusion is the better material process for better products. Specialized conferences, seminars, workshops, and meetings throughout the year provide an outlet where AEC members can confront and solve today’s challenges. More than 150 member companies represent primary aluminum producers and other industry suppliers in addition to aluminum extruders operating hundreds of extrusion presses in hundreds of plants worldwide; these are the world’s leading manufacturers of extruded aluminum profiles—The Shapemakers.

For more information, contact AEC at 1000 N. Rand Road, Suite 214, Wauconda, IL 60084. Telephone: 847/526-2010; fax: 847/526-3993; e-mail: mail@aec.org. Visit the Council’s website at www.aec.org.

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