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Exhibit Space Now Available for ET Expo at ET ’27
September 1, 2026; Libertyvillle, Ill. — The ET Foundation and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) announced that exhibit space is now available for ET Expo, the marketplace and information center held in conjunction with the Fourteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition—ET ’27. ET ’27 will take place April 26–30...
The Great Transshipment Scam
The White House has released a new report examining the growing use of illegal transshipment to evade U.S. tariffs and trade-remedy orders. The report describes how goods originating in higher-tariff countries—particularly China—may be routed through third countries and subjected to minor processing, relabeling or documentation changes to conceal...
Commerce Publishes Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determination on Truck Bed Covers from China
July 31, 2026
The U.S. Department of Commerce has published its preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination in the investigation of truck bed covers from the People’s Republic of China.
Commerce preliminarily determined that Chinese producers and exporters of truck bed covers received countervailable government subsidies. The...
Bonnell Aluminum Announces Leadership Changes
Bonnell Aluminum (“Bonnell”), a subsidiary of Tredegar Corporation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Czarnik as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager, effective June 15, 2026, and succeeding to Brook Hamilton who will be retiring from the company after more than two decades of leadership and service.
Mr. Czarnik, who joined...