90 Business View - November 2015
Aluminum Shapes LLC
A fully integrated aluminum services resource
“Aluminum is the most versatile metal out there, simply
because you can impact the end result through multiple
venues. It can be extruded, aged, tempered, machined,
painted, and anodized.” That affirmative statement, en-
capsulating the versatility of what has been called “the
miracle metal,” is voiced by Brigette Douglass, Director
of Sales and Operations of Aluminum Shapes LLC, North
America’s largest, one-stop, aluminum extrusion facility.
Based in Delair, New Jersey, Aluminum Shapes, the appro-
priately named company - especially when one considers
the endless array of shapes into which aluminum can be
crafted - was founded in 1952, by Ben Corson. According
to John Suddreth, Vice President of Operations, Corson
originally had a window manufacturing company, but cir-
cumstances helped usher him into another line of work.
“He was having a hard time getting supplies, so he went
out and bought a press and started extruding his own alu-
minum,” Suddreth says. “He grew the press side of the
company and eventually started supplying other window
manufacturing companies, and over time he got out of the
window business, and built the aluminum extrusion one.”
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