FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2006
Contact: Mike Marn
Francis Marketing
(616) 235-1122

AFCO Industries, Inc. Selects Granco Clark for its New Handling System

Belding, Michigan — AFCO Industries, Inc. has selected Belding, Michigan-based Granco Clark to replace the handling system on the extrusion press in their Alexandria, Louisiana facility. Granco Clark is a global aluminum extrusion equipment manufacturer and supplier.

AFCO’s current handling system was installed many years ago, at the same time as the extrusion press. Process requirements have become more stringent, requiring updated technology to improve throughput, yield, and surface quality. The system from the press to the stretcher will be installed in 2006. The remainder of the upgrade will be completed in 2007.

AFCO Industries, Inc. has been a manufacturer of quality building products for over 50 years. The company is a supplier of aluminum columns that are vertically integrated, with in-house design engineering, an aluminum extrusion mill, and electrostatic coatings.

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Founded in 1947, Granco Clark began manufacturing billet furnaces and has evolved into a global, single-source supplier and leading equipment manufacturer to the aluminum extrusion industry.  Quality is a key component in every extrusion system the company fabricates—from billet log furnaces and log shears to age ovens and stacking equipment.  In 1986, the company introduced the Granco Clark Supervisory Computer System (SCS) to enhance efficiency by developing schedules, loading equipment parameters, tracking faults, and logging production and downtime data.  This integrated control system has since developed into SCSExtrude—the next generation nerve center for automated extrusion lines.  SCSExtrude helps Granco Clark customers improve extrusion line management and reduces equipment downtime.

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