Aalco stocks all of the commonly used forms of aluminium including sheet, coil, plate, shate, treadplate, patterned sheet, tube, bar, sections and free-machining bar.
In addition to a comprehensive range of standard shapes and sizes, Aalco service centres stock industry specific items and customer specials with numerous specialist products and alloys satisfying the needs of a broad range of industries.
Amongst the industries served by Aalco’s speciality product ranges are:
- Building – Painted Sheet & Extrusions, Patterned Sheet & Treadplate
- Road Transport – Sections, Castings, Plate & Shate, Patterned Sheet & Treadplate
- Road Signs – Sheet, Blanks, Painted Sheet, Extrusions
- Marine – Sections, Plate, Sheet, Treadplate, Transition Joints
- Holloware – Deep Drawing Quality Sheet, Circles & Rings
- Process Plant – Pipe, Butt Weld Fittings & Flanges, Treadplate
- Aalco also provides a complete range of processing services these include: bar, tube & pipe cutting; plate processing; coil processing and surface finishing.
Aluminium Plate
Aalco stocks a wide range of thicknesses and alloys, including marine and aerospace grades, backed by extensive processing facilities, including:
- Plate Cutting – Rectangles, Angular Shapes, Circles & Rings - all carried out on the most modern machinery with fully automatic operation through a programmable electronic control system and air-flotation beds to avoid scratching.
- Plate Processing – Routing, Drilling, Surface Machining, Surface Finishing
- Pre-Fabrication & Welding
Aluminium Extrusions
Aalco are one of the UK’s largest purchasers of aluminium extrusion. This gives Aalco unrivalled purchasing power and sourcing expertise, which we share with our customers.
As a major customer of many leading extrusion mills Aalco has access to the widest possible range of alloys, shapes and sizes. In depth knowledge of each mill’s particular specialities means Aalco customers are assured that their extrusions will be sourced from the most cost-effective source.
The stock range includes special alloys, shapes and sizes for many industries including building, marine, road transport, signage, leisure & sporting goods and aerospace engineering.
A particular speciality is the supply of bespoke extrusions, designed for individual customers – from single shapes to full suites. Many customers have found major benefits in sourcing from Aalco rather than direct from a mill. These benefits include time saving, reduced costs, flexibility, the possibility to make regular changes in scheduled quantities, keeping abreast of technology changes, assistance with design and technical issues, all without sacrificing choice or quality. What’s more Aalco’s purchasing power means all this can be achieved at a very competitive price.
The processing services provided for aluminium extrusions include:
- Cut lengths
- Prefabrication
- Finishing
- Protective Coating or Sleeving
- Special Packaging including ‘Kitting’
Aluminium Sheet
The Aalco stock range of aluminium sheet spans well over 120 standard items in a huge range of sheet sizes and thicknesses across a variety of alloys.
The range includes special sheet sizes used in architectural and road transport as well as special thicknesses and protectively coated (PVC) sheets plus a range of painted sheet.
Full details can be found in the stock list available on the product literature page or request a free hard copy from your local Service Centre
Aluminium Patterned Sheet & Treadplate
Aalco stocks all the common standard sizes of stucco sheet plus a wide range of patterned sheet and treadplate, including 5-bar and Triple-Grip in a selection of alloys and sheet sizes.
Full details can be found in the stock list available on the product literature page or request a free hard copy from your local Service Centre
AALCOPANEL Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP)
In addition Aalco stock a range of Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) including Hoarding Board in a selection of colours.