The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has released the 2004 edition of its reference publication, the Shapemakers Buyers' Guide.

The free guide offers a directory of AEC aluminum extruder members with information such as company headquarters, plant locations and contact names, as well as maximum circle size, forms produced and types of services offered. The guide is arranged alphabetically and geographically for convenience and also includes an extensive capabilities chart.

To help promote the various uses of aluminum profiles, the new Buyers' Guide will be distributed to nearly 20,000 selected engineers, designers and product specifiers, as well as to AEC members and other interested individuals. The information included in the guide is also available on the council's website at www.aec.org.