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Plymouth Tube Company
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For Immediate Release: June 29, 1998

PLYMOUTH TUBE CHANDLER MILL NOW OFFERS
HARD ALLOY ALUMINUM TUBING IN SPECIAL SHAPES

WARRENVILLE, IL — Plymouth Tube Company recently announced that its aluminum tubing mill in Chandler, Arizona now manufactures and markets its precision cold drawn seamless hard aluminum alloy tubing in a variety of special shapes, including ovals, rectangles, squares and others. Alloys available are 2024, 5052, 6069 and 7075, in a variety of tempers to meet specified formability and strength requirements. Round tubing is also available in 6061 alloy. Diameters range from 0.125 to 2.00 inches (3.18 to 50.8 mm), wall thicknesses from 0.018 to 0.250 inches (0.46 to 6.35 mm), and lengths from six inches to 20 feet (152.4 mm to 6.06 meters). The hard alloy tubing is available for prompt delivery with minimal lead times.

According to Plymouth Tube Technical Services Director, Maher Rassas, the Chandler Mill's new product offerings are the result of recent process improvements and state-of-the-art equipment acquisition. "These improvements have been driven by marketplace demands," he notes, "and Plymouth's desire to fulfill our customers' most stringent requirements. The superior surface quality, consistent metallurgical properties and tight dimensional tolerances of our hard aluminum alloy tubing is especially important to manufacturers in the automotive and aerospace industries."

For more information on Plymouth's precision drawn seamless aluminum tubing in special or standard shapes, please contact Plymouth Tube Company, 6573 W. Willis Road, Chandler, Arizona 85227. Telephone: 800-528-8274 or 520-796-1097. FAX: 520-796-0596. Or, visit the Plymouth Tube Web site at http://www.plymouth.com.

Plymouth Tube Company is a global supplier of specialty steel and aluminum tubing and steel, nickel and titanium extruded shapes, with plants in the U.S., the U.K. and Mexico. Plymouth's Chandler Mill produces precision cold drawn seamless aluminum tubing for a wide range of aerospace, industrial and OEM applications. The Chandler Mill is certified to ISO 9002.



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