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Ray said. “This assures our total quality man-
agement and service processes consistently
meet the requirements and expectations of
customer’s presenting the most challenging
applications.”
With an inventory comprised of US domes-
tic and western European DFAR producing
mills, Charleston Aluminum manufactures
aerospace sheet, plate and long products for
applications requiring aluminum, stainless,
alloy steels and titanium. Becoming one of
the largest stocking distributors of aerospace
aluminum in the United States did not hap-
pen overnight, however. The shift in focus
to aerospace was brought on primarily to
changes in the marketplace.
“The market has been very difficult the last
couple of years,” Ray said. “Everybody kept
thinking that in 2010 the market was go-
ing to recover, and it did to some extent, but
ever since the financial crash of 2008/2009,
we have a new normal now. It’s much harder
to make money and be profitable then it was
back then. You’ve got to be on top of your