Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition: Your Ideas Taking Shape
The Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition strives to challenge and empower the next generation of designers to think about how aluminum extrusions can shape a better, more sustainable world.
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and its educational and research organization, the ET Foundation, are inviting designers and engineers from around the world to share their vision for the future using aluminum extrusions.
The Entry Deadline has passed and winners of the Design Competition will be notified by email if their entry won an award by the end of April 2024.


The winners of the Professional and Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition have been announce. Review the winning entries today!


The Design Competition rewards creativity, innovation and ingenuity, improved process and product improvement. We want to see your unique ideas for aluminum profile applications in a variety of markets to help show the versatility of aluminum extrusions!
2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition
The 2024 Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition was open to student AND professional designers, engineers, architects and others.
Winning entries were displayed at the aluminum extrusion industry's premier technical education event, the Thirteenth International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition, held April 30 - May 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.
Follow the links to "I am a Student" and "I am a Professional" below for details.
Thank you to the 2024 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition Sponsors: