The Aluminum Association, Arlington, Va., established a new committee for its membership. The building and construction committee will be led by newly elected chairman Eddie Bugg, director of sustainable solutions at Kawneer Co., Norcross, Ga. The group was created to support the association’ ssustainability working group, which was established in 2008 to promote sustainability directly from the aluminum industry.
Committee formed to support sustainability (May 2009)
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