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During this time, the Aluminum Association was formed. The Association’s first meeting was held in New York City in 1935.
With the onset of World War II, aluminum became a key strategic metal.
Austrian engineer Karl Josef Bayer developed a chemical process by which alumina can be extracted from bauxite, a widespread and naturally occurring aluminum ore.
The Great Depression resulted in Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects that expanded hydroelectric generation capacity, which in turn increased production capacity of primary aluminum.
Aluminum found early industrial uses in engines, such as the one built in 1903 by the Wright brothers to power their first biplane.
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America’s supply of bauxite and readily available electricity for primary metal production resulted in soaring output that eventually topped the production levels of all of the Axis countries combined.
Primary uses of aluminum included the construction of aircraft frames, ship infrastructure, radar chaff and millions of mess kits.
In the early 1900s, U.S. business leaders and industrialists quickly recognized aluminum’s superior properties.
On the homefront, aluminum recycling got an early start.