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| About Sierra Aluminum |
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Prior to founding Sierra Aluminum Company, both Bill Hunter and Ed Hudon had been working in the extrusion industry for
collectively more than 40 years. They felt that they could offer customers a better overall package than what existed in
the industry at the time. With that Sierra Aluminum was founded in 1986.
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1987 – Production commences in Riverside, California in a 70,000 square foot building with a single 7 inch
press and a horizontal paintline.
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1988 – A second 7 inch press is installed in Riverside.
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1990 – A 30,000 square foot billet casting facility is constructed, in Riverside, containing a melting furnace and a
homogenizing furnace.
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1992 – The assets of a failing competitor, located in Fontana, California, are purchased. These assets include a 100,000
square foot manufacturing plant two 7 inch extrusion presses and a horizontal paintline. This purchase doubles the size of
Sierra and provides a second location. With the duplication in extrusion equipment the decision is made to convert two of
the 7 inch presses to 8 inch presses.
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1993 – Sierra leases a 30,000 square foot building and enters the commodity fabrication and architectural services businesses
in Riverside.
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1995 – Sierra constructs an 85,000 square foot manufacturing facility, in Fontana. Installed in this facility are a vertical
paintline and an anodizing line.
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1997 – Sierra constructs a new 55,000 square foot addition onto its existing Riverside extrusion facility. A new 9 inch
extrusion press is installed in this addition.
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1998 – Sierra vacates the 30,000 square foot leased fabrication facility and in its place purchases a 38,000 square foot
building in Riverside. The commodity fabrication and architectural services businesses are relocated into this purchased
building.
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1999 – Sierra constructs a new 103,000 square foot extrusion manufacturing and distribution facility in Fontana. A new 8
inch extrusion press is installed in the facility. Due to our billet casting capacity now being too small to service our
extrusion needs, a second melting furnace and homogenizing furnace are also constructed this same year in Riverside.
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2001 – The Sierra Aluminum Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is created. The employees, through a trust,
acquire a 37% ownership stake in the company.
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2005 – The Employee Stock Ownership Trust acquires an additional 17% ownership stake in Sierra Aluminum Company, bringing
the total employee ownership in the company to 54%.
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2006 – The Employee Stock Ownership Trust acquires the final 46% outstanding ownership stake in Sierra Aluminum Company,
bringing the total employee ownership in the company to 100%.
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Sierra leases a 50,000 square foot building to further support the architectural services business in Riverside.
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2009 – Sierra installs an 800 kw solar power generation system on the roof of its 103,000 square foot Fontana extrusion facility.
This system will supply almost the entire power needs of the facility.
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