Benada Aluminum, a premier extruder of aluminum products, was founded in 1949 by Ben Friedkin. Friedkin, an entrepreneur from Youngstown, Ohio, saw the need for the use of non-corrosive aluminum extrusions in the manufacturing sector. The company’s trademark name comes from the combination of the names Ben and Ada Friedkin, the company’s founders. Friedkin opened his first extrusion plant in Youngstown (Girard), Ohio in 1949 with a Lowey hydro press. Soon after its inception Mr. Friedkin added another two presses (Lombard and Lake Erie) to the Girard location and expanded to another facility adding another 3 presses in eastern Pennsylvania a few years later. He complimented his extrusion facilities with 7 window fabrication plants in Youngstown, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore. In the late 1950’s Mr. Friedkin sold the business to Textron.
In 1960 Friedkin, now aided by his son Monte returned to the aluminum extrusion industry and purchased the company back from Textron. At that time the company consisted of the extrusion plant in Youngstown (Girard) and window plants in Chicago and Minneapolis. Soon thereafter new window plants were added in Baltimore, St. Louis, and Struthers, Ohio. In 1962 the Friedkin team added an extrusion plant in Hialeah, Florida to mainly supply extrusions to Air Control (later to be known as Keller Industries). A few years later they increased their Florida presence by adding another press at a new facility in Medley, Florida. Soon thereafter they moved the press from Hialeah to the Medley building which remained in operation until Late 2011. In 2011 Benada moved operations to Sanford, Florida forming Benada Aluminum Products, LLC. Benada now boasts 3 aluminum extrusion presses from 6 to 8 inches in diameter, extensive warehousing and fabrication facilities, a state of the art 40 foot DuPont certified powder coating facility as well as on site recycling and casting operations. In the near future Benada Aluminum Products will begin installation of its 4th press, a state of the art fully automated extrusion line featuring a circle size of 10 inches in diameter.
Our decades of experience in the aluminum industry enable us to quickly and accurately address the needs of each and every customer with unique and creative solutions. Inquire today and find out what over 60 years of experience and know how can do for you.
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