The Aluminum Association recently announced membership growth, additions to its Board of Directors and the election of its first woman chair. The association also announced the winner of the 2017 Marlan A. aluminium polishing tools Boultinghouse Award, the highest award given by the North American industry. The announcements were made during the Aluminum Association’s recently concluded annual meeting – "Aluminum Moves America” – in Washington, DC. "We’ve accomplished a lot in recent months and years by working together and speaking with one, cohesive voice as an industry,” said Michelle O’Neill, Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs & Sustainability at Alcoa and newly elected Chair of the Aluminum Association. "This is a pivotal point for American manufacturing in general and aluminum specifically. We’re facing some headwinds, but we also have some incredible opportunities ahead of us that will strengthen the industry.” Boultinghouse Award Winner The association honored Mark Eliopulos, Corporate Director of Health & Safety for Kaiser Aluminum, as the 18th recipient of the Marlan T. Boultinghouse Award for service to the North American aluminum industry. For four decades, Eliopulos has been a leading voice in the advancement of safety culture within Kaiser Aluminum and the broader aluminum industry. He has volunteered his time to train personnel for more than 15 years through the association’s Casthouse Safety Workshop training programs, provided expertise in shaping industry best practices as an editor of both the third and fourth edition of Guidelines for Handling Molten Aluminum and shaped industry standards with the American Society of Testing & Materials.

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