HISTORY FISA ALUMINUM for the world

HISTORY FISA

ALUMINUM for the world

Who we are?

FISA, Fundiciones Industriales S. A., was founded in 1969 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. FISA is the first and largest aluminum extrusion plant in Ecuador.

FISA is a second-generation family-owned and operated business dedicated to excellence in customer service, product quality, innovation and technology. The quality of the products and services supplied by FISA has opened major markets around the Americas. Since 1998, the majority of the production has been exported to one of the most competitive and demanding markets, such as the one of the United States of America. Additionally, FISA exports to Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and the Caribbean. Among the market segments served are the architectural, marine, industrial, automotive and sales-distribution.

Mission

Design, produce and distribute aluminum extrusions, generating value to our customers through innovation and excellence in the quality of our products and services.

Vision

Be the best alternative in aluminum extrusion.

Raw Material

Primary aluminum billets of 7” and 8” in diameter and 225” in length are imported for the production of FISA’s extruded products.

The standard alloys extruded in FISA are AA 6063 and AA 6005. In addition, FISA extrudes the billets produced in its own casting furnaces.

Die Shop

The die through which the aluminum billet is forced is the element that gives the desired shape. FISA imports its dies from Europe and the United States of America. Likewise, FISA counts with specialty software and CNC equipment that enables designing and even fabricating some dies. Dies can be either available for the different customers or exclusive of a single customer.

Among the services provided, free of charge by FISA, are the design and development of the dies with the consulting of the extrusion feasibility.

When designing an aluminum extrusion, it is important to consider the size, complexity and thickness of the walls of the desired shape. The circumscribed circle is the method used to determine the size of the extrusion.

Extrusion

FISA counts with four hydraulic aluminum extrusion presses. This results in an annual extrusion capacity of 52 million pounds. Extrusions of up to 10.25” of circumscribed circle can be produced in our presses.

Aluminum extrusion is a semi-continuous process in which a preheated billet is forced through a die opening. The result is a product with uniform cross section given by the geometry of the die. An extensive variety of solid or hollow cross-sections can be produced by extrusion. Through extrusion, the mechanical properties of aluminum are improved since it is converted from a casted material to a forged material.

After the metal is extruded at high temperatures that

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