Alro Benefits
Decimal Equivalent Chart
Carbon Pipe & Tubing
Alro Culture/History
Aluminum Product Knowledge
100

This is the amount of money your beneficiaries will receive from Alro in the event of your passing. 

$50,000 (plus an additional $50,000 in the event your passing was a result of an accident.)

100

This is the gauge for 1/8" thick sheet.

What is 11 ga.
100

These are Alro's two main Suppliers of square/rectangular tube and pipe

What are Atlas Tube & Maruichi Leavitt

100

This is the side of the shirt a nametag goes on. (Extra kudos if you can state why)

What is the right side? (Because most people shake with their right hand and the right side is more visible. also you don't want to cover up a logo which is normally placed on the left side of a shirt.)

100

What element is mined in Africa, Brazil, Jamaica, Guyana and Australia to make aluminum? 

What is Bauxite?  

200

This is the 3rd-Party company that handles our 401k contributions.

Who is John Hancock?

200

This is 5/16" expressed as a decimal.

What is .3125?

200

This is a structural specification and is tested for minimum yield, tensile and elongation.

What is ASTM A500?

200

This service expectation is a result of checking and verifying your work.    

What is Zero Errors? 

200

This is the white powdery material that looks like flour or sugar that is created by grinding, settling, filtrating and heating Bauxite.

What is Alumina?

300

This Alro paid benefit provides assistance to you and your family to address personal problems and manage the demands of home and work life giving you up to 4 free sessions per situation.

What is the Employee Resource Network (ERN)?

300

This is 7 ga. expressed as a fraction.

What is 3/16"?

300

This is the first 3-digit EDP code for structural Pipe.

What is 128?

300

This foundation was added approximately 10 years ago due to the important role corporate leadership felt it played in the overall success of Alro.

What is Safety?

300
This is the term used for the metal that is produced when other elements are added to aluminum to develop improved properties for special end uses. 

What is an Alloy. 

400

This is how often your sick time replenishes.

What is annually on your anniversary?

400

This is .9375 expressed as a fraction.

What is 15/16?

400

This spec is specifically for mechanical tubing and the tubing is produced to chemistry only specifications (no Tensile or Yield information is on the certification)

What is ASTM A513?

400

The founding Glick family member(s) that attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

Who is Robert Glick?

400

In 5052 Aluminum, this is primary alloying element which makes it the highest strength, non-heat treatable group of alloys with excellent corrosion resistance.

What is Magnesium?

500

These are the 3 requirements to be eligible for Tuition Reimbursement.

What is have at least 1 year of service with Alro, Be approved by HR and receive a B or better?

500

This is 7/16" expressed as a decimal.

What is 7/16"?

500

This is the wall thickness for 1" Sch. 40 pipe.

What is .133"?

500

Al went to this college but later dropped out to move back home and work at the family scrap yard.

What is the University of Missouri?

500

This aluminum alloy is known as the "aircraft alloy" because of its strength.  

What is 2024?
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