Frontier Aluminum

Frontier Aluminum Corporation is an independent family owned and operated aluminum extruder, finisher and fabricator based in Corona, CA, and Tecate, Mexico. Spanning 3 generations, Frontier has grown over the last 21 years to include four buildings, two in Corona and two in Tecate, totaling over 200,000 square feet. Frontier continues to evolve and expand to meet the ever changing needs of its diverse customer base. On average, Frontier has the newest equipment on the West Coast.

With three extrusion presses ranging from 7' to 9' in Corona, CA, an automatic anodizing line and a new state of the art GREEN vertical powder coating line under construction in Tecate, Mexico, Frontier Aluminum is at the forefront of the aluminum extrusion industry on the West Coast. With the additional offering of maquiladora fabrication in Tecate, Mexico, Frontier Aluminum will remain as a leader in innovation, quality and customer service.

• Frontier Aluminum's extrusion department consists of three Ube extrusion presses for 7, 8 and 9 inch billet. The tonnages of Frontier's presses are in no way undersize for the billet diameter they push. This ensures maximum performance with less wear and tear with every extrusion cycle. With millions of extrusion cycles per year, having adequate tonnage to extrude your shapes ensures long lasting performance of our presses and less down time.
• The Aluminum Extruder is an industry that must always look towards the future. What worked 5 years ago, may not work 5 years in the future. Frontier has evolved from its roots with a 7' extrusion press and a paint line to an extruder with two additional extrusion presses and anodizing. And the evolution still continues to this very day.
• Our anodizing line in Tecate, Mexico is the newest anodizing line in the country. With computer controlled operations, our anodizing quality is the most consistent in the West. With additional pre-treatment at no additional cost, our finish is as close to flow line free as possible. The computer controlled system also produces the most consistent colors you can find out of an anodizing plant, especially the light bronzes and champagnes making color ranges are a thing of the past. We hit the color, period. And with the addition of polishing and bright dip, our anodizing line has offerings for almost anyone.
• Fabrication Under our maquiladora permit, Frontier can produce your assemblies and subassemblies at a very low cost. Cutting and punching equipment are in house, and combining with the specialized equipment you currently own, labor costs can be cut dramatically. The Maquiladora process allows Frontier to 'temporarily' borrow your specialized equipment 'indefinitely' to produce your product. We have in house experience spanning 15 years running a maquiladora in Mexico. And being located in Tecate is very convenient. Tecate is only 12 miles east of San Diego and has one of the least crowded border crossings.

• Thermal improvement for windows, once a rarity, will be required on a more frequent basis as energy laws are enacted. Reducing the energy required to heat and cool living spaces and office buildings is GREEN. One of the major costs in this process is labor. And by locating our Thermal Improvement lines in Mexico, we can and will have cost containment on labor. Both the Azon and Insulbar systems are available.