While aluminum has been used in shipbuilding for decades, a growing number of other applications now use aluminum in metal fabrication due to its high strength-to-weight ratio and superior corrosion resistance. Since 2005, the demand for the material has grown at a faster rate than any other metal or alloy primarily because of its increased popularity in additional market segments, such as structural framing, trailer manufacturing and repair, service decks and ladders, and platform construction. Perhaps most notably, Ford switched to aluminum as the body material their most popular truck, the F150.
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