The Ohio Valley Aluminum Company (OVACO) makes aluminum billets for the aluminum extrusions industry. (A billet is pushed or drawn through a die to create an extruded, or shaped, product, such as a frame or rail.) The company operates from facilities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio that can produce some 500 million pounds of billets annually. OVACO cuts billets according to customer specifications; it can produce billets ranging in length from 18 inches to 216 inches. The company was founded in 1955.