Aluminum cases are commonly chosen over plastic cases primarily for appearance purposes. The silver (or black) finish of aluminum cases is often selected for presentation cases or product cases that are intended to convey a higher sense of value and importance -- for example with prototypes and proof of concept products.
Custom Aluminum Case Manufacturers
Airtex Solutions: a manufacturer of custom aluminum cases and other hard-sided cases, including compression molded cases, injection molded cases, and waterproof cases. In addition to manufacturing custom cases Airtex stocks an extensive line of aluminum cases in all sizes and varieties, from business cases to presentation cases to a variety of product cases.
R.P. Luce & Company: A top source in the United States for extremely durable Zarges aluminum cases. We feature a wide range of Zarges aluminum case styles and sizes that can be customized to your industry specifications. Serving the military and government, broadcast and communications, scientific expeditions, oceanographic or private sectors, a Zarges light-weight custom aluminum case from R.P. Luce will provide the quality protection and durability you need.
Customizing Aluminum Cases
Aluminum cases can be custom, or they can be customized. An actual custom aluminum case is a case that is designed and constructed to custom specification -- the size, hinges, materials and locking features are specific to that case. A far more popular method is customizing an existing aluminum case, rather than creating a fully custom case. Aluminum cases are so popular and have so many different manufacturers that it's usually possible to find an aluminum case in just about any size that you need, with the look and features that you want. From there you can customized the interior (and sometimes the finish or locking features) of the aluminum case to fit specific needs. The most common method of aluminum case customization has to do with the interior of the case, rather than the case itself. For most customized case applications some kind of high density EVA foam is used inside of the case with cutouts exactly appropriate to the product or object being stored. In other business applications, the case interior has various kinds of filing additions suitable for storing folders, office supplies, or even containing separate customizable compartments for storing optics or other sensitive electronic hardware. Larger aluminum cases are actually wheeled cases with multiple different compartments, and sometimes even make use of compartments within compartments. In this rolling cases each compartment can be customized separately.
