Aluminum Shapes is in post-confirmation liquidation, with the Aluminum Shapes Liquidating Trust still administering residual matters before case closure and a hearing on the notice of intention to close now set for July 16, 2026. The debtor filed chapter 11 on August 15, 2021, after entering the case with a Tiger Finance prepetition ABL balance of about $9.3 million secured by substantially all assets and roughly $13 million of unsecured obligations, including trade, PPP, employee, union pension, and health-related claims, as described in the Meyers first-day declarationDkt. 17.
The case moved from operating distress into a creditor-led liquidation path. The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors filed the chapter 11 plan in May 2022 through the Committee liquidation planDkt. 511, and the court confirmed that plan on August 11, 2022 through the confirmation order approving the Committee planDkt. 619. The recent post-confirmation reports state that the plan became effective on August 24, 2022, leaving the Liquidating Trust to monetize remaining estate value, resolve claims and causes of action, and make distributions.
The latest reporting shows a substantially administered but not yet closed estate. In the March 31, 2026 post-confirmation reportDkt. 812, the Trust reported $10.7 million of cumulative cash disbursements since the effective date, $5.3 million of professional fees paid, full payment of administrative, secured, and priority allowed claims, and about $7.3 million paid on $15.8 million of allowed general unsecured claims, or roughly a 46% recovery against allowed claims. The immediate remaining path is case wind-down: the court granted an adjournment of the closing-related hearing after the Trust said it needed more time to document an environmental escrow settlement, obtain escrow funds, and determine whether further distributions are required, as reflected in the .