A former employee of the aluminum pole manufacturer, which manufactures aluminum poles for residential, commercial and industrial use, told Breitbart News that aluminum poles were used in the United States from 1970 to 2005.

The aluminum pole manufactured by Alstom in the U.S. was manufactured by General Electric and was used by the Department of Energy until 2006, according to the UPI.

Alstam is also the maker of the pole and hose that came with the pole manufactured at the time.

The pole manufacturer’s U.K. subsidiary, Apeiron, produced aluminum poles from 2006 to 2013, according the UPUI, and the pole company said in a statement that it is “aware of these claims.”

Aluminum pole manufacturer AlstOM has also said in the past that aluminum pole use was not widespread in the 1990s and early 2000s, the UPOI said.

Alstom said it has removed aluminum pole manufacturing from its website and has since discontinued aluminum poles in the country.

Aluminum poles are manufactured using aluminum, nickel and aluminum alloy components, which is used in other industrial products like welding and piping, the company said.