Alcoa's Kawneer Business Expands Global Market Opportunities; Opens New Offices in Singapore and United Kingdom.NORCROSS, Ga. -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) announced today the opening of two new offices in the United Kingdom and Singapore of its Alcoa Building and Construction Systems' Kawneer business. Kawneer is the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum products and systems for the commercial construction industry. The offices will serve the Kawneer Global Special Projects division (KGSP), which specializes in landmark unitized curtain wall curtain wall Nonbearing wall of glass, metal, or masonry attached to a building's exterior structural frame. After World War II, low energy costs gave impetus to the concept of the tall building as a glass prism, an idea originally put forth by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies projects, which feature factory fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , panel assembly and glazing, with completed units hung onto the structures to form the building enclosure. KGSP is the single source solution for all phases of a project, including design, engineering and project management. This is the first Kawneer facility in Singapore, and will support selling activities in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , Australia and India. The new Birmingham office is Kawneer's third location in the U.K.; it also has facilities in Runcorn and London. The Birmingham office will support KGSP marketing activity in the U.K. and Ireland. Based in Harrisonburg, Virginia Harrisonburg is an independent city in Rockingham County, Virginia. The population was 40,468 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of Rockingham County and is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. , and Toronto, Canada, KGSP's extensive experience on major international projects spans more than 200 projects and 36 countries. The group begins work early in the design stage, collaborating with owners, architects and general contractors to design and develop custom unitized systems that can help achieve the most ambitious of visions. Unitized curtain walls offer the advantages of speed, a controlled environment and lower field installation costs, particularly when compared to stick systems, which typically involve jobsite installation and glazing. Highlights of the KGSP portfolio include The Trump International Hotel and Tower Trump International Hotel and Tower is the name associated with a series of high end condominium buildings developed either by Donald Trump or by parties who have licensed his name. These properties generally have both hotel condominium and residential condominium accommodations. at Waikiki Beachwalk, Atlantis III in Nassau, Bahamas For other uses of "Nassau", see Nassau (disambiguation). Nassau is the capital city and commercial center of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 210,832 (2000 census), nearly 70 percent of the entire population of the Bahamas (303,611). , YVR YVR Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Vancouver International (Airport Code) Terminal in Vancouver, B.C., and many more. For more information on KGSP, please visit http://www.kawneergsp.com About Kawneer With more than 100 years of innovation and experience, Kawneer North America is headquartered in Norcross, GA, and is the leading manufacturer of architectural aluminum products and systems for the commercial construction industry. Kawneer is part of Alcoa's global Building and Construction Systems (BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ) business unit headquartered in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. Alcoa BCS manufactures and markets architectural systems and products in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. For more information on Kawneer or its products, please visit www.kawneer.com. About Alcoa Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa[R] wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, structures and building systems. The company has 116,000 employees in 44 countries and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com |
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