Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda Opens National Manufacturing Week and Aluminum Association Spring Meeting.PITTSBURGH -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) Chairman Alain Belda presented the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. today to 25,000 manufacturing executives from 70 countries attending National Manufacturing Week in Chicago and the U.S. Aluminum Association's Spring meeting. Mr. Belda's remarks focused on the global trends shaping Alcoa and the aluminum industry's commercial landscape and the opportunities they create in the coming decades. Held March 7-10, National Manufacturing Week is the only U.S. trade show covering the complete manufacturing process. For a copy of Mr. Belda's remarks, visit http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/news/nmw.asp Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: 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, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. , closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 131,000 employees in 43 countries and has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. for 45 years and the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Sustainability Indexes since 2001. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com |
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