Alcoa Elects Ricardo E. Belda Executive Vice President; James R. Stanley Elected Vice President.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2001 Alcoa announced today that its Board of Directors elected Ricardo E. (Ric) Belda, 57, an executive vice president of the company and James R. Stanley, 59, was named a vice president of Alcoa. Mr. Belda became president of Alcoa Europe in March 2000 and was elected a vice president of Alcoa in May 2000. Mr. Stanley joined Alcoa in June 2000 as president and chief executive officer of Howmet Castings Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Howmet, a division of Alcoa is a world leader in the investment casting of superalloys, aluminum and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine (IGT) engine components. , the leading producer of high-grade investment castings investment casting Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its for aerospace and industrial gas turbines. Alcoa acquired Howmet Castings as part of the company's acquisition of Cordant Technologies. Biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. information follows: Ricardo E. (Ric) Belda Mr. Belda joined Alcoa Aluminio, Alcoa's Brazilian affiliate, in 1968. He held sales and management positions at Aluminio, including manager of the electrical conductor In science and engineering, conductors, such as copper or aluminum, are materials with atoms have loosely held valence electrons. See electrical conduction. Conductors in context plant, general manager of the flat rolled products division and executive director of mill products. He was also a director of Alcoa Aluminio. In 1995, Mr. Belda became president of Alcoa Netherlands and later took on responsibility for extrusions and end products for all of Europe. His most recent position was president, Alcoa Europe - Extrusions and End Products and president of Alcoa Netherlands Holding B.V. James R. Stanley Mr. Stanley joined Howmet in 1992 as senior vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Prior to his employment at Howmet, Mr. Stanley was the vice president and general manager of customer support and marketing at the Textron Turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. Engine Division of Textron, Inc. He also held the position of vice president of operations for Textron Lycoming and held numerous managerial positions for nearly 20 years at General Electric Company's Aircraft Engine business group. |
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