Alcoa Expands Extrusion Capacity.LAFAYETTE, Ind IND Investigational new drug Therapeutics A status assigned by the FDA to a drug before allowing its use in humans, exempting it from premarketing approval requirements so that experimental clinical trials may be conducted. See Phase 1.2, 3 studies, Sponsorship. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1997--Alcoa Engineered Products announces that it is expanding its aerospace hard alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. extrusion capacity at its Lafayette, Indiana Lafayette (IPA: [ˈlɑ.fəˌjɛt]) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, U.S., 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis. facility and its Pimalco plant located in Chandler, Arizona Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Chandler is one of the major suburbs of Phoenix. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 176,582. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 234,939. . At Lafayette, a 5000 ton press and a 2500 ton press will be added in 1998. The expansion at Pimalco includes the addition of a 2500 ton press and 80,000 square feet of manufacturing area, which will be on line by mid 1998. The two 2500 ton 6-inch presses will complement the four 6-inch presses brought on-line by Alcoa Engineered Products since mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 1995. In announcing these investments, Richard L. Melville, Jr., vice president-Engineered Products and general manager of the Hard Alloy Division, said: "We are once again continuing the expansion of our hard alloy capability in response to increased contractual demand by our customers. By the end of 1998, Alcoa's capability will exceed 45,000 metric tons per year of hard alloy extrusions and position us to support our customers beyond the year 2000." CONTACT: Alcoa Richard L. Melville, Jr., 765/771-3592 |
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