Alcoa Honors 9 Suppliers for Top UBC Quality; 5 Are Repeat Winners.Business Editors KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Alcoa Rigid Packaging, one of Alcoa's largest business units, announced today the selection of nine companies to receive Alcoa UBC UBC Uniform Building Code UBC University of British Columbia UBC Union of the Baltic Cities UBC United Brotherhood of Carpenters UBC Universal Battery Charger UBC Union of Baltic Cities UBC Universal Bibliographic Control UBC Used Beverage Cans Supplier Quality Awards for shipments of outstanding quality used beverage containers (UBCs) in 2003. The winners include: -- Alter Trading, Davenport Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. , IA -- Atlas Pacific Corporation, Bloomington, CA -- BARC, Bakersfield, CA -- Cooper Recycling, Livingston, TN -- Mid America Recycling, Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. , IA -- QuikService Steel Co., Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , OK -- Sides Metal Recycling, Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau (jĭrär`dō, jērərdō`), city (1990 pop. 61,633), Cape Girardeau co., SE Mo., overlooking the Mississippi River; founded 1793, inc. as a city 1843. , MO -- Solid Waste Authority and FCR FCR feed conversion rate. , West Palm Beach, FL -- Yaffe Metals, Tulsa, OK Demonstrating a true dedication to outstanding UBC quality are five repeat winners. They are: Alter Trading, BARC, Cooper Recycling, Mid America Recycling and Yaffe Metals. In fact, Alter Trading and Mid America are three-time winners. Bestowed since 1997, the Alcoa UBC Supplier Quality Awards spotlight the importance of high quality UBCs in the remelting process and in eliminating potential hazards for employees. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bryan Steverson, chairman of the Alcoa Rigid Packaging UBC quality committee, consistency is key. "These firms treat every load of UBCs as critical. They are committed to providing clean, dry UBCs that are free of moisture, dirt, glass, plastic and other materials," he said. "They are the "best of the best" of the nearly 2,000 companies who ship UBCs to Alcoa, and we salute their hard work and focus," Steverson said. The elimination of contaminants from UBC shipments has a direct impact on the quality and cost of recycled aluminum cans as well as the safety of employees involved in the recycling process. Alcoa Rigid Packaging produces aluminum sheet for the beverage and food can industries and leads Alcoa's aluminum can recycling activities. Alcoa is one of the nation's largest consumers of UBCs. www.alcoa.com |
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