Alcoa Opens New Automotive Center in Detroit; Announces Several New Applications; Launches New Automotive Website.FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich. -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) formally opened its new Automotive Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan Farmington Hills is the most populous city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit and is known for it's affluence, excellent schools, great housing stock, luxury homes and a center of business in Oakland County and Metro Detroit. , USA, today and announced that it has been awarded more than a dozen new product applications by some of the most respected brands in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . The new Alcoa Automotive Center has been created to integrate the efforts of Alcoa's automotive resources around the world to provide different new product and process solutions for some of the largest automakers. More than 300 design, engineering, sales and marketing specialists began moving into the new 86,000 square feet office building earlier this year. The new facility joins Alcoa's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. automotive businesses into a single location and consolidates Alcoa offices located in Southfield, Livonia and Allen Park, Michigan Allen Park is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 29,376. It is part of the collection of communities known as Downriver. . The Center brings together Alcoa's seven automotive businesses, including Alcoa Fujikura, Advanced Transportation Systems, Automotive Castings, Cast Wheels, Forged Specialty Wheels, Engineered and Mill Products. Speaking during the opening ceremonies, Alcoa Vice President and Chairman of Alcoa Fujikura, Bob Alexander said: "Housing all of Alcoa's automotive businesses together will enable us to provide more customer-centered, consumer-targeted solutions faster. These businesses manufacture automotive products ranging from electrical distribution and crash management systems to body structure, heating, ventilation and air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. , chassis and suspension components to drive shafts, closure panels and aluminum wheels. These Alcoa products generate annual revenues of nearly $3 billion in 2003." New product applications During the event, Alcoa also announced a number of new automotive applications. They are: --Agreement with Ferrari to provide an aluminum spaceframe for the latest Ferrari F430, which will replace the 360 Modena. --The successful launch of a new family of forged aluminum wheels for the 2004 Ford Super Duty See also Ford Super Duty engine for the 401, 477, and 534 engines built from 1958 to 1981. The Ford Super Duty is a line of commercial trucks (over 8,500 lb GVWR) introduced in 1998 for the 1999 model year. truck line. Alcoa Forged Specialty Wheels also achieved a new "time-to-market" milestone when it reduced the launch cycle on a new forged wheel for Chrysler Corporation from the normal 38 weeks to 5 weeks. --Alcoa Extruded Products announced it is part of a Visteon team supplying the first, large-scale commercial application of an aluminum "Slip-in-Tube" driveshaft technology used on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of DaimlerChrysler. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr. Development The Grand Cherokee was a spinoff of the smaller Jeep Cherokee. . --Alcoa Automotive Castings will produce the front and rear subframes for GM's 2006 Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and and Cadillac XLR The XLR is a luxury roadster sold by the Cadillac division of General Motors and is assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is based on the same Y-body platform as the Chevrolet Corvette. . --Alcoa aluminum closure panels were announced on four hot new Chrysler Corporation models: The 2005 Chrysler 300C The Chrysler Corporation has used the designation Chrysler 300C to refer to two different vehicles, which are described in separate articles.
--Alcoa has successfully produced eight new cast aluminum wheels for Nissan and Chrysler Corporation vehicles. New Automotive website Alcoa Automotive also launched a new website http://www.alcoa.com/lnk/auto, which focuses on how Alcoa helps its automotive customers deliver the features consumers want in their cars, including safety, performance, comfort and convenience, and styling. The website includes comprehensive product catalog and product information, and offers solutions for Alcoa automotive applications. The new site is a powerful tool for researching, locating and specifying Alcoa aluminum components on customers' vehicles. An interactive format allows users to click on a vehicle image and see all solutions Alcoa provided for a customer. Other content includes news, customer profiles, market information, and a complete list of Alcoa Automotive contacts. About Alcoa Automotive Alcoa automotive products are designed to enhance driving experience by improving a vehicle's performance, comfort and convenience, safety and styling. Alcoa's automotive products also have helped customers create revolutionary advances that have successfully repositioned entire brands. Easier opening and closing, electronic distribution systems, improved functionality, better visibility, reduced squeaks and rattles and more interior room are benefits car makers gain from Alcoa's innovative automotive products. In addition, many of the safest autos in the world feature Alcoa products in their crash management systems and crumple zones, side-impact beams and engine cradles. Alcoa automotive products also offer customers the opportunity to differentiate their products with fresh design and eye-catching appeal 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, 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, closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 42 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 Sustainability Indexes since 2001. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com |
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