Alcoa Wheel Products European Plant Wins Hungarian National Quality/Excellence Award.PITTSBURGH & SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) announced today that the Hungarian wheels plant of its Alcoa Wheel Products business won the 2004 National Quality/Excellence Award, the most prestigious business excellence award in Hungary. Alcoa Wheel Products Europe (AWPE AWPE American White Pelican (species) AWPE Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics (Cambridge University Press) ) was awarded the national prize by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany during a ceremony recently. Sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Economics, the award uses criteria based on the European Foundation
"It is extremely rewarding that Alcoa Wheel Products Europe won this award on its first application. This award recognizes not only the quality and level of products or services, but the overall functional excellence of the organization and its results," said Laszlo Veres, managing director of Alcoa Wheel Products Europe. This national prize follows a series of earlier honors for the business including the 2003 IIASA-Shiba Award for total quality management, 2002 House of Hungarian Quality Award, as well as several corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and community involvement recognitions. About Alcoa Wheel Products Alcoa Wheel Products meets the needs of the commercial transportation, automotive, aerospace and industrial markets. AWP AWP Awaiting Parts (military equipment status) AWP Average Wholesale Price AWP Annual Work Plan AWP Associated Writing Programs AWP Amusement with Prizes AWP Any Willing Provider AWP Aerial Work Platform manufacture forged aluminum wheels that are strong, corrosion-resistant and lightweight for the heavy trucks, large aircraft and military tanks. Products also include forged and cast wheels for 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. , forged aluminum, titanium and nickel-based alloy parts for aerospace and industrial applications and wheel accessories for commercial vehicles and light trucks. Alcoa in Hungary Alcoa has 5,500 employees in Hungary at five plants. These facilities produce extrusions and rolling ingots, flat rolled products, automotive structures, truck bodies, plastic closures, wire harnesses, and wheels for trucks, trailers and buses. Alcoa is the world's leading producer 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 alumina (əl  `mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0. .
It has 131,000 employees in 43 countries.
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