Corporate Profile for Alcoa Inc., dated Jan. 28, 2000.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: Jan. 28, 2000
Company Name: Alcoa Inc.
Address: 201 Isabella Street at 7th Street Bridge
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5858
Main Telephone
Number: 412/553-4545
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): http://www.alcoa.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Alain J. P. Belda
Chief Financial
Officer: Richard B. Kelson
Investor Relations
Contact: Edgar M. Cheely, Jr.
Business number: 412/553-2231
E-mail address: Edgar.Cheely@alcoa.com
Public Relations
Contact: Bonita A. Cersosimo
Business number: 412/553-4462
E-mail address: Bonita.Cersosimo@alcoa.com
Industry: Mining and metals
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: NYSE:AA
Company description: 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. , Alcoa is active in all major
segments of the industry: mining, refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar , smelting smelting, in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace. , fabricating, and
recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. . We serve customers in the packaging, automotive, aerospace,
construction and other markets with a variety of fabricated and finished
products.
Non aluminum businesses include packaging machinery, vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. , plastic bottles and closures, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company is organized into 24 business units, with 215 operating location and 103,500 employees in 31 countries. |
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