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NEWS97
8
Capping Cokes
in Poland
Coca-Cola Amatil in
Poland is converting all
of its plants to Wing-Lok®
closures produced by
Closure Systems
International (CSI), one of
21 Alcoa business units.
CSI’s Hungarian operation
is handling conversion of
capping machines in
Coca-Cola’s plants near
Warsaw. Annual volume
will be 300 million pieces.
Worldwide Wheels
Alcoa is now shipping
forged aluminum truck
wheels from its new
plant in Székesfehérvár,
Hungary, to customers
on three continents.
Production began in
mid-1997 to serve Alcoa’s
European truck wheel
customers and those in
Brazil and Australia who
require European-style
wheels. A full-service
facility, Székesfehérvár
forges, machines, and
polishes wheels before
shipping. Modernization
and start-up of the plant
were accomplished in
18 months, and now
Székesfehérvár and the
European sales and mar-
keting team have received
ISO 9001/QS9000
certification, the interna-
tional quality standard
required by the automo-
tive industry. Alcoa
also produces and ships
aluminum truck wheels
worldwide from its
ISO 9001/QS9000 certified
Cleveland, Ohio plant.
Pizzey Joins LME
Board
John Pizzey, Alcoa vice
president and president,
Alcoa World Alumina,
was elected to the board
of directors of the London
Metal Exchange (LME).
The LME is the interna-
tional trading body
that facilitates the inter-
national open market
in the buying and selling
of metals.