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19
Spanish
Acquisition
Alcoa signed a definitive
agreement with
Reynolds Metals to buy
Reynolds’ aluminum
extrusion plant in
Irurzún, Spain. Included
in the agreement is a
distribution operation
for architectural sys-
tems, which has ware-
houses in several
Spanish cities. The
Irurzún plant has the
capacity to produce
22,000 metric tons per
year of soft-alloy extru-
sions for use primarily in
industrial and residential
building applications
throughout Europe.
An Alloy in Orbit
Alcoa’s Massena, N.Y.,
Operation’s 7075-T651
aluminum alloy made its
way to outer space in
1998. During the space
walk on the U.S. Space
Shuttle Discovery in
November, astronauts
connected two sections
of the space station with
Amphenol connectors
machined from 7075-
T651 aluminum alloy.
Amphenol manufactures
electrical connectors for
the aerospace, defense,
and communications
industries.
Litho Sheet
Thrives on APS
As a result of the imple-
mentation of Alcoa
Production System tools
and rapid-flow manufac-
turing, Alcoa’s Davenport
(Iowa) Works has reduced
lithographic sheet flow
time from 45 days to 23
days, reduced inventory,
and raised on-time
delivery performance
to a record 98%.