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NEWS97
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North America
North America is Alcoa’s largest market and home to a highly diversified
manufacturing base. There are 82 Alcoa refining, smelting, and
manufacturing locations in this part of the world, plus administrative,
research, and customer service facilities.
Ann Ngo, accounting
specialist, Davenport
(Iowa) Works
Special Recognition
In December, Alcoa
Chairman Paul O’Neill
was elected to a three-
year term on the new
Board of Governors of the
National Association of
Securities Dealers, which
oversees self-regulation
of its members and oper-
ations of the Nasdaq
stock exchange.
Earlier in the year, the
Chairman was chosen
by his peers in the
aluminum industry to
receive the first Inter-
national Aluminium
Industry Lifetime
Achievement Award,
sponsored by Metal
Bulletin Journals Ltd. of
London. He also received
the 1997 Gold Medal
Award from the National
Policy Association in
Washington, D.C., in
recognition of “outstand-
ing individual contribu-
tions to the business and
labor communities.”
Siding With Alcoa
In the battle for leader-
ship among 20 U.S.
brands of residential sid-
ing, Alcoa Building
Products (ABP) is more
than holding its own.
According to surveys by
both Professional Remodeler
and Professional Builder
magazines, Alcoa remains
the brand of vinyl siding
used most by remodelers
and builders. In remodel-
ing, more than 38% of a
random sampling of con-
tractors from across the
country report using the
Alcoa brand. For new
construction, in a survey
of some 20,000 building
contractors, 32% say they
use Alcoa vinyl siding.
In independent surveys
of siding contractors,
ABP’s Mastic®brand also
rates high. It’s consistent-
ly mentioned among
the top four brands in
the country.