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17
$250-million Technical
Center in Warren,
Mich. The two custom
curtain wall systems
that form the facade
were designed by
Kawneer, an Alcoa
business. The building
also includes Alcoa
Cladding Systems’
Reynobond®aluminum
composite panels.
A Promising
Introduction
Blessed by a Shinto
priest at a dedication
ceremony in April,
a new Alcoa forged
aluminum wheel plant
in Joetsu City, Japan,
rolled its first pallet
of commercial vehicle
wheels off the line
in October. Japanese
customers have wel-
comed the new wheels.
More than 53% of
the wheels seen at
the foundry tooling and
cast three blocks for the
Wright Experience, the
group recreating the air-
craft. The plan is to fire
up the engine and take
off precisely at 10:35
a.m. on December 17,
2003… exactly 100
years after the first flight.
Smelter
Production
Down
Power shortages in the
U.S. and Brazil reduced
Alcoa’s smelter produc-
tion by 316,000 metric
tons per year (mtpy), or
7.6% of total capacity,
in 2001. In Washington
State, Alcoa idled the
270,000-mtpy Ferndale
(Intalco) smelter
(61% Alcoa-owned)
and its 220,000-mtpy
Wenatchee smelter fol-
lowing agreements
with local power utili-
ties. The agreements
helped resolve power
shortages and include
provisions compensat-
ing for employees’
wages and benefits.
As part of a nation-
wide energy rationing
program in Brazil,
Alcoa Aluminio’s
90,000-mtpy Poços de
Caldas smelter and the
370,000-mtpy Alumar
smelter in São Luis both
cut production twice
in 2001, reducing out-
put by a total of 50%
and 25%, respectively.
Rationing was lifted
in northern Brazil in
January 2002, and
Alumar expects to be
operating at capacity
by the end of March.
Power curtailments
continue in southeast-
ern Brazil, but improved
operations enabled
Poços de Caldas to
increase production
from 50% to 75% of its
nameplate capacity.
Capacity also was
affected by failure of
the generating station
at the 300,000-mtpy
Warrick, Ind. smelter in
December 2001. The
smelter lost two-thirds
of its capacity.
Hotel Chain
Chooses Alcoa
AC Hotels, one of the
largest five-star hotel
chains in Spain, chose
Alcoa Arquitectura
as a supplier for its
high-quality products,
technical support, and
quick delivery. AC
Hotels plans to open
30 more hotels in Spain
and to expand interna-
tionally in 2002.
GM Thinks Big
Covered with expanses
of glass and aluminum
the size of 34 football
fields, the tower of
General Motors’ new
Vehicle Engineering
Center is the focal
point for its 640-acre,
17
Australia: off to a great start
At a youth club near Alcoa’s mining operations in
Western Australia, young go-kart racers Bradley
Harris, Neil Harris and Corey Gianatti get safety
tips from Alcoa volunteer Rob Ingpen and club
official Allan Bassett. Alcoa’s community support
here extends to many partnership activities,
including the establishment of a local library,
sharing Alcoa safety expertise with schools, and
employee volunteer programs with local
emergency teams.
Juán Carreño Campos,
Alicante, Spain