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Strategic Supplier
Nestlé Waters Group selected
Alcoa CSI Germany as its
strategic partner for metal
closures in Europe. CSI pro-
vides several international
Nestlé beverage brands, includ-
ing Perrier and Vittel, with its
aluminum closures. Levissima,
a popular bottled water
brand in Italy, uses CSI’s all-
aluminum Alu-Star®closure
with a unique security skirt
that reduces risk of injury when
opening. CSI Germany supplies
two-thirds of the overall metal
closure demand of Nestlé
Waters in Europe.
Upgrading
Russia Plants
Alcoa’s Russian plants in
Samara and Belaya Kalitva
have made significant progress
as part of a strategic investment
growth program. The newly
commissioned slitter line at
Samara is producing can sheet
for the beer and beverage
market, delivering higher qual-
ity, wider and heavier coils to
meet customers’ demands
worldwide. At Belaya Kalitva,
new equipment, due to come
online in 2007, will produce
aluminum plate for the
aerospace market in several
dimensions, meeting quality
standards and customers’
demands.
Royal Recognition
Alcoa’s Kitts Green (U.K.)
facility assisted in developing a
new community center for
youth in Birmingham, England.
On hand for the official
opening was HRH The Prince
of Wales and his wife, The
Duchess of Cornwall. Prince
Charles personally thanked
Alcoa for being good neighbors
and for its long-term commit-
ment to the community. Here,
Alcoa Executive Vice President
Helmut Wieser (left), who
attended the grand opening,
talks with Prince Charles
and other guests.
New Plant Serves
Ferrari
Alcoa opened its new automo-
tive assembly plant in Modena,
Italy, at an event attended
by Alcoa Chairman and CEO
Alain Belda and Luca di
Montezemolo, president of
Ferrari. The facility represents
a further strengthening of the
strategic partnership between
the two companies that began
more than a decade ago.
Alcoa is the sole supplier of
aluminum space frames for
all Ferrari’s Grand Turismo
vehicles. Alcoa Architectural
Products also contributed to
the building’s façade by
supplying Reynobond®metal
wall panels in Ferrari red.
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