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1.
To drive revenue from licensing Alcoa’s intellectual property
and technology associated with manufacturing Micromill
products, Alcoa established a new Micromill Products and
Services (MPS) business unit. The unit will provide services
like training and technical support as well as generate product
sales from our San Antonio Works facility in Texas starting
with automotive sheet in North America and expanding into
other market sectors and regions. By the end of 2015, Alcoa
had secured Micromill qualifi cation agreements with 12 major
automotive customers on three continents. In addition to the
MPS unit, Alcoa has midstream business units focused on
Aerospace and Automotive Products; Brazing, Commercial
Transportation and Industrial Products; and Global Packaging.
In 2015, Alcoa also formed a new downstream business
segment, Transportation and Construction Solutions,
comprising Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products,
Alcoa Building and Construction Systems and Latin America
Extrusions. Each business will build on existing market
leadership positions and continue their expansion into
emerging markets.
To฀capture฀growing฀demand฀for฀our฀lightweight,฀durable,฀
low-maintenance฀aluminum฀commercial฀transportation฀
wheels฀in฀Europe,฀Alcoa฀expanded฀its฀manufacturing฀plant฀
in฀Hungary,฀doubling฀capacity฀to฀produce฀Dura-Bright®฀EVO฀
that฀is฀10฀times฀more฀corrosion-resistant฀than฀the฀previous฀
generation฀Dura-Bright®฀XBR,฀and฀easy฀to฀clean฀and฀maintain.
Replacing steel with aluminum reduces the overall weight
of the vehicle, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas
emissions associated with global warming. In 2015, Alcoa,
in collaboration with Metalsa, a global supplier of light and
commercial vehicle and chassis structures, introduced a
lightweight, all-aluminum commercial truck frame at the
Mid-America Trucking show in Louisville, Kentucky. Still in
development, the lighter weight frame reduces truck weight
by over 40 percent compared to steel frames, saving nearly
900 pounds per vehicle, increasing fuel effi ciency and
payload. The aluminum frame also offers superior corrosion
resistance compared to steel, prolonging the vehicle’s life
span. (See truck graphic 2)
1. Dura-Bright® EVO wheels are lighter,
stronger than steel and greenhouse gas-
saving. They also happen to be the most
attractive wheels on the market. This
combination led to the Malaysia’s Sultan
of Johor getting Alcoa’s patented Dura-
Bright EVO wheels for his customized
Mack Truck, the most expensive (and
luxurious) of its kind.
2.
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