Business Issue: Stakeholder Engagement; Maximizing Value
Quick action in Decin, Czech Republic

When severe flooding hit the area around our Decin facility in the Czech Republic in August 2002, both the plant and the community were threatened. Floodwaters in the area rose to some 10.5 metres above normal, a height not seen since the late 1800s.

Quick action by employees of the newly expanded, extruded products plant was instrumental in protecting key equipment and avoiding environmental damage. In the community, there was one fatality and about 60 Decin residents were temporarily evacuated from their homes.

At the October inauguration of the plant's bar production centre, Alcan officials presented a cheque for CZK1.5 million ($50,000) to the area's relief effort. The new $8 million bar production centre at Decin reflects Engineered Products' commitment to invest in its community and to further develop its capabilities and product range.