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Alcan at a Glance
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Bauxite
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Alumina |
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Primary
Metal |
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Rolled
Products
Americas
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Rolled
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Europe |
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Engineered
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Packaging |
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Products/
Services |
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Bauxite, smelter-grade
and specialty aluminas, fluorspar |
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Aluminum sheet ingot,
extrusion billet, wire rod and foundry ingot, engineering
services, trading operations, Electro metallurgy,
ECL, R&D, technology sales, coke calcination,
anodes |
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Can stock, automotive
sheet and light gauge rolled aluminum; recycling
services |
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Automotive sheet,
lithographic sheet, industrial sheet and plate,
can sheet, painted sheet, foil, foilstock and paintstock |
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Composites, fabricated
aluminum products including wire and cable, sales
and service |
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Food Flexible and
specialty packaging (collapsible tubes, mascaras
containers, caps and closures, contract packaging,
glass vials, folding cartons) |
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Number and type of
facilities (including partial holdings) |
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8 bauxite mines and
deposits
7 alumina refineries
7 specialty aluminas plants
Global transportation network |
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26 aluminum smelters
12 power generation plants (includes joint ventures)
Port and railway facilities |
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17 total plants
5 plants with recycling capabilities:
2 dedicated plus 3 others with scrap recycling capabilities
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15 plants
3 recycling facilities |
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49 plants
51 service centres
37 commercial offices |
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180 plants |
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Markets served |
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Smelter-grade alumina
and specialty-grade aluminas for a variety of applications |
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Consumer goods, transportation,
building and construction, machinery end markets,
aluminum producers (smelter technology) |
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Beverage, automotive,
transportation, durable goods, building and construction
industries |
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Food and beverage
packaging industry, automotive, transportation,
printing industry, durable goods, distribution,
general engineering, building and construction industries |
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Automotive, mass transportation,
aerospace, construction, display, electro-mechanical,
machinery and electrical |
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Food, pharmaceutical
& medical, beauty & personal care, tobacco |
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Major customers |
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Alcan Primary Metal,
LME |
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Alcan Rolled Products
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Ford, GM, Anheuser-Busch
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Rexam, Agfa-Gevaert,
BMW, Jaguar, Tetra Pak, Alcan Packaging |
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Airbus, Daimler Chrysler,
GM, Bombardier, Siemens, ABB |
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L'Oreal, P&G,
Kraft, Novartis, Philip Morris |
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% 2003 revenues |
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Number of employees
(Approx.) |
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5,000 |
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20,000 |
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5,600 |
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6,700 |
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13,000 |
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34,000 |
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Bauxite
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Alumina |
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Primary
Metal |
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Rolled
Products
Americas
and Asia |
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Rolled
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Europe |
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Engineered
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Packaging |
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For more detailed information on Alcan please consult
Alcan
Facts 2004.
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