Business Plan

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Alcoa Technology
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Alcoa at a Glance

• Founded 1888 as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company
• Employees 129,000 people
• Operations Bauxite mining, alumina refining,
  smelting, fabricating, aluminum recycling,
  consumer goods
• Locations more than 300 in 38 countries
• Ranking worlds leading producer of primary
  aluminum, fabricated aluminum, aluminum foil, and
  alumina
• Revenue in 2001 22.9 billion
• Key Markets automotive, aerospace, packaging,
  construction, sports recreation, consumer,
  commodity products
• Aluminum Products Primary aluminum, fabricated
  and finished aluminum products, alumina, aluminum
  foil
• Non-aluminum Products Alumina chemicals,
  plastic bottle closures, plastic wrap, wax paper,
  packaging machinery, vinyl siding, electrical
  distribution systems for cars and trucks

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Managing Technology Globally
Elkem RD (Smelting)
Whitehall, MI (Howmet Castings)
Alcoa Technical Center
Richmond, VA(Packaging)
Carson, CA (Huck Fasteners)
Alicante (rolling)
Crawfordsville (Closures)
Kwinana (refining)
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Alcoa Technical Center
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Research, Development Applied Engineering
Market Lead Teams
Customers
Development
Applied Engineering
Research
Universities National Labs
Alcoa Manufacturing
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Market Segment
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Alcoa Proprietary
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Design and Development Capabilities Examples of
Products Engineered at ATC
Dry Bulk Intermodal Container Alcoa/Heil Alloy
5454-H32
Alcoa/Audi BIW Alloy 6111-T4
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The Industry Leader in Fundamental Technology
Application Development

• Hall Process Improvement (Smelting)
• Next Generation Al Process (Smelting)
• Prototype Anode Mfg. (Smelting)
• Ingot Solidification

• Melting/Recycling
• Surface Lubricants
• Rigid Packaging Design Development
• Cleaning Coatings
• Foil Development
• Flexible Packaging

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The Industry Leader in Fundamental Technology
Application Development

• Product Design Development
• Manufacturing Systems Technology
• Analysis Testing Services
• Forming Machining
• Joining Assembly
• Reliability Failure Analysis

• Continuous Casting
• Shape Casting
• Casting Fabricating
• Metal Treatment
• Process Analysis
• Metallurgical Quality Systems
• Thermomechanical Processing (TMP) Alloy
  Technology

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Managing Technology Successfully Is about
Managing People Successfully

• Closely linked networks of individuals around the
  world
• Collaborate with business unit personnel on
  product- and process-related issues
• Use science to solve critical business problems
  and create new business opportunities
• Keep an eye on breakthrough innovation for future

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Behind every Alcoa product and process, there are
people creating technology thats enabling Alcoa
to grow.