Alcoa

December 6, 2007 -- (Washington D.C.)- Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announced today that Alcoa Technical Center, located in Upper Burrell, has received a $398,520 grant through the Department of Energy to support the development of a low-cost Concentrated Solar Power system.    » read more »

10/8/2007 DAVENPORT, Iowa & NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alcoa announced today that the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has selected the company’s North American Rolled Products business to supply a need for aluminum armor plate to support the new MRAP armored vehicle program. MRAP vehicles are designed to survive IED (improvised explosive devise) and ambush attacks.

Shipments of the aluminum plate will begin in November 2007 and run through June 2008.    » read more »

10/8/2007, NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that John Thuestad, 47, President and CEO of metals and materials company Elkem AS of Norway, will join Alcoa effective January 1, 2008, in the newly created position of President, Global Primary Products - United States. In this position, Mr. Thuestad will have accountability for Alcoa’s 10 aluminum smelters in the U.S. and the alumina refinery in Pt. Comfort, Texas.    » read more »

August 14, 2007 -- To most of the world, Alcoa Inc. means aluminum. To East Tennessee, it also means more than $4.7 billion a year.

That’s the finding in a new economic impact study done on Alcoa Inc.’s East Tennessee operations, which include facilities in Blount, Knox and Hamblen Counties. Through its operations and its impact on others, Alcoa creates and supports more than 12,000 jobs, and generates nearly $48.3 million in state and local tax revenues.    » read more »