“When you've been in a part of the country for 50 years, you've had the time to appreciate its beauty, uniqueness and grandeur. But when someone succeeds in revealing to you even more, that's amazing. People will soon be able to admire what Madame Chicoine and Monsieur Jauvin have managed to do in their magnificent work. It's what attracted us when the project was presented to us.”
These are the words Pierre Morin used to explain what persuaded the Alcoa smelter in Baie-Comeau to participate in the publication project. “The Côte-Nord deserves more than a simple footnote,” he stated. “We must all work to make it known in other parts of Québec and the world. It deserves to be discovered and appreciated at its true value, and Le Pays dans le pays will contribute to this.”
The smelter management plans to present copies of the work to distinguished visitors at the plant. This will be a way of showing them our corner of paradise, especially since the texts will be in French, English and Inuktitut.
Alcoa Canada Primary Metals has an annual production capacity of over 1 million metric tonnes of aluminum ingots, castings, billets and rod, and counts roughly 3 500 employees. In Québec, its activities generate over $1 billion in economic spinoffs per year. In addition to producing primary aluminum at its aluminum smelters in Baie-Comeau, Bécancour and Deschambault, and at its rod plant in Bécancour, Alcoa Canada operates fabricating plants serving the aerospace, automotive, food packaging, and construction markets. In 2006, Alcoa Canada posted a turnover of more than $3.1 billion.
Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrapâ foils and plastic wraps, Alcoaâwheels, and Bacoâ household wraps. Among its other businesses are closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 123,000 employees in 44 countries and has been named one of the top three most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.
