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| November 17, 2008
Aluminum Provides Sustainable Future for Automotive Market
Alcoa’s Dr. Rick Winter Addresses
Conference on Sustainability of Aluminum in Automobiles
DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thirty years of uninterrupted growth – largely
at the expense of iron and steel – confirms
that automotive aluminum is a cost-effective solution, especially when
considering the value aluminum contributes through increased fuel
economy, reduced emissions, high recyclability and improved safety.
Speaking at the Automotive News Green Car Conference today at the Rock
Financial Showplace in Novi, Mich., Dr. Rick Winter, director of
development, Alcoa Technology Center, said North American automotive
aluminum content has more than tripled in the last three decades because
of its environmental, safety and driving performance advantages. Current
best-in-class Alcoa products, such as forged wheels, spaceframes, body
sheet and Dura-Bright® surface treatment for
wheels, are helping the auto industry meet its goals of improved fuel
efficiency, performance and customer satisfaction.
“As the auto industry strives to meet
increased CAFE between now and 2020, aluminum can help achieve a lighter
vehicle without sacrifice to safety, power or performance,”
Winter said. “Since 1990, increased use of
aluminum in the world's vehicles has avoided burning 84 billion liters
of gasoline and more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas
emissions. In fact, it is projected that the growing use of aluminum in
the transportation market will help make the aluminum industry
greenhouse gas neutral by 2025.”
The use of aluminum for vehicle lightweighting can deliver a substantial
reduction in CO2 and other emissions over the
life of the car through fuel savings, even allowing for the CO2
generated by the initial production of aluminum. Each pound of aluminum
that replaces two pounds of iron or steel in a car can save a net 20
pounds of CO2 emissions over the typical
lifetime of a vehicle.
Alcoa’s support for the proposed CAFE
standards is consistent with its leadership in addressing climate
change. Since 1990, Alcoa has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 33
percent, while increasing production. The company also is a founding
member of the United States Climate Action Partnership and the Global
Roundtable on Climate Change.
About Alcoa
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is the world leader in the production and management of
primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its
active and growing participation 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 Alcoa® wheels, fastening
systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems. The
Company has 97,000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of
the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.
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