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| March 20, 2003
Alcoa Selected to Supply Bombardier Aerospace for Their Regional and Business Jets
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2003--Alcoa today announced
it has been selected to supply Canadian aircraft manufacturer
Bombardier Aerospace with aluminum flat-rolled products and metallic
solutions for its regional and business jets.
As part of a multi-year agreement, Alcoa will supply Bombardier
with structural components, and wing and fuselage skins for all
Bombardier aircraft products, including its Bombardier CRJ series and
its Learjet, Challenger, and Global Express families of aircraft. The
agreement, based on Alcoa Business System principles, establishes a
new level of supply chain management and services between the
companies, integrating Bombardier's needs with Alcoa's products,
services and world-leading know-how in materials, structural design,
engineering, quality, and delivery performance to customers. Alcoa
also will pilot a finished goods facility in Montreal as part of its
customer service program with Bombardier.
Deliveries to Bombardier manufacturing locations in Montreal and
Belfast began in the first quarter of 2003. Aluminum products
delivered to Bombardier's Montreal facility are made at Alcoa's
Davenport, Iowa facility using ingot produced in Quebec, Canada as one
of its principal sources.
Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is a world leader
in the design, and manufacture of innovative aviation products and
provides services for the regional, business and amphibious aircraft
markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet fractional ownership,
aircraft charter and management, technical services, aircraft
maintenance and pilot training for business, regional airline and
military customers.
Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum,
fabricated aluminum and alumina, 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, Alcoa also markets consumer brands
including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels,
and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl
siding, closures, precision castings, and electrical distribution
systems for cars and trucks. The company has 127,000 employees in
39 countries. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com
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