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50th Anniversary Open House at Alcoa East
September 10, 2009
The 50th anniversary of Alcoa’s East Plant will be recognized with a community open house on Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. During that time, employees, retirees, family members, friends and community members are invited to tour the East Plant.
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Alcoa Foundation Donates over $100,000 in Local Community
September 4, 2009
The Massena Neighborhood Center, Canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation and Massena Rescue Squad are several organizations that will be enhancing and expanding programs this year with the aid of Alcoa Foundation grants. Alcoa Foundation has awarded over $111,000 in six grants to local community organizations this year. Three grants are new and three represent payments on multi-year grants previously awarded.
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NYPA, Alcoa Partner to Save Hundreds of Jobs at Massena, NY Operations Despite Major Production Curtailment
March 31, 2009
In an innovative example of a private corporation and a public entity partnering to retain jobs during the economic downturn, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the N.Y.-based aluminum company, today announced they have reached an agreement that will save hundreds of jobs at Alcoa’s smelters in Massena, New York in the near-term and preserve hundreds more under its planned long-term modernization project at the plant.
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Alcoa, NY Governor Paterson, and NYPA Finalize Power Contract For Massena Operations
January 13, 2009
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced it hosted New York Governor David A. Paterson to celebrate finalization of a 30-year hydropower contract to supply the company’s two aluminum smelters in Massena, NY. The power agreement is contingent upon an upgrade of facilities by Alcoa.
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Alcoa’s Massena Operations is the longest continually operating aluminum facility in the world, serving customers in the automotive, transportation, aerospace and industrial distribution markets. Currently employing approximately 1,100 people, Massena Operations is the largest private employer north of Syracuse, contributing $340 million annually to the local economic in payroll, local purchases and tax payments and supporting dozens of community programs and events each year.
At its Massena facility, Alcoa operates an integrated aluminum smelting/fabricating facility and a smelting/casthouse facility. Electrical power is purchased through a long-term contract with the New York Power Authority. The two smelters produce a combined total of 252,000 metric tons of molten aluminum per year.
Massena Alcoans share Alcoa’s vision and determination to be the best aluminum company in the world. For more than a century we have been producing aluminum with a pride and commitment that has made Massena Operations an industry leader and earned us recognition for our superior quality and safety efforts. We are an ISO 9002 and QS 9000 manufacturing quality certified supplier.
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Environmental Responsibility
Tech Prep
March 27, 2009
Each year, Alcoans in Massena Ops’ Environmental Department mentor Massena Central High School students who work toward creative solutions for real-time problems that the plant experiences. The program, called Tech Prep, is sponsored by St. Lawrence University and several local businesses, including Alcoa, which also supports the program through a Small Community Grant. St. Lawrence University students also mentor the teams.
The 2009 team is exploring methods of reducing our environmental footprint by using more environmentally-friendly cleaning products in our plants. The students will make recommendations on “green” products we might incorporate, along with cost estimates for converting to these products. The 2008 team looked at solutions to mitigate increased fluoride concentrations that one of our outfalls experiences during periods of high run-off.
Keystone Teacher
March 27, 2009
Massena Operations sponsored the attendance of a Massena Central School eighth-grade science teacher, Dan Hulse, at the annual Key Issues Institute: Bringing Environmental Issues to the Classroom, in July, 2008 in Colorado. The week long teacher-training program is offered by The Keystone Center, a not-for-profit organization that teaches people how to work through tough environmental issues and devise fair solutions. The teacher training workshop is designed to provide mid-level educators with the process, skills and confidence to investigate current environmental issues with their students.
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Salvation Army Kroc Center
March 27, 2009
In 2008 and 2009, Massena Operations recommended that the Alcoa Foundation award a total grant of $60,000 in support of the Massena Salvation Army’s proposal to build a Kroc Community Center. Community support for the Center has been strong and construction is slated to begin in Spring, 2009.
pictured: GHAE Plant Manager Faye Lawrence, left, and Primary Location Manager Wes Oberholzer, far right, present an Alcoa Foundation check in support of the Kroc Center to Majors William and Cecelia Lynch, commanders of the Massena Salvation Army.
Employee Food Drive
March 27, 2009
Each year, Massena Alcoans hold fundraisers all year long and collect donations for the local food pantries. The Food Drive culminates with the presentation of checks to the Salvation Army, the Neighborhood Center, Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Meals on Wheels to support their holiday food basket drives. In December, 2008, a total of $21,000 was presented to the four organizations on behalf of the Employee Food Drive.
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