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May 20, 2013 Alcoa Foundation Presents Sustainability Awards to Young Talent at Intel ISEF 2013 Special Awards Ceremony
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May 16, 2013 Alcoa Reduces Greenhouse Gases by 23 Percent from 2005 Baseline
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Whether machining an engine cowling for a fighter jet, manufacturing vacuum chambers for semiconductors, or designing plastic injection mold tooling for today's hottest vehicles, Alcoa Mold and Tooling Products supplies leading edge aluminum products to these unique industries.

QC-10® Aluminum Mold Alloy
Alcoa's Highest Strength Tooling Alloy
Aluminum has always been considered the leading material for tooling products because of cost and availability, ease of machining and dependability. With advancements in alloy development and processing techniques, QC-10® Aluminum Mold Alloy has penetrated into production tooling for the cost savings benefits with the reduction of cycle time, improved machining and polishing performance and better process efficiency.
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6013 Power Plate®
Alcoa's High Machinability Alloy
Customer surveys have shown that good machinability is a key requirement for most 6061 Aluminum Plate applications. 6013 - Power Plate offers improved machinability, higher hardness, increased strength and smoother sawed and machined surfaces than existing 6061-T651 plate. 6013 - Power Plate users experience all of these benefits without sacrificing the excellent corrosion resistance, weldability and thermal conductivity of 6061-T651.
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MIC 6® Aluminum Cast Plate
The Best of the Best
MIC 6® Aluminum Cast Plate is a blend of the most desirable features of many individual metals. The result is a cast aluminum plate that meets the challenge of product accuracy demanded by today's industry. Because of its cast granular structure and stress relieving properties, MIC 6® Aluminum Cast Plate allows high-speed metal removal with little, if any, of the distortion commonly inherent in long grained wrought, flat-rolled metals.
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