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Alcoa Automotive Castings Names Grethe Hindersland Plant Manager
First Female Plant Manager Appointed at SCC
Hindersland, who is currently production manager at SCC, will assume her new responsibilities effective February 1, 2006. She replaces Roy Hammer, who has been named senior vice president of Elkem Aluminium, a general partnership owned 50 percent by Elkem and 50 percent by Alcoa.
Before being named SCC production manager in 2004, Hindersland held a variety of positions at SCC with increasing responsibility including production supervisor, tooling manager and Alcoa Business System (ABS) manager. She joined Alcoa in 1996 as a production engineer after serving in the Norwegian Air Force.
About Alcoa Automotive Castings
Alcoa Automotive Castings (AAC) is headquartered at the Alcoa Automotive Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, with design offices in Frickenhausen, Germany as well as at the Automotive Center. It has production facilities in Farsund (SCC), as well as in Michigan (MCC) and Kentucky (KCC), USA. All of AAC's operations manufacture components for the suspension and chassis markets and produce sub-frames, cradles, knuckles, brackets and control arms.
About Alcoa
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, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa wheels, and Baco household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 131,000 employees in 43 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
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