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September 16, 2011
ALCOA RUSSIA TOGETHER WITH BECEMA COMPANY INTRODUCED NEW ALUMINUM SOLUTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION
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On September 15, 2011 Alcoa Russia and Becema introduced new advanced product for the commercial transportation market - the semitrailer made of the new aluminum alloy. The presentation took place within the framework of the traditional event ‘Becema Days’ which annually takes place on the territory of the Machine-building Plant in Krasnogorsk city.
Aluminum cement trucks and petrol tank trucks are manufactured on the basis of 1565Ch – Alcoa Russia new innovating aluminum alloy. Due to the use of 1565Ch alloy it is possible to reduce tank weight by 25-30%. Being lighter and stronger than steel solutions, aluminum allows to reduce the weight of the transport vehicle, which results in reduction of gas consumption when transporting goods. Among the benefits of aluminum tanks are improved corrosion resistance, high depreciable value during material disposal and good ecological properties. These vehicles are characterized by reliability, high quality of execution and safety.
Within the framework of Becema Days Becema plant tours were organized with the aim to show the visitors semitrailers at all the stages of production – from metal pieces to finished samples.
Agenda also included presentations prepared by leading experts in the sphere of commercial automobile engineering.
Among reporters:
- Alexander Drits, Alcoa Russia Technology Director: ‘Alcoa Russia Technical capabilities in manufacturing aluminum alloy products for transport machine building’
- Dietrich Wieser – Doctor of Engineering – Alcoa Europe Business Development Director in Transport segment: ‘Experience of using aluminum alloys in transport machine building’
- Serge Timmermans, Alcoa Wheel Products Europe Commercial Director, and Tomasz Krawczyk, Alcoa Wheel Products Europe Sales Manager: ‘Advantages of aluminum wheels use in freight transport’
The main guests of Becema Days included the buyers of the goods, produced at the plant, suppliers of the component parts, partners – MAN, Volvo, MZKT (Minsk wheeled tractor plant), SAF, Binotto, HYVA, Camozzi – as well as regional dealers from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world’s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the past 120 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral part of Alcoa’s operating practices and the product design and engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for nine consecutive years and approximately 75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 59,000 people in 31 countries across the world.
Alcoa first entered Russia in 1993. In 2005 the company acquired two fabricating facilities in Samara and Belaya Kalitva. Since 2005 Alcoa has invested over $750 million to upgrade its Russian facilities.
More information can be found at www.alcoa.com, www.alcoa.ru
INFORMATION ABOUT BECEMA PLANT
Krasnogorsk Machine Engineering Plant Becema was founded in 1932; it is the leading plant in Russia in the sphere of automobile engineering.
Its main sphere of activities includes production of special-purpose automotive transport.
Key products of the plant:
Tank semitrailers, used for the transportation of:
- Granular, powdery materials (cement, dolomite and barite powders,
- Mineral fertilizers, flour, compound feeding stuff), 10-35 weight carrying capacity;
- Light oils (gasoline, diesel oil, dissolvents);
- Dark oils (bitumen, black oil fuel, petroleum, heating gas oil);
- Liquefied hydrocarbon gases (propane - butane);
- Food products.
Road-building equipment:
- Bitumen spraying machine;
- Insulated hoppers for poured asphalt;
- Broken-stone ballast distributors;
- Roadside filling vehicles;
- Vehicles for road patching.
Technological equipment for the plants producing bitumen emulsions and containers for the storage of bitumen emulsion that has is ready for use and original components (bitumen, acid bath, aqueous phase, emulsifying agent).
Technological equipment for the plants belonging to cement, chemical and metallurgical industry (pneumatic transport, slat-type conveyors, elevators).
Dump trucks on chassis of VOLVO, MAN, SCANIA, IVECO, RENAULT, DAF, Mercedes-Benz, KAMAZ, URAL, MAZ cars with 10 - 53 m3 (6x4, 6x6, 8x4) body space for the transportation of sand, gravel, soil, hot asphalt, grain, seeds.
Becema products are successfully used at Lafarge Cement, Mordovcement, Schurovsk Cement, Uzbekistan Road-Building Organization, Surgut – Oil and Gas, Lukoil – Trans, Tumenburgas, Danon, Rosneft, Gaspromneft, Lukoil, TNK, RIAS, Yug Rusi, Halliburton, as well as at many other state and commercial enterprises; Becema products are also exported.
Regular customers of the plant: Eurocement, Knauf, Don-story, Federal Road Agency, AZK main (TNK-BP official carrier), WestOilGroup (Ukraine, Lutsk city), Almazy Rossii Sakha, Sibur-gas service and other companies.
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