Improving Our Products

Through their light weight, high strength, durability, and recyclability, our products are inherently sustainable and improve the sustainability of our customers’ products.

Product Design & Life Cycle
We were the first aluminum company to receive…
Cradle to Cradle® Certification for our products.
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Transportation
 
To improve the fuel efficiency of commercial fleets…
We introduced a new line of forged truck wheels in Europe in 2012.
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Packaging
 
With a 73% global recycling rate, the aluminum can…
Is the most recycled container in the world.
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Building & Construction
Our Reynobond® with EcoClean™ is the first…
Coil-coated architectural panel that helps clean itself and the air around it.
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Consumer Electronics
Alcoa EcoWise™ aluminum alloy reduces…
The net environmental impact of handheld and mobile electronic devices.
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Industrial & Engineered
A million of our fasteners fly…
On every Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane.
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Recycling
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation invested close to US$5 million between 2007 and 2012…
to develop community-based recycling programs.
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Capturing Growth
Alcoa continues to invest in high-growth regions and...
Innovative, revenue-enhancing technologies.
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