NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that the new 233-foot tall air traffic control tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States, is clad in Alcoa's lightweight Reynobond® aluminum composite material panels. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioned Jacobs of Arlington, Virginia, to design a new, modern air traffic control tower for LaGuardia Airport to replace the existing a
ROBBINSVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today kicked off a $110 million modernization project at Cheoah Dam, one of four hydroelectric dams that make up Alcoa Power Generating Inc.?s Tapoco Project. The modernization effort will increase the dam?s efficiency and energy output and increase the life of the dam by at least another 40-50 years. ?Hydropower is clean, renewable, reliable and efficient,? said Rick Bowen, Alcoa Energy President. ?These attributes equal sustainability ? sust
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ma?aden-Alcoa joint venture has selected Wagstaff, Inc. to supply the joint venture?s vertical direct chill casting complex with t-ingot, rolling ingot, and extrusion billet casting equipment. The contract includes capital equipment and technology to produce aluminum rolling ingot and extrusion billet at the casting complex, currently under construction and scheduled to start production in 2013 in Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia. The greenfield smelter and rolling mill c
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mary Zappone, President of Alcoa Oil and Gas, was one of the leading female executives from FORTUNE 500 companies who served as mentors this year to a promising group of young college women participating in the intensive, National Math and Science ?Young Leaders Program.? The program is designed to provide role models for students majoring in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math), and is a collaboration among FORTUNE magazine, the National Math and
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) announced today the expiration and final results of its Maximum Tender Offer, which is its tender offer to purchase for cash up to the Maximum Tender Amount (as described below) of its outstanding 6.00% Notes due 2012 and its 5.375% Notes due 2013. As of 5:00 p.m., ET, on August 23, 2010, the expiration date for the Maximum Tender Offer, the aggregate principal amount of 2012 Notes tendered and not withdrawn was $194,854,000, representing 37.71% of
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that Kevin J. Anton has been named Chief Sustainability Officer, responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy that integrates all of the Company?s sustainability efforts. Anton, who has led the Alcoa Sustainability Steering Committee for the past year, comes to his new role after serving as Vice President, Finance and Strategy, for Alcoa Global Primary Products. He will remain a Vice President of Alcoa and a member of the Company?
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Chris L. Ayers an Executive Vice President of the Company. Additionally, Ayers has been named Chief Operating Officer for Alcoa?s Global Primary Products business, effective immediately. ?Chris has a proven track record for translating operational performance into sustainable financial outcomes,? said Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. ?Since joining Alcoa earlier this year, he has quickly ma
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa?s Reynobond® aluminum composite material was selected for the façade of 100 Park Avenue, the first retrofit building in New York City to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification. 100 Park Avenue was one of the first steel and glass modern skyscrapers that transformed Park Avenue into a desirable business address. The SL Green Realty Corporation and Prudential Real Estate commissioned Moed de Armas & Shannon Architect o
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Inc. announced today preliminary results of its Maximum Tender Offer, which is its tender offer to purchase for cash up to the Maximum Tender Amount (as described below) of its outstanding 6.00% Notes due 2012 and 5.375% Notes due 2013. As of the Early Tender Date, which was 5:00 p.m. ET on August 6, 2010, the aggregate principal amount of 2012 Notes tendered and not withdrawn was $188,053,000, representing 36.39% of the $516,709,000 aggregate principal amount of
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) announced today the expiration and final results of the Company?s tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its 6.50% Notes due 2011. As of 5:00 p.m., ET, on August 2, 2010, the expiration date for the Any and All Tender Offer, the aggregate principal amount of 2011 Notes tendered in the Any and All Tender Offer was $253,412,000, representing 43.43% of the $583,467,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Notes outstanding. All of the 2011
