Alcan Engineered Products Takes Aluminum 2008 By Storm

“Alcan Engineered Products bases its success on consistently offering innovative materials and solutions to help our customers address their business challenges and environmental issues in a cost-efficient way,” Christel Bories, president and chief executive officer of Alcan Engineered Products.

Alcan Engineered Products is committed to helping major industry and renewable energy sectors meet their environmental challenges by offering eco-friendly, energy-efficient and sustainable products.

At the Aluminum 2008 fair Alcan Engineered Products demonstrated how R&D capabilities and applications continue to broaden the role of aluminum and composites as the materials of choice for major industries such as aerospace, transportation, automotive, can stock, construction and renewable energy.

Some of the products Alcan showcased at the fair include:

Lightweight materials:

        - Automotive parts to lower CO2 emissions from mass-produced vehicles

        - Cutting-edge functional surface products, including new

          ALUCOBOND(R) finishes enhancing the environmental performance of

          buildings

        - Coating systems for decorative aluminum automotive parts, increasing their

           resistance to external influences

        - Large extrusions for aircraft fuselage frames

Renewable energies:

        - Composite material applications for wind turbines, including a

          combination of AIREX(R) foam and BALTEK(R) balsawood in the same

          sandwich structure

        - A range of Solar Surface(R) products specifically developed for outdoor use

Recycling:

        - Closed-loop recycling for used beverage cans

Alcan Engineered Products manufactures and markets engineered materials and solutions for a wide range of industrial sectors, including aerospace, automotive, mass transportation, building and energy.