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| | Founded | 1902 as a subsidiary of Alcoa | | Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Key people | Richard Evans, President and CEO | | Industry | Aerospace, Mass Transportation, Building, Construction, Packaging, Aluminum, Alumina. | | Products | Aluminas, aluminium sheet, extrusion billet, rod and remelt ingot, alloys, cable, packaging | | Net income |
 $1.786 billion USD (2006) | | Employees | 68,000 (including joint-ventures) | | Website | http://www.alcan.com | Alcan Inc. is Canada's largest aluminum company and the world's third largest, behind its former parent Alcoa (from which it split in 1928) and Rusal (however Alcan is largest by sales). Alcoa announced a hostile take over bid for its progeny on May 7th, 2007, in a deal worth $27 billion USD. The acquisition is expected to face significant political and anti-trust scrutiny. The combined companies would form the largest aluminum producer in the world. On May 22, 2007, Alcan's Board of Directors unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Alcoa Inc.’s unsolicited offer to acquire Alcan. The Board determined that the offer is inadequate in multiple respects and is contrary to the best interests of Alcan’s shareholders. Accordingly, the Board recommends that Alcan shareholders not tender any of their shares to Alcoa. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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History
Founded in 1902 as the Canadian unit of Alcoa, it was spun off in 1928. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Alcan has gone over several name changes:
- Northern Aluminum Company Limited - 1902
- Aluminum Company of Canada Limited - 1925
- registers the name Alcan - 1945
- added French name Aluminium du Canada, Limitée - 1965
- introduce the use of the name Alcan Aluminium Limited in English and Alcan Aluminium Limitée 1966; later used as the offical name of the parent company in 1987
- Alcan Inc. - 2001
From 1935 to 1945, the use of Aluminum in Alcan's name was being disputed by Alcoa, but a decision by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ended the legality of the company's name. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Products Alcan mines bauxite (aluminum ore) and makes and recycles aluminum sheets, foil, wire and cable, and parts for doors, windows and auto parts. Alcan has over 430 facilities in 61 countries and sells to the packaging, transportation and construction industries. Bauxite with penny Bauxite with core of unweathered rock Bauxite is an aluminium ore. ...
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In 1982 the company acquired the British Aluminium Company, renaming the operation British Alcan. In 1999, Alcan made a failed attempt to make a three-way merger between it and algroup (Alusuisse Lonza Group) of Switzerland and Pechiney of France. The proposed merger was blocked by the European Commission due to fears of anti-competition. After the deal fell through, Alcan acquired algroup in 2000. Then in 2003, Alcan acquired Pechiney, completing the original three-way merger plan of 1999. The Laggan Dam was constructed in 1934 to provide hydro-electric power for refining aluminium The aluminium producer British Aluminium Ltd was originally formed as the British Aluminium Company Ltd on 7 May 1894 and was subsequently known as British Alcan Aluminium Plc (1982-1996). ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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Alcan is based in Montreal, Quebec and had revenues of US$23.6 billion and 68,000 employees in 61 countries in 2007. This article needs cleanup. ...
Corporate governance As of March 6, 2007, members of the board of directors of Alcan are: Roland Berger, L. Denis Desautels, Dick Evans, Yves Fortier, Jean-Paul Jacamon, William R. Loomis Jr., Yves Mansion, Christine Morin-Postel, H. Onno Ruding, Guy Saint-Pierre, Gerhard Schulmeyer, Paul M. Tellier, and Milton K. Wong. In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ...
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See also According to its website, Alcan, the big aluminum company headquartered in Montreal, currently operates major mining, manufacturing and corporate facilities in the following African locales:[1] Algiers, Algeria Awaso, Ghana Cairo, Egypt Conakry, Guinea Douala, Cameroon Edea, Cameroon Mohammedia, Morocco Pointe-Noire, Congo Richards Bay, South Africa Sandton, South Africa...
The Laggan Dam was constructed in 1934 to provide hydro-electric power for refining aluminium The aluminium producer British Aluminium Ltd was originally formed as the British Aluminium Company Ltd on 7 May 1894 and was subsequently known as British Alcan Aluminium Plc (1982-1996). ...
External links - Alcan website
- Alcan is named Americas Most Admired Metals Company by Fortune
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