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2 4 | 06-2008 12-2009 APT ALUMINIUM NEWS
Alcoa and COMAC Explore
Leading Technology Solutions
for C919, China’s Largest Passenger
Aircraft
A prototype of COMAC's C919 passenger jet was on display
at the Asian Aerospace '09 in Hong Kong last month. Alcoa
and COMAC are jointly exploring technology solutions for
the design and development of the new 190-seat aircraft
Alcoa and Commercial Aircraft
Corporation of China
Ltd. (COMAC) are jointly
exploring leading technology
solutions for the design
and development of China’s
new, large passenger jet, the
C919. Through a technology
cooperation agreement, the
two companies are examining
advanced aluminium
structural concepts, designs
and alloys to create the 190seat
aircraft.
“We are working closely
with COMAC to develop a
tailored solution that will
meet COMAC’s goal of creating
a globally competitive,
high-performance, economical
commercial airliner,” said
Helmut Wieser, Alcoa executive
vice-president and group
president Global Rolled Products
and Asia. The aircraft will
be assembled in Shanghai, but
will source parts and components
globally.
“The C919 will be the
largest passenger jet to be
produced in China. Our goal
is to design an efficient, highperformance
structure that
will compete in the global
aerospace market. Therefore,
it is imperative that we look
at design alternatives and
collaborate with innovative
materials technology leaders
like Alcoa,” said Wu Guanghui,
chief designer of the C919
program and vice president of
COMAC.
A prototype of the C919
was displayed at the Asian
Aerospace International
Expo and Congress in Hong
Kong in September 2009.
There is strong market interest
for this aircraft based on
China’s expected long-term
growth in global passenger
traffic demand. The C919 is
expected to take its first flight
in 2014 and enter service in
2016.
Alcoa has 15 locations
throughout China. Offices
and plants are located in
Beijing, Shanghai, Qinhuangdao,
Kunshan, Suzhou,
Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Alcoa’s advanced alloys and
materials are used on China’s
first home-produced regional
jet, the ARJ21-700.
www.alcoa.com/aerospace
www.alcoa.com
Ebner receives
order for pusher
furnaces from
Shandong Nanshan
Shandong Nanshan Aluminium
Co. Ltd recently
signed another contract
with Ebner, a leading producer
of heat treatment
facilities, for two ‘Hicon’
pusher furnace facilities to
homogenise and reheat aluminium
ingots.
The entire facility will then
consist of four Hicon pushertype
furnaces. Each furnace
can heat-treat 25 ingots
with a maximum combined
net weight of 750 tonnes.
The ingot handling system,
already commissioned for the
first two furnaces in 2006, will
be expanded to serve the two
new furnaces as well. As with
the existing facilities, the new
one will be equipped with a
state-of-the-art automation
system with integrated ingot
tracking and ingot temperature
measuring to enable fully
automatic operation.
The facility will be turnkey
installed by Ebner. Commissioning
of the facility is scheduled
for the end of 2010.
www.ebnerfurnaces.com
Photo: Business Wire
Rusnano and Alcoa Sign a
Memorandum of Understanding
Alcoa president and CEO
Klaus Kleinfeld and Rusnano
CEO Anatoly Chubais
have signed a memorandum
of understanding to explore
opportunities for applying
nanotechnology in the aluminium
industry.
The two companies have
identified several promising
technical and commercial
fields to begin pursuing
together. These include
off-shore oil and gas dril-
ling systems, high-efficiency
power transmission, nextgeneration
lighting, energyefficient
buildings and transportation
systems and green
packaging.
The signing took place
during a visit by a Rusnano
delegation to Alcoa’s New
York headquarters and the
Alcoa Technical Center in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Commenting on the
results of the visit, Klaus
Kleinfeld said: “This partnership
with Rusnano offers
great promise for Alcoa and
the entire aluminium industry.
Building on our existing
investment and presence in
Russia, we are proud to be a
partner of the leading Russian
nanotechnology institution.”
Alcoa has been present in
Russia since 1993. In 2005, the
company purchased two leading
aluminium fabricating
facilities Alcoa SMZ (formerly
the Samara metallurgical
plant) and Alcoa Metallurg
Rus (formerly Belaya Kalitva
metallurgical production
plant.). Alcoa has modernized
the facilities, investing
more than USD750 million
in upgrades. Together with
Rusnano, Alcoa continues
that modernization with the
new development of cuttingedge,
advanced technologies
for aluminium production in
Russia.
The Company anticipates
the partnership will not only
contribute to the increase in
the aluminium products consumption
in the country, but
will also assist in diversifying
and innovating the Russian
economy.
Rusnano CEO Anatoly
Chubais stated: “Having been
established in 2007, our cor-
poration has occupied a very
active position in working
with the world’s leading companies
and scientific institutions
on developing and localizing
the nanotechnologies in
Russia. We work in cooperation
with the most renowned
Russian scientists and experts
to identify and commercialize
the innovative technologies
that will take the Russian
economy to the next level of
development. I am confident
that the memorandum of
understanding that we signed
with Alcoa, one of the global
leaders in the production of
aluminium and aluminium
products, is a first step on the
road to a very beneficial joint
cooperation that will heavily
rely on both parties’ expansive
knowledge and expertise.
With Alcoa, we are looking
forward to the implementation
of the concrete projects
of bringing nanotechnologies’
advantage for the creation of
the new generation aluminium
products for the Russian
and export markets.”
The Russian Corporation
of Nanotechnologies (Rusna-
Opening of the most modern plant
for the production of aluminum profiles
by Montana Tech Components AG
Montana Tech Components
AG, Menziken (Switzerland),
opened the most
modern production plant
for aluminium profiles in
Baia Mare in Romania. The
plant was built to fulfil a
long-term contract with
EADS/Airbus Industries.
Montana Tech Components
AG (MTC) inaugurated
on November 11, 2009
together with its Romanian
daughter company UAC
Europe S.R.L a new production
plant for aluminium profiles
for the aerospace industry
in Baia Mare/Dumbravita
in the province Maramures in
Romania. A 5-year long-term
contract with Airbus Industries
built the basis for the
construction of the plant by
the MTC division Aerospace
& Industrial Components.
The contract is supposed
to gene-rate a yearly turnover
of about EUR25 million and
secures the base load from
2010 on. The certification
process by Airbus Industries
is already partly finished. Also
with Boeing the production
of aluminium components
may be set up.
The production with the
1 st press started in May 2009.
Currently already three presses
are running and the 4 th
press will start in the beginning
of 2010.
The plant will have a yearly
capacity of 2.000 tonnes at
full use of capacity and holds
a yearly turnover potential of
about EUR30 million.
The reason for the location
was the wage costs which are
15% less than in Switzerland.
Klaus Sernetz, CEO the Montana
Tech Components AG:
„To be able to compete with
international market prices
we had to transfer the production
to a low cost country.“
The volume of the project
amounts to EUR30 million in
total. In 2010 a cast house will
be built on the factory premise
Alcan Automotive
creates joint venture in China
Alcan Engineered and
Automotive Solutions
(EAS), part of Alcan Engineered
Products, signed a
joint venture (JV) agreement
with Changchun Engley
Automobile Parts Co.
Ltd (Engley).
The JV company will be
based in the northeastern
Chinese city of Changchun
with a second manufacturing
plant located in Kunshan,
close to Shanghai, to serve
several car manufacturers
in both the northern and
southern regions of China.
Alcan Automotive will be
the majority shareholder and
expects to start supplying
products in late 2009.
Alcan Engley Automotive
Structures Co. Ltd will
develop and produce crash
management systems, instrument
panel beams and other
structural modules made of
aluminium. The company
sees a strong demand for
its products, which help to
develop the next generation
of greener, more fuel-efficient
cars in China and Asia.
“China is posting double digit
growth in car sales and will
continue to offer exceptional
growth opportunities for our
engineered products in the
coming years”, says Wolfgang
Schmitz, president EAS.
Through several project
acquisitions in recent years,
Alcan EAS has become a
strong supplier of advanced
lightweight solutions in
Europe and North America.
Incorporating the partnership
with Engley is the next logical
step to tackle the Chinese and
Asian markets.
no) was established in 2007
to effect government policy
in the field of nanotechnology.
Rusnano co-invests in
nanotechnology industry
projects that have high commercial
potential or considerable
social benefit. Earlystage
investment by Rusnano
lowers the risks to partners in
investment from the private
sector.
Rusnano participates in
building nanotechnology
infrastructure, provides educational
programs, and supports
the popularization of
nanoscience and nanotechnology.
To enable the Russian
nanotechnology industry to
strengthen its international
links and to advance to the
global market, Rusnano
develops partnerships with
the world’s leading nano-technology
centers and organizes
the annual Nanotechnology
International Forum in
Russia.
www.rusnano.com
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and including this expansion
the turnover shall be tripled
over the next 3-4 years.
Montana Tech Components
AG (MTC) focuses on
selected key technologies in
global markets which show a
particularly rapid growth and
a strong growth potential in
the medium term.
Montana Tech Components
AG wants to
consistently further
develop its three divisions
Aerospace & Industrial Components,
Metal Tech and Varta
Micro Power.
www.montanatechcomponents.com
Engley, a Taiwan-owned
enterprise, is headquartered
in Changchun City, Jilin
Province of China.
In both Suzhou and
Changchun, Engley has a
strong production base for
automotive parts and mould
manufacturing. Engley is not
only a supplier of steel and aluminium
crash management
and body-in-white modules,
but is also the largest Chinese
supplier of long glass fibre
thermoplastic parts.
www.alcan.com