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Alcan Inc
1188 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 3G2
Canada
North America
Tel: +1 514 848 8000
Fax: +1 514 848 8115
investor.relations@alcan.com
www.alcan.com
| Fortune Global 500 Ranking: |
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214 |
| Date of Establishment: |
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1902 |
| Employees: |
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82,500 |
| Ticker: |
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New York and Toronto: AL |
| SIC Codes: |
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3269 3334 3341 3353 3355 3357 |
| Sector: |
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Metals
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ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW
Alcan Inc is the parent company of an international group involved in many aspects of the aluminum and packaging industries. Operating through subsidiaries, joint ventures and related companies globally, Alcan is involved in bauxite mining, alumina refining, production of specialty alumina, aluminum smelting, manufacturing and recycling, flexible and specialty packaging, as well as related research and development.
On 18 and 26 May 2004, Alcan announced the proposed spin-off of substantially all of the aluminum rolled products businesses held by Alcan prior to the Pechiney Combination to an independent publicly-traded company, later designated as Novelis. The Novelis Spin-off was completed on 6 January 2005.
Alcan's six business groups or operating segments are Bauxite and Alumina, Primary Metal, Rolled Products Americas and Asia, Rolled Products Europe, Engineered Products and Packaging.
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