Alcoa Leads Metals Sector in Fortune 500 Ranking; Named to List Every Year Since 1955
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Alcoa (NYSE:AA) led the ?Metals
category ?of eight companies in the 2013 ?Fortune 500 ?ranking
of the largest U.S. companies. It also ranked 128 in the overall ranking
of the largest corporations based on revenues, profits and market value.
Alcoa is one of the 57 original Fortune 500 companies who have been on
the list every year since it was started in 1955.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary
and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite
and refiner of alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum
industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the
aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30
countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com,
follow @Alcoa on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Alcoa
and follow Alcoa on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Alcoa.
Alcoa
Investor Contact
Kelly Pasterick, 212-836-2674
Kelly.Pasterick@alcoa.com
or
Media
Contact
Monica Orbe, 212-836-2632
Monica.Orbe@alcoa.com