Alcoa Warrick Operations Wins Recognition from Customer

One of the world′s largest and leading manufacturers of lithographic
plates for the offset printing industry has awarded Alcoa Warrick
Operations with its 2010 Aluminum Supplier Quality Award.

Representatives from Fujifilm Manufacturing USA in Greenwood, S.C.,
recently presented the award to Alcoa′s employees during a visit to
Warrick Operations, located near Newburgh, Ind.

While Fujifilm has other global suppliers, the company selected Alcoa
for this annual award based on the superior quality, delivery
performance, partnership and overall customer service that employees at
Warrick Operations provided to Fujifilm′s Greenwood, S.C., facility in
2010. Fujifilm uses Alcoa′s aluminum to produce superior quality
pre-sensitized printing plates.

David Hine, Senior Engineer at Fujifilm′s Greenwood facility, said the
annual award is given after careful consideration of the performance of
all of its suppliers.

'While the surface quality and performance results are critical,
additional selection criteria include the quality of both technical and
commercial service components,? Hine said. 'In sum, it's the total
quality of the aluminum coils and performance by Alcoa over the course
of the entire year.?

Ed Hemmersbach, Location Manager for the Rigid Packaging Division at
Warrick Operations, said the nearly 2,000 employees who work across
Alcoa Warrick Operations are proud of the award.

'We work hard every day to consistently exceed the expectations of our
customers. It′s what we do - safely producing world-class aluminum sheet
to our customers with excellent quality and delivery lead-times.?

In a relatively short time frame, Alcoa Warrick Operations has
demonstrated world-class success in producing lithographic-grade metal.
The facility near Newburgh, Ind., one of Alcoa′s largest, began
manufacturing coils of metal for the lithographic industry about five
years ago, diversifying the plant′s products.

In August of 2007, Alcoa dedicated its Lithographic Cleaning Line at
Warrick Operations. Prior to the line′s installation, Warrick Operations
produced some lithographic metal, but the new line improved the plant′s
capabilities. Since that investment, Alcoa Warrick Operations has become
the only manufacturer in the United States of high-grade lithographic
sheet. Alcoa also produces lithographic sheet at its plant in Bohai,
China.

Already a leader in providing thin-gauge aluminum for the food and
beverage industry, Warrick′s employees leveraged their technical
expertise in producing lithographic sheet, which has exacting standards
for flatness and surface quality. While other flat-rolled products have
strong quality standards, litho′s requirements exceed those because of
the metal′s end use.

'With our proven quality systems and world-class performance with
light-gauge aluminum, litho has played to our strengths,? said
Hemmersbach. 'From edge to edge and end to end, we are committed to
delivering high-quality metal to our customers.?

About Alcoa

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) 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 120 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 nine consecutive years and approximately
75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 59,000 people in 31
countries across the world. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.

About Warrick Operations

Warrick Operations is an integrated facility housing a 270,000 metric
ton per year (mtpy) primary aluminum smelter and the Rigid Packaging
Division that produces aluminum sheet for beverage and food can ends,
tabs, and other flat-rolled aluminum products. The facility is the
world′s largest producer of coated container sheet and the only North
American supplier of high-quality lithographic sheet. An economic impact
study conducted in YEAR by the University of Southern Indiana′s Center
for Applied Research shows that Warrick Operations generates $6.6
million in daily output value to the Evansville Metropolitan Area. The
facility includes more than 120 acres of buildings and more than 14,000
acres in the community. Learn more at www.alcoa.com/warrick.

Alcoa Warrick Operations

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