Company Description: Alcoa, Inc. engages in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina worldwide. The company involves in the technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling of aluminum. Its products include precision castings, industrial fasteners, consumer products, food service and flexible packaging products, plastic closures, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company offers flat-rolled products, such as sheet and plate, foil products, and can reclamations; extruded and end products, including extrusion, tube, and architectural products; engineered solutions that comprise aerospace products, automotive components, Alcoa electrical and electronic solutions, castings, auto engineering products, and fasteners; and packaging and consumer products, which include flexible packaging, foodservice packaging, closures, and polymerization and extrusions. Alcoa�s products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, consumer products, building and construction, and industrial applications. The company has bauxite mining interests in Australia, Brazil, Guinea, Jamaica, and Suriname. It also has a joint venture with China International Trust & Investment Company to produce aluminum rolled products in China; and with Elkem Aluminium ANS, a supplier of metals and materials. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in New York, New York.