Splitsville for Alcoa: company separating its metals and engineered products units
by The Canadian Press
Alcoa expects the split to be complete by the second half of 2016
NEW YORK—Alcoa will split into two independent companies, one focused on aluminum production and the other on engineered products for the automotive and aerospace industries.
The Alcoa name will remain with the metals company that does mining, refining and aluminum production at 64 plants worldwide.
The company’s announcement didn’t specify locations for those upstream operations and their 17,000 employees, but Alcoa currently has significant production capacity in the province of Quebec.
The other company, yet to be named, will have 157 locations and 43,000 employees that will provide high-performance products. About 40 per cent of its revenues have come from the aerospace market.
Alcoa expects the split to be complete by the second half of 2016 and has scheduled a morning conference call to discuss details with analysts.
Alcoa chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld will be chief executive of the engineer-products company and be chairman of both companies.
“In the last few years, we have successfully transformed Alcoa to create two strong value engines that are now ready to pursue their own distinctive strategic directions,” Kleinfeld said in a statement.
“With the unanimous support of Alcoa’s Board we now take the next step; launching two leading-edge companies, each with distinct and compelling opportunities, and each ready to seize the future.”
With files from The Associated Press.
