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Company Overview

Alcan is a leading global materials company, committed to its shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers and surrounding communities. With 68,000 employees operating in 61 countries and regions, we provide innovative materials and technology worldwide through our four business groups: Bauxite and Alumina, Primary Metal, Engineered Products and Packaging. With our head office in Montreal, Canada, we are a publicly traded company on the Toronto, New York, London, Paris (Euronext) and Swiss stock exchanges, with revenues of $23.6 billion in 2006.

The Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) and its four pillars, Value-Based Management, EHS FIRST, Continuous Improvement and the Alcan People Advantage, equip us with the systems, best practices, capabilities and talent to ensure our continued global success. Throughout our century-plus history, our company values have compelled us to lead the way in both corporate governance and sustainability, which is a guiding principle everywhere at Alcan today.

Four Business Groups

In Bauxite and Alumina, Alcan ranks globally among the top three producers with recognized leadership in technology sales and technical assistance for processing both smelter-grade alumina and specialty aluminas.

In Primary Metal, we are one of the world’s largest primary aluminum producers with the biggest low-cost smelter capacity and our Alcan’s AP technology, the industry benchmark in reliability, energy efficiency, productivity and environmental performance.

In Engineered Products, we are a leading provider of innovative customer-focused fabricated aluminum, composites and other lightweight solutions for the global markets in aerospace, automotive, mass transportation, marine, building, electrical, cable and other specialty segments.

In Packaging, we are the globe’s second largest supplier of value-added specialty packaging, ranking No. 1 in flexible food, pharmaceutical, beauty and tobacco packaging.


Alcan’s Values

Alcan has a long-standing tradition of strong management and corporate governance based on clearly defined corporate values:

Integrity: Standing up for what we believe in and conducting ourselves in an ethical manner

Accountability: Honouring commitments and accepting responsibility for our actions and behaviour

Trust and transparency: Creating an atmosphere of trust and promoting open and timely exchanges

Teamwork: Cooperating and leveraging our abilities to achieve common goals and superior results

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