Alcoa Corporation history, company profile (overview) and history video
Alcoa Corporation is an industrial company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State. It offers aluminum, alumina, and bauxite.
Alcoa is an acronym for Aluminum Company of America.
HISTORY
Alcoa was founded in 1888 as The Pittsburgh Reduction Company.
In 1925, the company was listed on the New York Curb Exchange (forerunner of the American Stock Exchange).
In 1998, the company changed its name to Alcoa Corporation.
In 2016, Alcoa split into two separate entities, Alcoa Corporation (mining and manufacturing raw aluminum) and Arconic Inc. (aluminum and other metals processing).
With more than 12,000 employees, Alcoa Corporation is considered one of the largest aluminum producers in the world. According to Forbes, it is considered one of the Largest Public Companies in the World.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, and Alcoa.com
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