ALCAN APPOINTS EWING AS FIRST GENERAL MANAGER OF NEW AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES BUSINESS

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ALCAN APPOINTS EWING AS FIRST GENERAL MANAGER OF NEW AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES BUSINESS
29 October 2003 - Alcan Automotive

Dale F. Ewing has been appointed general manager, Automotive Structures North America, for Alcan Automotive. In this new position, Ewing will be responsible for Alcan’s growth as a Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier of lightweight structural products for the North American automotive market.

Building on Alcan’s successful automotive business in Europe, Ewing will lead in the establishment of a new group to engineer and market lightweight structural sub-assemblies and crash-management systems in North America. This will include the construction and start-up of new manufacturing facilities in Saguenay, Quebec, and Novi, Michigan, to initially produce aluminum bumper beams.

In conjunction with Alcan’s market leadership in aluminum body sheet, the establishment of the structural products group represents a strategic expansion of the company's North American automotive supply business.

Ewing has held a variety of key engineering, manufacturing and business management positions in the auto industry in Canada and the United States. Before joining Alcan, he was a director of sales for Tower Automotive, based in Novi, Michigan. Previously, he held positions as business unit leader with Tower Automotive and A.O. Smith Corp. and a variety of senior operations and engineering positions with Eaton Corporation.

A native of Dresden, Ontario, Canada, Ewing holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, and a master’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University in East Lansing. He is married and lives with his wife and two children in Dexter, Michigan.

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About: Alcan Automotive
Alcan is a multinational company in aluminium and packaging, as well as aluminium recycling, with operations in primary aluminium, fabricated aluminium as well as flexible and specialty packaging, aerospace applications, bauxite mining and alumina processing. Alcan employs 88,000 people and has operating facilities in 58 countries and regions.

The merger of Alcan Inc. with Alusuisse Group Ltd. has created a materials company that offers global market coverage and advanced technology solutions in aluminium and other lightweight materials. Alcan has become a leader in the significant growth taking place for aluminium in the automotive sector as manufacturers strive to produce safer, lighter, affordable vehicles.

The organisation currently represents a US$13 billion global enterprise with strong anticipated growth in our automotive businesses, operating under the banner of Alcan Automotive.

A global R&D network, with technology centres located in key markets around the world, combined with an extensive network of aluminium smelters and manufacturing facilities, provides the automobile industry with complete solutions, from materials delivery to design and manufacture of quality vehicle components and modules.

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