ALCOA TEAMS WITH JAY LENO'S BIG DOG GARAGE AND GM ADVANCED DESIGN ON LENO'S NEW ECOJET

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ALCOA TEAMS WITH JAY LENO'S BIG DOG GARAGE AND GM ADVANCED DESIGN ON LENO'S NEW ECOJET
09 August 2007 - Alcoa

Alcoa announced that it has been working with Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage and General Motors Advanced Design to provide structural engineering expertise, spaceframe technology and high-performance forged aluminum wheels for Mr. Leno’s EcoJet, introduced this week at SEMA in Las Vegas.

“Mr. Leno approached Alcoa as a result of the collaboration between GM and Alcoa on the Cadillac Sixteen,” according to Misha Riveros-Jacobson, President of Alcoa Auto and Truck Structures. “We eagerly accepted the opportunity to work with Big Dog Garage and GM Advanced Design on the EcoJet because their goal of developing an absolutely stunning vehicle powered by biofuel, but yet extremely high-performance, played right to Alcoa’s area of automotive expertise.”

Engineers from the Alcoa Technical Center worked with GM’s Advanced Design staff and Big Dog Garage to provide structural engineering, and joining and assembly resources for the EcoJet from design through construction.

In addition, Alcoa’s Forged Specialty Wheels supplied the aluminum for the EcoJet’s highly-stylized wheels. “The EcoJet’s wheels are perfect complements to the EcoJet’s turbine power plant. With the spokes resembling turbine blades, the wheels add yet another fascinating design queue for the vehicle,” according to Kevin Kramer, president of Alcoa Wheel Products.

Alcoa has more than two decades of experience in spaceframe design, engineering and manufacturing and is a global leader in manufacturing forged aluminum wheels for automobiles, light and heavy trucks.

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About: Alcoa
Alcoa is a leading producer of primary aluminium, fabricated aluminium and alumina and is active in all major aspects of the industry. It serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production, and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses as a single solution to customers. The company has 120 000 employees in 41 countries.

In addition to aluminium products and components, Alcoa also makes and markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap, Alcoa wheels, and Baco household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks.

Alcoa makes a very sustainable product: almost 70% of the aluminium ever produced is still in use, equalling 480 million tonnes of a total 690 million tonnes manufactured since 1886.

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