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Alcoa Honored For Customer-Supplier Relationship by Crown Cork & Seal
Tuesday 02. February 2010 - Alcoa Rigid Packaging Has Distinction of Being Only Supplier to Receive Supplier Join-In Award in Consecutive Years
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its Rigid Packaging Division was awarded the “Supplier Join-In Award” from Crown Cork & Seal North America, for the second consecutive year. Alcoa supplies the packaging producer with aluminum can sheet from its Warrick (Indiana) Operations and Tennessee Operations.
Crown created the Supplier Join-In Award to strengthen its customer-supplier relationships in many areas from innovation to quality performance. The award is an annual recognition of suppliers demonstrating the best example of adhering to and exceeding the program goals.
“This recognition goes to the Alcoa employees who worked jointly on projects to make the supplier relationship stronger, create value for both companies, and provide opportunities for future innovation,” said Kent Johnson, Commercial Director, Alcoa Rigid Packaging.
“More than any other aluminum supplier, Alcoa has embraced the key concepts of our process. During meetings with Alcoa, discussions were held with dozens of individuals from different parts of the organization — Safety, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Technical, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service along with Senior Management. This type of commitment will lead us to even better performance in 2010,” said Richard H. Nunn, Vice President of Sourcing, Crown Cork & Seal USA.
Some of the projects completed in 2009 through the program include:
Training – Alcoa provided training classes and technical support to Crown personnel to better understand beverage can and end making, as well as the food cans-making process.
Cost Reductions -Joint cost reduction activities, including weight and gauge reduction, are expected to bring significant savings to both parties in 2010.
Company Participation – Alcoas involvement from all levels of the organization exemplified its sincere commitment to the partnership.
Alcoa Rigid Packaging serves customers worldwide by providing aluminum sheet for a wide variety of packaging applications including food and beverage containers.