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Alcoa Wheels Joins Car and Driver Radio for Live Broadcast

April 26, 2008
Cleveland, OH (April 26, 2008) –  Today, Alcoa was invited to join the Car and Driver Radio crew during a live broadcast airing from the Peterson Automotive Museum in Hollywood, California.  The one-hour segment broadcast to over one-million listeners on 100+ regional radio stations, XM Channel 166 and downloadable through iTunes.

Alan Taylor, Host & Executive Producer of Car and Driver Radio, interviewed Brian Thomas, Marketing Communications Manager of Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products.  Taylor and Thomas covered what’s new at Alcoa including how the company is celebrating 60 years of improvement since first inventing the forged aluminum wheel in 1948, the benefits of Dura-Bright® technology, recent OEM and aftermarket platform introductions and Alcoa’s overall automotive production and technology capability. 
 
Click below for links to a copy of the April 26th broadcast.  Also, check your local radio affiliate to join the Car and Driver Radio crew for exceptional weekly industry insight delivered in an entertaining and educational format. 
 
http://benchmarkradio.com/downloads/Car-and-Driver-Radio/CD_042608/CDR_042608_HR3_01.MP3

http://benchmarkradio.com/downloads/Car-and-Driver-Radio/CD_042608/CDR_042608_HR3_02.MP3

http://benchmarkradio.com/downloads/Car-and-Driver-Radio/CD_042608/CDR_042608_HR3_03.MP3

http://benchmarkradio.com/downloads/Car-and-Driver-Radio/CD_042608/CDR_042608_HR3_04.MP3
 
 
About Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products

Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, serves the commercial vehicle, automotive, and defense markets with products used in a range of applications including cast and forged aluminum wheels, aluminum space frames, specialized vacuum die cast products, niche products such as Dura-Bright® and Dura-Flange® wheels and M-Series™ medium truck wheels, as well as a variety of other aluminum components for these markets. AWTP is composed of three divisions: Transportation Products, Commercial Vehicle Wheels, and Automotive Wheels.  It employs 2,800 people at 30 locations worldwide.
 
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined through its active and growing participation in all major aspects of the industry.  Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, structures and building systems. The Company has 97,000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com




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