NEW Consolidation Center Eases Access to Popular Products

Meeting the needs of graphic display customers has never been more important to the business operations of Alcan Composites USA than it is in today’s economy; and, that is why the company is pleased to announce the June 8, 2009, opening of its brand-new consolidation center in Glasgow, Ky. The Alcan Composites Consolidation Center will make it easier and more cost-effective for distributors to order and stock their shelves with the company’s most popular graphic display boards – enabling them to more quickly fulfill product orders from graphic display designers and fabricators.



Alcan Composites Consolidation Center in Glasgow, Ky., will stock SKUs of the company's most popular products.


Distributor orders within the same geographic region will be combined at the Alcan Composites Consolidation Center for shipment on the same truck, allowing individual distributors to cost-effectively place product orders for only five skids of material (or one-third of the truck) instead of full truckloads, according to Joseph N. Masters, marketing manager, graphic display, Alcan Composites USA. Individual orders may consist of a mix of the company’s most popular products to fill five skids.

The consolidation center will stock 56 “Quick Ship” items – SKUs of the company’s most often requested standard-sized graphic display boards in its Fome-Cor®, Sintra®, Gator®, e-panel™ and Dibond® lines.

“The Alcan Composites Consolidation Center has been designed to improve distributors’ abilities to cost-effectively stock their shelves as well as to carry a wider variety of our products,” said Masters. “They’ll be better able to quickly fulfill their customers’ orders.”

The Alcan Composites Consolidation Center consists of a 65,000-square-foot metal profile building with six truck bays that is situated on its own 1.5-acre plot near the company’s Glasgow manufacturing facility.

“Alcan Composites is committed to maintaining its long-standing leadership role in the graphic display industry,” said W. Jay Wynne, vice president, sales and marketing, Alcan Composites USA. “This enhanced service model emphasizes our commitment to making it easier for distributors to order our products which, in turn, will help them better meet the needs of end-users – all without additional fees. The costs of opening the consolidation center will be offset by the efficiencies gained through improved truckload utilization.”

Coinciding with the opening of the consolidation center, Alcan Composites carefully examined its graphic display board product line to determine product popularity. Following this process, the company determined that customer needs no longer are being served by the production of its GatorLite™ and Structa-Board™ lines.

To order products, graphic display designers and fabricators should contact their local distributor. A complete list of distributors is available on this web site within the VIP section.

Alcan Composites USA Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of leading substrates for the graphic display market in North America and South America. With manufacturing facilities in Benton, Ky., Statesville, N.C., and Glasgow, Ky., and sales and marketing offices in Mooresville, N.C., our industry leading brands include: Fome-Cor®, Sintra®, Gator®, e-panel™ and Dibond®. For more information, please visit www.AlcanCompositesUSA.com.

About Alcan Composites
Alcan Composites, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan Engineered Products employs 2,700 employees in 21 locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. It is active in manufacturing and commercializing lightweight products for architecture, visual communication, transportation, industrial and wind energy markets. Its well-known brands ALUCOBOND®, DIBOND®, FOREX®/SINTRA®, GATOR®, KAPA®, FOME-COR®, ALUCORE®, AIREX® and BALTEK® are the category leaders in the markets served. For more information, visit www.alcancomposites.com.

About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

® Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator and Dibond are registered trademarks of Alcan Composites USA.
™ e-panel, GatorLite and Structa-Board are trademarks of Alcan Composites USA.

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