Word: alcoa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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METALS American Can 1.07 1.28 Revere Copper & Brass .79 1.99 National Lead 1.70 2.21 Alcoa .88 1.32 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical...
...nation's basic industry spent their days picketing or doing odd jobs at home, the U.S. this week faced another deadline that could shut down a second major industry. With contracts covering 82% of U.S. aluminum-producing capacity about to expire, the top U.S. aluminum makers-Alcoa, Reynolds, Kaiser-turned down labor's demands for the same wage package that the union failed to get from steel management. Barring a last-minute truce, the United Steelworkers (32,000 aluminum members) and two other unions (28,000 members) were ready to walk out. A stoppage in aluminum would slow...
...Alcoa Theater (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). Comedian Jack Carson, as a brash wildcatter, struggles with an even wilder urchin...
Most obvious upsurge in aluminum is consumer packaging, where the metal is being used for aerosol cans, carrying-cases for soft drinks, keeping beer cool (an aluminum foil laminated can) and covering detergent boxes. Alcoa predicts that aluminum packaging applications, which accounted for 227 million Ibs. last year, will grow to 400 million...
Versatile aluminum is being tested, Alcoa announced last week, as a replacement for bronze bearings in the wheels of railroad cars; aluminum runs 20% cooler than bronze. A market for aluminum power-transmission towers is also developing...