Kaiser Aluminum
4385624
225809685
2008-07-15T14:40:45Z
TexasAndroid
271376
Removed category "Companies based in Orange County, California"; Quick-adding category "Companies based in Lake Forest, California" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]])
{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Kaiser Aluminum.
| company_logo =
| company_type = Public ([[NYSE]]: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=KALU KALU])
| foundation = [[1946]] in [[Washington]] state|
| location = Principal: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Foothill Ranch, California|Foothill Ranch]], [[California]] <br />Operational: {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington]] state |
| key_people = Jack A. Hockema - President and Chief Executive Officer
| area_served =
| industry = [[Aluminum]]
| products = rolled aluminum<br />milled aluminum
| revenue = {{profit}} [[US$]]1.1 billion (2005)
| net_income = {{profit}}
| num_employees = 2,000 (2005)
| parent =
| subsid =
| homepage = http://www.kaiseraluminum.com
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kaiser Aluminum''' ({{nasdaq2|KALU}}) is an [[United States|American]] aluminum producer. The company was founded in 1946 by American industrialist [[Henry J. Kaiser]]. Kaiser entered the [[aluminium|aluminum]] business by purchasing two government-owned aluminum facilities in [[Washington]] state. The company grew to be a vertically integrated aluminum producer. Kaiser currently owns 11 fabricating plants that can produce more than 400 million pounds of aluminum annually. The company also owns a 49 percent interest in an aluminum smelter in [[Wales]]. The North American plants produce approximately 500 million pounds per year of value-added sheet, plate, extrusions, forgings, rod, bar, and tube.
Kaiser Aluminum is headquartered in [[Foothill Ranch, California|Foothill Ranch]], [[California]]. In 2005, it recorded revenues of roughly $1.1 billion and employed more than 2,000 people at 11 fabricating facilities throughout North America.
==External links==
* [http://www.kaiseraluminum.com Official site]
[[Category:Aluminium companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:Companies listed on NASDAQ]]
[[Category:Companies based in Lake Forest, California]]