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]]