Alcoa is supplying the seat tracks, from raw material to
finished part, by utilizing its titanium ingot melting
and billetizing, extrusion, machining, processing and
assembly capabilities gained through the RTI
acquisition. These
contracts build on last year’s deal with Boeing for
flat-rolled aluminum sheet and plate products, valued at
more than $1 billion. That agreement established Alcoa
as a sole supplier to Boeing for wing skins on all of
its metallic structure airplanes. Alcoa plate products,
used in applications such as wing ribs, wing skins or
other structural parts of the aircraft, are used on
every Boeing platform, including the 787. The agreement
also established deeper collaboration on new,
high-strength and corrosion-resistant alloys, including
aluminum-lithium.
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