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Bellwood -- Acquired by Kaiser in 1997, the Bellwood plant produces standard and specialty extrusions for the distribution and ground transportation markets. The Virginia facility operates six extrusion presses, the largest of which is a 5,000-ton, 18-inch press. Shipping capacity is 120 million pounds a year, and supporting cast capacity is more than 132 million pounds. Canton -- This Ohio-based business casts intake manifolds and other products, such as structural castings and pre-forms, for automotive and truck applications. Process capabilities include permanent and semi-permanent mold using both gravity casting and tilt-pour methods, and CNC (computer- and numerically controlled) machining. Erie -- AKW L.P., a global joint venture of Kaiser and Accuride Corporation, designs, makes, and markets aluminum wheels for the commercial transportation industry. The 50-50 venture, located in Pennsylvania, also manufactures aluminum tire curing molds. Greenwood -- Built in 1989, this high-volume forging facility in South Carolina specializes in cold forged products for the automotive market. The 10-press forge has a sister facility -- a state-of-the-art machine shop, also in Greenwood. Built in 1990, Greenwood Machine has both dedicated CNC lines and custom index cells for finish-machining products made at the forge. Both facilities are QS 9000 certified. Jackson -- The Tennalum plant in Jackson, Tennessee, produces 45 million pounds annually of rod and bar -- including screw machine stock -- for the automotive and aerospace industries, among others. The plant began operations in 1989, and offers a highly automated two-press operation with a complete range of in-line finishing services. It is widely recognized for its customer focus and self-directed work team organization ... has attained ISO 9002 quality certification ... and has won such honors as the prestigious Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, the Tennessee Quality Award, and the 21st Century Organizational Excellence Award from Clemson University. Los Angeles -- The Los Angeles (City of Commerce) plant, with its remelt and casting facility and press capability of up to 4,000 tons, can produce 90 million pounds of log and billet annually as well as 60 million pounds of extrusions for the transportation, durable goods, and other markets. To handle fabricating operations, a facility at nearby Santa Fe Springs was commissioned in 1993. Together, the two ISO 9002-certified Los Angeles area facilities furnish automotive customers with products such as anti-lock braking system components and baffles for passenger-side air bags. Newark -- This Ohio rod and bar plant houses a remelt and casting facility which produces forging stock in diameters of up to 23 inches, an automated 6,600-ton indirect extrusion press, and a 10-inch mill. Newark's product mix builds on its strengths in billet, forging stock, and hard-alloy redraw rod. The plant won ISO 9002 quality certification in 1996. Oxnard -- Located on the Southern California coast, Oxnard is a principal supplier of closed and open die and impact-extruded forgings to the automotive OEM, sporting goods, aerospace, and industrial products markets. It also produces hand forgings for commercial aircraft and aerospace applications. Oxnard's presses range in size from 1,300 to 5,000 tons. Richland -- Richland Specialty Extrusions can manufacture products for the automotive, transportation, export, recreation, agriculture, and other industrial markets. Located in Washington state, the plant has a 4,000-ton press and is equipped to produce seamless tubing in both hard and soft alloys. Sherman -- The Texas plant's remelt and casting operation recycles high-grade aluminum scrap, melting it down and casting it into billets. While some billet is sold, most is used as feedstock for the 1,650-, 2,750-, and 3,600-ton extrusion presses. Sherman's extrusions -- 60 million pounds a year -- are sold primarily to customers in the transportation industry, either directly or through distributors, with about 20% fabricated before shipment. Sherman is ISO 9002-certified. Tulsa -- Through its Oklahoma operations, Kaiser is the leading supplier of sacrificial anodes to the water heater market. A 2,400-ton extrusion press produces aluminum and magnesium anodes in a variety of diameters and lengths. Canada -- 100%-owned Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical of Canada, Ltd. operates an ISO 9002-certified facility in London, Ontario. Equipped with an 1,800-, a 2,400-, and a 4,000-ton press, the plant can produce more than 55 million pounds of extrusions a year. It also provides a broad range of fabricating and finishing operations. Commercial operation began in 1992 to serve the distribution, automotive, and other transportation markets. A remelt facility came on stream in late 1996. China -- Kaiser holds a 49% interest in Chengdu Kaiser Aluminum Co. Ltd. and a 45% interest in Guizhou Kaiser Aluminum Co. Ltd. Both are being developed to supply extruded products to the rapidly growing building and construction market in China's interior. Together, the two plants will eventually have eight presses as well as remelt facilities and anodizing lines. Guizhou and Chengdu are located about 600 and 1,000 miles northwest of Hong Kong, respectively. Japan -- Furukawa Kaiser Forged Products -- a joint venture of Kaiser (47.5%), The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (47.5%), and Itochu Corporation (5%) -- was formed in 1993 to develop, design, market, and sell cast and forged aluminum parts made by Kaiser. The Tokyo-based entity serves the Japanese ground transportation industry and other selected Asian markets. * Note: All references to tons are to metric tons of 2,204.6 pounds.
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