After 125 years, Alcoa looks beyond aluminum

Alcoa Inc, the company that helped create the aluminum industry more than a century ago, is reinventing itself as a manufacturer of specialized components for aerospace and automotive customers, including some that contain no aluminum at all. The company's deal for jet engine part maker Firth Rixson, which uses little aluminum, is its biggest move yet to escape the terrible primary aluminum market by crafting the parts its customers need, even if they are made of nickel or titanium. It announced the proposed $2.85 billion deal to buy Firth Rixson earlier on Thursday. Alcoa talks constantly about expanding its downstream businesses, which sell truck wheels, aircraft parts and other goods.



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