January 25, 2000
Quanex Purchases Fort Lupton-Based Aluminum Mill, Newly Acquired Company Renamed Nichols Aluminum-Golden
HOUSTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Quanex Corporation (NYSE: NX) today
announced that it completed the purchase from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) of the Golden
Aluminum production facility based in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Terms of the
transaction have not been disclosed.
The newly acquired company has become part of Quanex's flat-rolled
aluminum sheet business -- Nichols Aluminum. It has been renamed Nichols
Aluminum-Golden, in alignment with Nichols' other operating facilities.
Operations at Nichols Aluminum-Golden include melting and casting aluminum
into sheet made from a blend of primary P1020 ingot and selected grades of
recycled scrap metal, cold rolling it to specific gauge, annealing, leveling,
custom coating and slitting to width. Quanex's Nichols Aluminum division also
operates an aluminum mini-mill in Davenport, Iowa, and rolling mills in
Davenport, Lincolnshire, Illinois; and Decatur, Alabama; that can produce up
to 350-million pounds a year of cold finished aluminum coil.
"Golden Aluminum's Fort Lupton-based mill is a good fit with Nichols'
other facilities. It significantly upgrades Nichols' production capabilities
and provides several opportunities for mutual learning and growth," said
Vernon E. Oechsle, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of
Quanex. "This acquisition combines Fort Lupton's knowledge of higher-grade
products with Nichols' expertise in optimizing production processes. It also
broadens the company's product line. Nichols Aluminum-Golden can produce more
than 50-million pounds annually of high quality metal for engineered
applications in niche markets, such as end and tab stock for food packaging,
metal components for computer disks, and home accessory products. Nichols
Aluminum is an industrial leader in the low-cost production of large volumes
of aluminum sheet for transportation and building and construction markets."
Quanex is a technological leader in the production of value-added
engineered steel bars, aluminum flat-rolled products, and engineered, formed-
metal products for transportation, capital equipment, homebuilding and
remodeling, food packaging, defense and other industries. The company was
founded in 1927 and its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol NX. For more information, call or visit the company's web site at
www.quanex.com.
Contact: media, Patrick Cassidy of Quanex Corporation, 713-877-5389.
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CONTACT: media, Patrick Cassidy, 713-877-5389, or financial, Jeff Galow, 713-877-5327, both of Quanex Corporation
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