美国铝业(Alcoa)今日宣布，其美国铝业车轮运输公司(Alcoa Wheel and Transportation, AWTP)将在中国苏州开设一家生产工厂，这标志着该公司在中国建立了一个完整的车轮制造、分销、销售和服务网络。
该工厂为中国铝业带来了行业领先的锻造铝车轮技术，可制造更轻、更坚固、更节能的商用卡车、拖车和公共汽车车轮。这是美国铝业在中国开设的第一家车轮制造工厂，此前该公司已在北美、欧洲和日本开设了车轮制造工厂。
“With the growth of China’s infrastructure and the success Alcoa’s wheel products have seen in the Chinese market over the past several years, it was a natural choice to further expand our global manufacturing footprint by building a facility that could manufacture our products locally,” said Tim Myers, President, Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products. The plant, which is currently up and running with a trained work force, machines and finishes forged aluminum wheels for commercial vehicles. Forged wheels are made from solid metal providing an aligned grain structure with four times the strength of cast wheels. Cast wheels are made from molten metal and subject to porosity or tiny air bubbles in the wheel.
AWTP从2004年开始在中国开展业务，当时它开始在上海销售汽车。自那以后，公司业务发展壮大，在广州、北京、济南和苏州设有员工基地。通过今年早些时候增加分销网络，美铝建立了一个强大的销售和服务网络，能够支持整个中国。
迈尔斯说:“我们很高兴我们的新工厂位于吴忠，苏州市辖区的一部分，这个城市目前正经历着巨大的发展。”“我们得到了苏州吴中经济开发区和当地政府的大力支持。他们的专业精神和指导极大地促进了业务的建立，并允许美国铝业提前开始运营。”
来源：http://www.alcoa.com