Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that John Martin, 48, has been named
President of Alcoa Global Primary Products ? United States (GPP-US). In
this role, Mr. Martin oversees Global Primary Products locations in the
United States including six operating smelters, an alumina refinery and
a spent potlining recycling facility.
Since 2010, Mr. Martin had been Manager of Massena Operations ? the
longest continually operating aluminum facility in the world, located
north of Syracuse in New York State. There, he led significant
improvements in production, financial performance, safety and employee
engagement, including a safe and successful restart of the Massena East
Plant in 2011.
'John has held positions of increasing responsibility in Alcoa′s
smelting technical and production areas, most recently as Massena
Operations Manager where he oversaw significant operational and
financial performance improvements,? said Bob Wilt, Chief Operating
Officer of Global Primary Products. 'His plant-level experience combined
with a demonstrated focus on execution will be key to achieving
continued improvements among our US-based Global Primary Products
facilities.?
Mr. Martin joined Alcoa in 1986 as a Mechanical Engineer at Warrick
Operations, one of the largest aluminum smelting and fabricating
facilities in the world, located in Evansville, Indiana. He later became
Smelting Technical Manager in 2004. Two years later, he was named
Manager of the Warrick Casthouse and became Power Plant Manager in 2008.
Succeeding Mr. Martin on an interim basis are Bob Lenney, who is named
Massena East Plant Manager, and Steve Rombough who is named Massena West
Plant Manager.
Mr. Martin holds a Bachelor′s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from West
Virginia University and a Master′s Degree in Behavioral Science from
Bastyr University.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary and fabricated
aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of
alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry,
Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace,
automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30
countries across the world. For more information, visit and follow @Alcoa on at twitter.com/Alcoa.
