Constellium SE is an American-Swiss, French-based global manufacturer of

aluminium Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

rolled products, extruded products, and structural parts based on a large variety of advanced alloys. Constellium's C-TEC research center has been credited for advancing technology in the field of advanced

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. Constellium primarily serves the

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, automotive, and

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sectors. Large clients include

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, Fiat Chrysler Automotive, Ford,

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, and Bombardier.

History

Constellium was created when Rio Tinto sold off Alcan Engineered Products to

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(51%) and FSI (10%) in 2011. Prior to that, Alcan Engineered Products was the result of various mergers and acquisitions between

Pechiney Pechiney SA was a major aluminium conglomerate based in France. The company was acquired in 2003 by the Alcan Corporation, headquartered in Canada. In 2007, Alcan itself was taken over by mining giant Rio Tinto Alcan. Prior to its acquisitio ...

Alcan Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer. It was founded in 1902 as the Northern Aluminum Company, renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925, and Alcan Aluminum in 1966. It took the name Alcan Incorporated in 2001. During ...

and

Alusuisse Alusuisse was a Swiss industrial group founded as ''Aluminium Industrie Aktien'' in 1898, Zurich, Switzerland. The organisation was named ''Schweizerische Aluminium AG'' from 1963, ''Alusuisse-Lonza Holding AG'' from 1990, and ''Algroup'' from 199 ...

. Constellium is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In February 2018, Constellium delisted its shares from Euronext Paris. In December 2020, workers at a Constellium-owned plant in

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went on strike following a failure to agree to new labor contracts.

Operations

Constellium counts close to 12,500 employees worldwide and operates more than 28 manufacturing sites in

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and

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. The company is headquartered in

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with corporate offices in

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and

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Research centers

Founded in 1967, Constellium's C-TEC Technology Center is a

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center designed to promote innovation in aluminum. Located in Voreppe, France, C-TEC maintains a staff of over 200 R&D technicians and engineers. During the last 50 years, C-TEC has added more than 600 patent families and trademarks, including breakthrough innovations in

for aerospace, automotive, and packaging, including, high performance aluminium-lithium alloy for air-and spacecraft, high-strength aluminium alloys for structural components in the automotive industry, aluminium solutions for aerosols that can lighten products by 30 percent and high-tech aluminium profiles for hybrid motors. Launched in 2013, the Advanced Light Metals Processing Research Center, a collaboration between Constellium,

Brunel University Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. It became a university ...

and

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, was opened as an innovation center dedicated to the automotive industry. In 2016, the partnership between Constellium and Brunel was extended with the opening of the Constellium University Technology Center (UTC), a research center for the design, development and prototyping of aluminium alloys and automotive structural components. In 2016, Constellium opened an additional research hub dedicated to lightweight automotive aluminium in

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Sustainability in aluminium industry

Constellium participates in numerous associations and initiatives aimed at improving

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in the aluminium industry. In 2012, the Group founded a Sustainability Council to choose sustainability targets, track performance and ensure accurate disclosure of data in alignment with the

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, and

United Nations Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to get businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is the world's ...

. The company is also a founding member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), a global, multi-stakeholder, non-profit organization for the aluminium industry. ASI sets standards across the entire aluminium value chain, including in areas such as

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect. This contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (), from burning fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas, is the main cause of climate chan ...

waste management Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitor ...

, material stewardship,

biodiversity Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

, and responsible

strategic sourcing Strategic sourcing is the process of developing channels of supply at the lowest total cost, not just the lowest purchase price. It expands upon traditional organisational purchasing activities to embrace all activities within the procurement cyc ...

. With plants in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Neuf-Brisach, France, the company has the capacity to recycle the equivalent of 23 billion cans a year. The company also works with the European Aluminium Association, the US Aluminum Association, and the Can Manufacturers Institute to increase beverage can recycling. In particular, the company supports the European aluminium industry's target to reach an 80 percent beverage can recycling rate by 2020.

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