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02/27/09 - Care & Conserve™ Flyer, Brochure Available Alcan Composites USA has intensified its efforts to ensure that the company’s ecological footprints are small and green through a new Care & Conserve™ sustainability initiative, which assesses the company’s entire supply chain from raw materials to disposal. Alcan Composites USA manufactures products for a wide variety of applications, including furniture, building cladding, home construction, graphic display and transportation. The company’s brand names include: Gator-Ply®, Syn-Ply®, Luxcell®, Alucobond®, Dibond®, Sintra®, Fome-Cor® and Gator®. Manufacturing facilities for these products are located in Benton, Ky.; Glasgow, Ky.; and Statesville, N.C., The Care & Conserve program is described in two new written pieces that may be downloaded from the company’s web site as follows: • Care & Conserve “People + Planet: Reducing/Reusing/Recycling” Flyer – This two-page flyer provides six important sustainability questions for customers to consider when selecting a substrate provider. A “Product Life Cycle” diagram visually describes the importance of including best practices in sustainability throughout a product’s life cycle, i.e., cradle to grave. This flyer can be viewed and/or downloaded from Alcan Composites’ web site at CareConserve.pdf. • Care & Conserve Brochure – This four-page brochure describes Alcan Composites’ commitment to sustainability and demonstrates the company’s commitment to reduce/reuse/recycle through both an operations perspective and product perspective. It also describes the important role that customers can play in reducing waste and reusing product during the project design phase. Operations: This brochure describes several sustainability initiatives within the company’s operations, including a program that allows customers to receive all order acknowledgements and invoices electronically, reducing paper consumption and delivery fuel expenditures. Products: This brochure provides minimum recycle content used in the manufacturing of each of the company’s product lines. It also describes company supply chain directives that require all paper used to manufacture the company’s paper-faced foam boards and its resinated paper sheets for furniture be purchased from suppliers that participate in either the Sustainable Forestry Initiative or Forestry Stewardship Council. Design Phase: A discussion of sustainability issues to be considered during the project design phase closes this Care & Conserve update. Project designers can play a vital role in reducing environmental impacts by following these tips for selecting Alcan Composites’ products. This Care & Conserve brochure can be viewed and/or downloaded from Alcan Composites’ web site at AlcanCareConserve.pdf. As part of its commitment to reduce both paper consumption and delivery fuel expenditures, Alcan Composites asks that readers review the Care & Conserve flyer and brochure electronically. Should a printed copy be required, please call (800) 626-3365 or email info.usa@alcan.com. Visit us on the web at www.alcancompositesusa.com. Alcan Composites USA Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of leading substrates for the architectural and graphic display markets in North America and South America. With manufacturing facilities in Benton, Ky., Statesville, N.C., and Glasgow, Ky., and sales and marketing offices in Mooresville, N.C., our industry leading brands include: Fome-Cor®, Structa-Board™, Sintra®, Gator®, Dibond® and Alucobond®. Gator-Ply, the original specialty engineered man-made wood-fiber veneer introduced more than 30 years ago by the Uniwood business, is manufactured in the Statesville, N.C., facility of Alcan Composites USA. Today, the Uniwood product line includes Gator-Ply rigid backer, Gator-Ply Enviro-Backer™, Gator-Ply Flexible backer, Luxcell® backer/facer for painting and printing, and Syn-Ply® crossband for five-ply panel construction. For more information, contact Uniwood Customer Service by telephone at (877) 424-9860 or by FAX at (704) 878-2708. About Alcan Composites Alcan Composites, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan Engineered Products employs 2,700 employees in 21 locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. It is active in manufacturing and commercializing lightweight products for architecture, visual communication, transportation, industrial and wind energy markets. Its well-known brands ALUCOBOND®, DIBOND®, FOREX®/SINTRA®, GATOR®, KAPA®, FOME-COR®, ALUCORE®, AIREX® and BALTEK® are the category leaders in the markets served. About Rio Tinto Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa. ® Alucobond, Dibond, Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator, Gator-Ply, Syn-Ply and Luxcell are registered trademarks of Alcan Composites USA. ™ Care & Conserve, Structa-Board and Enviro-Backer are trademarks of Alcan Composites USA

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