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Alcoa Wheel Products Europe (AWPE)
The European Wheel Plant was established in 1996 in a disused mill, placed on a duty free zone in 100% ownership of Alcoa-Köfém Ltd. The wheel plant operated as a separate Ltd. until the May of 2003, when the Alcoa management decided to restructure the hungarian locations in favour of the legal transparency.
We are producing by size and design more than 100 sort of aluminium forged wheels for trucks and busses. 80% of our products are selled in the european market, and the rest of it are vendid in Japan, Australia or in the USA. Our market share in the european aluminium wheel market is more than 84%.
Aluminium forged wheels are stronger and economical, because their light weight allows increased loading capacity and fuel savings. Despite this fact steel wheels are still our biggest competitors.
Our commercial, marketing and logistics department is based in Paal, Belgium.
We sell our products mainly to truck and bus manufacturers. The biggest companys like Volvo, Scania, Renault, DaimlerChrysler, Iveco, MAN are all in our partner network.
We produce premium products, which is one of the automitve industry’s safety element, so we really pay attention to quality!
Alcoa has made in Székesfehérvár Europe’s first Dura-Bright® Wheels.
The European Wheel Plant was established in 1996 in a disused mill, placed on a duty free zone in 100% ownership of Alcoa-Köfém Ltd. The wheel plant operated as a separate Ltd. until the May of 2003, when the Alcoa management decided to restructure the hungarian locations in favour of the legal transparency.
We are producing by size and design more than 100 sort of aluminium forged wheels for trucks and busses. 80% of our products are selled in the european market, and the rest of it are vendid in Japan, Australia or in the USA. Our market share in the european aluminium wheel market is more than 84%.
Aluminium forged wheels are stronger and economical, because their light weight allows increased loading capacity and fuel savings. Despite this fact steel wheels are still our biggest competitors.
Our commercial, marketing and logistics department is based in Paal, Belgium.
We sell our products mainly to truck and bus manufacturers. The biggest companys like Volvo, Scania, Renault, DaimlerChrysler, Iveco, MAN are all in our partner network.
We produce premium products, which is one of the automitve industry’s safety element, so we really pay attention to quality!
Alcoa has made in Székesfehérvár Europe’s first Dura-Bright® Wheels.