In 1902, Alcan was synonymous with aluminum production. Today, it offers much more. Alcan has evolved into one of the globe's leading suppliers of bauxite, alumina and aluminum.

Alcan has become a top-ranked provider of engineered and packaging materials, delivering increased productivity, competitiveness and profitability to customers around the world.

Advanced materials are materials that have been enhanced at the molecular or atomic level to provide superior performance and characteristics. They include ceramics, chemicals, polymers, super alloys, semi-conductors, medical biomaterials and others. These elite, engineered materials offer enhanced properties such as increased hardness, durability, elasticity, corrosion and fire resistance, and biodegradability.

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - thermal properties of solids and advanced engineering materials

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - liquids and solutions; polymers; electrified interfaces; chemical thermodynamics of materials

(Physics) - optical properties of polymer thin films for the development of novel optical devices

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - compounding of polymer nanocomposites by thermo-kinetic mixing

(Physics) - thin film properties; photonic band gap systems using corrugated polymer film surface; processing of corrugated polymer films on fiber optic tips; numerical calculation of grating waveguide structures

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - molecular glasses; chemically modified biofuels

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - characterization of the self-assembly of nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, polymeric nanotubes

(Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) - radiation processing and radiation effects on materials; advanced composite materials for storage of radioactive waste