John Thuestad

Alcoa, Inc. engages in the lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing. Its products are used worldwide in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, oil and gas, defense, and industrial applications. It operates through the following segments: Alumina; Primary Metals; Global Rolled Products; Engineered Products and Solutions; and Transportation and Construction Solutions. The Alumina segment consists of a portion of Alcoa's upstream operations and consists of the company's worldwide refinery system, including the mining of bauxite, which is then refined into alumina. The Primary Metals segment comprises of Alcoa's upstream operations and consists of the company's worldwide smelter system. The Global Rolled Products segment is involved in the production and sale of aluminum plate, sheet and foil. The Engineered Products and Solutions segment involves in the production and sale of titanium, aluminum, and super alloy investment castings, hard alloy extrusions, forgings and fasteners, aluminum wheels, integrated aluminum structural systems, and architectural extrusions. The Transportation and Construction Solutions segment engages in downstream operations and produces products that are used mostly in the nonresidential building and construction and commercial transportation end markets. The company was founded by Charles Martin Hall on October 1, 1888 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Norsk Hydro ASA, EMC Metals, Inc. is an American company that specializes in the environmentally responsible manufacture of silicones, silicon and carbon based materials. The company's description states that Elkem, one of the world's leading companies in this field, is their parent company.

Sapa A/S develops, manufactures, and markets value-added profiles, profile-based building systems, and tubing solutions for automotive and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration applications in lightweight aluminum. It offers anodizing, casting, extrusion and extrusion dies, forming, friction stir welding, surface treatment, fabrication, and billet quality assessment. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Tyssefaldene AS is a private company based in Tyssedal, Norway that specializes in the generation and distribution of electric power through hydroelectric power. The CEO of the Norwegian company is Karstein Bremnes.

Statkraft AS engages in the production of renewable energy. Its products include financial fuel contracts, gas, price area, local currency, cross commodity and fuel price hedging, virtual gas power and storage, electricity certificates, and small scale hydropower and win power. The firm offers energy, and analysis and consulting services. The company was founded in October 2004 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Fundo SA is an independent Swiss asset management firm founded by Jacques Grivel in 2002. Headquartered in Lausanne, the firm offers asset management services dedicated mainly to Swiss and international pension funds.

International Aluminium Institute operates as aluminum producers. It engages in the production of bauxite, alumina, aluminum and recycling of aluminum, or fabrication of aluminum or as joint venture partners. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Alcoa Norway ANS supplies European rolling mills, presses, and foundries with aluminum products. The firm manufactures non metallic mineral products. It produces Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminum products. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.