“The highest production in the past 40 years shows Alba’s commitment to operational efficiency and the active involvement of its talented workforce enabled the company to achieve the highest metal production in its history in the year 2011,” Alba in a statement said.
Alba’s production figures for 2011 reached 881,310metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) which was the highest level ever recorded and a substantial increase from the 850,700 mtpa that was produced in 2010.
A ceremony to mark this accomplishment was held at the Princess Sabeeka Oasis and was attended by Alba’s Chief Executive, Laurent Schmitt, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Acting Chief Operation Officer, Isa Al Ansari, Chief Financial Officer, Tim Murray and Chief Marketing Officer, Jean Baptiste Lucas as well as other senior company officials.
“2011 was a challenging year for most industries in Bahrain, and yet, in 2011, Alba succeeded in achieving the highest metal production in the company’s 40-year history. This achievement is significant because it was accomplished without incurring any additional expenditure and was due to the effective teamwork and active involvement of Alba’s talented work force,” Laurent Schmitt, the company’s Chief Executive, said, while commenting on Alba achieving the highest production in its history.
“In addition, Alba’s introduction of Six-Sigma to strengthen quality initiatives across the organisation as well as implementation of lean management techniques to help build a culture of continuous improvement played a substantial role in enabling Alba to achieve this record. The success of Alba SmartWay launched in 2010 as a bottom-up approach to achieve improved competitiveness provided a key cornerstone in bringing about greater operational efficiency to sustain regional and global challenges in the decades to come,” he added.
Alba’s high-grade aluminium product range includes standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, propertzi ingots and molten aluminium. They are produced to high purity standards that exceed 99.9 per cent.
Alba produces more than 875,000 metric tonnes per annum of aluminium which meet or exceed the industry standard for purity, with products including standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, propertzi ingots, and molten aluminium. It has also maintained a strong track record of operational safety and environmental compliance.