Aluminium of Greece

Aluminium of Greece
Αλουμίνιο της Ελλάδος

Type	Private
Founded	1960 by Pechiney
Headquarters	Marousi, Attica, Greece
Key people	Spyros Kasdas (Chairman)
Revenue	€720 million (2014)
Number of employees	1,300 (2014)
Parent	Mytilineos Holdings
Website	www.alhellas.gr

Plant of Aluminium de Grece

Aluminium of Greece (Greek: Αλουμίνιο της Ελλάδος, Aloumínio tēs Elládos; French: Aluminium de Grèce) is an aluminium producing company in Greece. It was founded in 1960 by a conglomerate including French aluminium producer Pechiney. Its headquarters are in Marousi, a suburb of Athens. Its production plant is located at Agios Nikolaos, near Distomo in Boeotia, on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth. The site combines proximity to the large bauxite deposits of Boeotia and Phocis and sea transportation facilities, with unobtrusive integration into the surrounding area. The annual production capacity of this industrial complex is : 800,000 tonnes of alumina and 165,000 tonnes of aluminium.

1,100 people are directly employed by the plant. Since 2005 it is member of Mytilineos Holdings. The Company has been listed on the Athens Stock Exchange since 1973. The Company also owns Delphi-Distomon mining company.

Aluminium of Greece also owns Agios Nikolaos Port, a dock capable of accommodating and serving boats up to 50,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT).

Installations

Established in an area of Greece rich in bauxite deposits, the company's plants are: a bauxite processing unit for the production of alumina and an alumina processing unit for the production of aluminum.

Capacity

The plant processes :

• 1,400,000 tonnes of Greek, and
• 200,000 tonnes of Tropical Bauxite.

The plant produces :

• 800,000 tonnes of alumina.
• 165,000 tonnes of aluminum.

Aluminium of Greece has around 1,100 employees.

See also

• Mytilineos Holdings

External links

• Official website (Greek) & (English) & (Italian)