Alcan.

The growth in the use of aluminium in shipbuilding, especially in the construction of high speed ships, prompted the Pechiney Group in 2001 to create PECHINEY MARINE, an entity endowed with significant resources and capable of handling all aspects of the “maritime markets” in aluminium.

Pechiney’s first brochure entitled “Aluminium and the Sea” was published in 1992 and received an excellent response in maritime circles, including naval architects, shipyards and ship owners. The brochure answered the needs of users wishing to use aluminium in marine applications and wanting to know more about it.

Given the scale of the growth in aluminium usage in larger vessels – 100 metres and more in length – this second brochure explores certain major aspects of shipbuilding in aluminium such as arc welding and fatigue strength in more depth.

Experience acquired in shipbuilding over many decades, especially with high speed ships, illustrates the benefits which aluminium can offer to naval architects, yards and ship owners and more generally to users of aluminium for marine applications.

After the Pechiney integration into the Alcan Group in 2004, ALCAN MARINE succeeds Pechiney Marine.

Alcan Marine: An Entity Dedicated to the Maritime Market.

The evolution that we have seen in the maritime uses of aluminium in high-speed ships, in shipbuilding (yachts, service vessels, superstructures) and in offshore applications calls for a fuller consideration and investigation of the technical aspects of the use of aluminium in markets that have a high engineering content.

In order to better respond to the needs and concerns of users of aluminium semi-finished products, Alcan Marine brings together engineering skills that are found throughout the Alcan Group:

in manufacturing with our production plants making aluminium sheets, plates and shapes,
in research and development, with specialists in the calculation of structures and fatigue and metallurgists developing new alloys as well as optimising the properties of existing alloys,
in the global commercial network of the Alcan Group.

Alcan Marine has three main objectives:

to develop the marine applications of aluminium,
to promote innovation in aluminium shipbuilding,
to offer its clients the benefit of Alcan Group’s many years of experience and expertise in the marine applications of aluminium.

For more information, you can download Alcan's Aluminium and the Sea brochure or visit their website: www.alcan-marine.com