September 2017 portrait of the month – “Dépendance” music group

September’s portrait is of the “Dépendance” music group. This group was born 5 years ago during an encounter between three Maintenance sector employees: Damien Bouchard, Pascal Fournier and David Franchomme.…

ISO 9001 and 14001 audit: No major non-conformities during ISO follow-up audit 1

Hello everyone, From Monday 13 March to Thursday 16 March, 2 Bureau Veritas auditors checked our compliance with the ISO 9001 (quality system) and 14001 (environment) standards. Final result: NO…

“Modernising AD” event

Hello everyone, As you all know, AD will be celebrating its 25 years of existence throughout 2017. The first “Modernising AD” event will take place from 21 to 25 March…

2016 profit-sharing: a €4,969 bonus

Hello everyone, A meeting was held today with the 4 trade unions that signed the 2016 profit-sharing agreement. The result for 2016 was announced for the Company share: €1,089 out…

Gervais Jacques visits Aluminium Dunkerque

Hello everyone, Gervais Jacques, Executive Director, Operations – Atlantic is coming to meet the Aluminium Dunkerque teams. He will be present on 31 January and 1 February. This visit will…

On the way to positioning AD in the 1st decile for future generations

Hello everyone, Our vision is to position Aluminium Dunkerque in the 1st decile of the global cost per tonne curve, i.e. in the global top 10% of producers. To do…

GO for new slab-casting technology!

In November 2014 we began improving our aluminium slab quality with the roll-out of the Albatros project on CCV1. Today we received the approval to continue these improvements despite a…

Good news: the investment for Anodes 1650 has been approved!

In 2014, despite the many challenges and thanks to everyone’s involvement, we were able to achieve records in terms of production, efficiency and productivity. Thanks to this positive momentum, and…

Meeting between the Rio Tinto Alcan Energy team and the trade unions on AD’s Energy file

On Monday 3 November, three members of the Energy team appointed by the Group met with AD’s trade unions. The purpose of the meeting was to Present the Energy team…

AD rewards employees who come up with useful plant improvement suggestions

During your work, you all have ideas to improve your day-to-day activities… They are AD Ideas ! What is an AD Idea? An improvement suggestion in the areas of health,…