Rio's offer for Riversdale is its first attempt at a sizeable acquisition since a disastrous purchase of Alcan in 2007.
Cymat公司董事长TimHardman说：“ 2000年早期，Cymat公司从Alcan公司分离出来，买断了NorskHydro公司的专利后才能真正生产出现在这样产品。”
It also had its eye on Alcan, a big French-Canadian aluminum operator, but was outbid last year by Rio Tinto.
Alcan is a handy asset-the vast amounts of energy required to smelt aluminium are supplied by reliable, cheap hydroelectricity.
“In early 2000, Cymat licensed the technology from Alcan and bought the patents outright from Norsk Hydro to really productionize it to where it is today, ” says Tim Hardman, Cymat’s president.
The technology was originally discovered by Alcan international-now Rio Tinto alcan-and Norsk Hydro of Norway, while developing wear-resistant aluminum products.
